Okay - so I’ve had chickens for a few years now but THIS flock, THESE messy ladies, are absolutely trying my patience. I know they love to throw food and scratch. They’re chickens. I get that.

It’s really never been a huge issue until this year though. We have had an unusually wet spring and the rain and the coop with all the food (50/50 pellet and crumble) is a stinking mess - literally! So, I shovel and hold my breath and curse ever so quietly.

My question to my fellow chicken tenders - is there a feeding system that minimizes the food waste? Where they don’t throw 2/3 of their food on the ground?

Thank you in advance and for the record, I do love my little ladies. Here’s a pic of some of my well loved miscreants.