I buy a couple bags of crumbles with five bags of CC and mix them a bit as I transfer them to my (rat proof?) feed storage barrels. Then, when I refill the feeder I get a mix of the two. I pay about ten bucks for the CC and eleven for the Crumbles or pellets and think I'm treating them with...
Thank you. I did find lids for $2.99 but only after I'd solved my problem.
I do find the hens strew an awful lot of the cracked corn about in the process of pecking out the bits they do consume!
I got the (orange*) "Chicken Feeder No Waste Automatic Poultry Feeder 12 Ports Kit 6 Chicken Feeders and 6 Water'r Set for $13.99 @ Amazon" And installed them in two old plastic buckets.
Set them up on blocks and the hens went right at it as if they'd ordered the things on the Coop Shopping...