Grandpa’s feeder: chickens throwing feed out

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Hi everyone, I hope you’re all enjoying the holidays.

I wanted to see if anyone has the problem I’m having with the Grandpa’s feeder: when I fill it up, within a couple of hours my girls are scattering a lot of feed all over the run. (And they don’t seem to eat most of the scattered feed, so it’s wasted.)

I haven’t seen exactly how they’re doing this (need to get my cameras running again), but wondering if there’s any way to prevent or minimize this behavior?

I appreciate any suggestions!