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Not a perfect solution, but you could do some of each kind of feed. You don't have to choose just one or just the other.

If you filled a trough once in the morning, they could eat it all before they did much pooping in it, and then they could eat dry feed for the rest of the day.

That would give some of the benefits of the fermented feed, while addressing some of the problems.

You might even be able to fill it before sunup so you can work around sleeping chickens that stay put instead of getting underfoot or escaping.

Is there some way you could reinforce that part of the tractor so you can put troughs on the sides? If you move the tractor while the trough is empty, you won't have the extra strain of it being full and moving at the same time, although I don't think that detail will make a very big difference.