I rarely cut the feeders off this winter myself. There was just a week or two that my water temp dropped below 50, and it has been in the 60's for several weeks now. I did hand feed the HSB daily though.
Currently, I'm running 2 late afternoon 3 second throws, and my CNBG are eating very well.
Al,
Was curious as to why you hand fed your HSB? Were they in a different BOW than your CNBG? Different pellets or what?
