First world rancher issue: vomit is too punishing

[crunchwarp]

One thing you can do is put some feed on the ground (I usually just do one bit per chicken so you can tell when it's gone more easily) and then wait for the chick to eat off the ground again before handfeeding. If you do it this way you'll never overfeed. Also, putting regex on "the feed!" will highlight when they eat off the ground but not other feed-related messages.

I haven't really ever tried feeding more frequently than that, though I know you can sometimes double feed a bit earlier than the ~2 minutes (I've never timed it exactly) in between ground eating without getting a vomit. It would be interesting to know how much time you can shave off that way. Perhaps experimentation is in order...