Firstly, your on the internet, if you cant take criticism, don't post, many have been slain, your not the first, and wont be the last.
Now you seemed to be getting along fine till the weather came along, but we live in the uk, so get used to it. As has been said, what works for some wont for others. You have an idea of what you want to achieve, but what people have suggested is no good to you.. What does your mentor suggest? Surely just keeping the feeding schedule varied during periods of real bad weather will have little detrimental affect? The few lads I know use chute`s and vary the feed