Started a 'Dead Simply' Fodder systems last night. I am working off of the video/post that Jack Spirko made at Brink of Freedom web site. The chickens like having fresh veggies/leafy greens and fodder is a cheap way to get them that
Link to Jack's system:
'Dead Simple' Fodder system
I went to the local Winco and bought 6 2 gallon buckets. I also picked up a lb or so of: mung bean, black sunflower, oats, and wheat seeds. I soaked the mung bean seeds last night and will start wheat seeds tonight. I want to see which sprouts best and which the chickens like the best since I am having issues with them and store bought feeds.
I bought a poultry grain mix from Patriot Farm and Feed, they don’t seem to like it much. Or they are to set in their ways to try something different. Next I bought some layer pellets from the local store, they eat that a little, maybe I should have bought crumble.
They also do not want to use the chicken nipple waterers I set up, so I put a pan with water in it for them. Darn birds..
But I finished the chicken coop. Might have to modify it as needed.
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Showing posts with label coop. Show all posts
2015/07/27
2015/07/22
The coop is nearly finished..
The coop is nearly finished, just need to put a few more edges on the back roof.
What I've learned from the chickens so far:
-they have a night time song one sings about 8:30pm when it is almost time for bed
-they dont like getting sprayed with the hose
-they do like to eat the grass/seeds that have been sprayed with the hose
-they do not like to use the water nipples since they were not trained to it as chicks
-they do throw seed out of the PVC feeders I made for them
-they like soaked lettuce on hot days
-so far they are not making a mess of the water pail (that blue thing in the picture)
Almost done pic of the coop:
What I've learned from the chickens so far:
-they have a night time song one sings about 8:30pm when it is almost time for bed
-they dont like getting sprayed with the hose
-they do like to eat the grass/seeds that have been sprayed with the hose
-they do not like to use the water nipples since they were not trained to it as chicks
-they do throw seed out of the PVC feeders I made for them
-they like soaked lettuce on hot days
-so far they are not making a mess of the water pail (that blue thing in the picture)
Almost done pic of the coop:
2015/07/13
Chickens...
So we now have chickens, 3 Delaware hens and 2 Americana hens. One of the Delawares is only 1 yr old, the other are 2 years old. The Americanas are both 2 years old.
We built a 4'x8' coop on some shaky stilts for them. That will need to be addressed.
A few pics:
Almost finished coop:
The younger Delaware:
We built a 4'x8' coop on some shaky stilts for them. That will need to be addressed.
A few pics:
Almost finished coop:
The younger Delaware:
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