Posts by cjatthefarm

Luv my rain barrel too!  Only looks clay--actually heavy duty plastic!  I can roll it around & rinse it out once in a while!  I got it online at Home Depot, they didn't have them in the stores.  

Just a thought......the gravity might be too much on the cups coming from above.......unless you can reduce the pressure with some sort of valve....

Whew!  Ok, sorry I got the 1st two pictures so big!  Then I redid the last one so maybe it was easier to see!  I got all my ideas from this forum, so if you look around you may find a setup that...

My girls have nipples and the drinking cups on a pvc pipe.  They prefer the drinking cups--bar none.   I have no more washing or carrying water ever!  They are not maintenance free; I decided nothing is, but they are...

Good point, 'bout coating...   just throwing my 2 cents----why coating?  It will not last.  What does it add?  I'd rather $$ go into good wire, not maybe less quality 'coated wire'.....just...

OOPS!  Never mind!  The weather sounded just the same!!!! I'm in Tucson!   Hot in the summer and cold (just recently) in the winter!  

Quote: Originally Posted by animallover505  Nah, your not nuts.  But I dunno about your girl Thanks animallover505!   p.s. sounds like we live in the same place.....!!!

Thanks froggiesheins!!    I remember reading a thread about a woman who offered her distraught friend a chicken to hug.   And I got from her post, that the friend didn't 'get it'!!! HUGGING YOUR CHICKENS IS...

She's about a year & a half.   Molting is almost over for everyone; and she had no real noticeable loss of feathers!   I cornered her this morning and gave her a hug!! Told her I didn't want her to be mad at...

I can't believe I'm sayin' this--but my little girl is snubbing me!     She is a little over a year old, and I raised her from the egg!  I have always been able to call to her and pick her up--like you would a...