Question. Why must the water bucket be upside down? Would it be easier to drill holes near the bottom of the bucket, for an easy refill? I think I must have missed that day in class, sorry if already covered.
I place a shower curtain folded long way, in half under my roosts on top of the brooder. That way I can drag it out weekly to wash off and replace when its dry.
Wow that's quite far from South Texas, I must say! Maybe lookup BYC.com for S. Florida. I've been to Homestead btw. Nice community. I visited a non-profit Centro Campesino Farmworkers Ctr. there. good people!
Hello Wolvesry, I don't know if your birds are feathered in, or just babies, but as soon as my birds all fully feathered, I drop on cattle Ivermectin. 1 drop on skin of shoulders. That works for 6 months. It's increased as birds get larger,( barred rocks here). My adult birds get 2 drops per...
I also put Broccoli in a cage that I hang, so they have to jump to peck. It's usually gone in 2 days, for 6 chickens. I use the large winter bird suit cage. It is about the size of a BCrocker cookbook.
Hi Dawg, I'm replying to a post from a year ago. Regarding throwing eggs away for 24 days when worming chickens: Could i boil and feed those eggs to my dogs during that time?
What a shame! Such a beautiful dog. Not sure this would work, but , have you seen the Cesar Milan " Dog Whisperer" video clip about training dogs to avoid chickens? It worked for our grown Border Collie (who is very herd/hunt focused), Italian Greyhound,and fox terrier. Those are a tough bunch...