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Yes, those hanging bottles a few people were raving about as day-old chicks were catching on to those; however, then comes the wet mess, so it's not helping keeping the coop/brooder dry, which is part of their purpose. Ours took two weeks for the horizontal ones, mainly, I think because...

We use a 5-gallon bucket with nipples, so no water exposed. In the brooder, we have a smaller version made out of a Tupperware container. In the coop, we do no maintenance on the pellets but in the brooder, I use a stick and stir them.

Next time you go to TSC, pick up a couple bags of horse bedding pellets and try that. There is zero dust, zero smell, and next to nothing for upkeep. We've used that for many years. We change it out every spring. By that time, it's turned to about 80% sawdust and dried-up poop. We spread...

You are the only person I've found that has the issue of baby chicks grabbing the toe or foot of other chicks. I have 1 of 8 doing it. Per the suggestion of someone, I have her in her own corner of the brooder. I tried putting one with her, and she goes for their toes and pulls, so I push her...