Seeking suggestions for weighing chickens..

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sara1226

sara1226

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Hello all, I like to weigh my chickens once a month to see if I need to make any diet changes for them and also because my I have Mareks disease in my flock so I also do it as part of a wellness check. (I love my chickens, they are our pets, not for dinners)

They have outgrown the little kitchen scale I was using and now I don't know the best way to do it. I tried holding them while standing on a human use scale and THAT was a nightmare!

Can anyone suggest a scale that works well and maybe where I can find one to buy?

Much appreciated, thanks!!
 
Your heart is in the right place, but a good body condition assessment is more productive than weighing the birds. If you do feel the need to weight them you can either place the bird in a pillow case or other bag and attach it to a hanging scale (or fashion a "harness" for them) or invest in a hanging scale with a basket attachment (think produce department).
 
Large plastic bowl?
I suggest plastic as the tare weight of anything else might go beyond the scales capacity.
You'd have to acclimate them to sitting in the bowl tho.
 
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I got a 11 pound digital scale from Aldi's, seems to be very accurate and didn't cost much. Of course tare anything you use to hold them. Easiest I found to weigh them is in a paper bag. Just hold on them each side holding wings down, gently place them in and fold the top, as soon as they can't see they sit down and don't move, don't even wiggle.
They get used to weigh in's, I'm going to have to find a bigger scale, these should exceed it's limit soon.
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Beer can said:
I got a 11 pound digital scale from Aldi's, seems to be very accurate and didn't cost much. Of course tare anything you use to hold them. Easiest I found to weigh them is in a paper bag. Just hold on them each side holding wings down, gently place them in and fold the top, as soon as they can't see they sit down and don't move, don't even wiggle.
They get used to weigh in's, I'm going to have to find a bigger scale, these should exceed it's limit soon.
400
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What a cute picture! I will check out the Aldi store thank you!
 

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