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post #21 of 39
9/12/11 at 12:15am

I just switched to the 5 gallon bucket with nipples at 4 weeks old and all 14 chicks caught on overnight. No more shavings or poop in the water.

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post #22 of 39
9/12/11 at 12:50am

I keep my chick waterers as high as I can with the chicks still being able to reach them... Mine are typically situated on top of an overturned dog watering bowl... I also keep my chicks in the bathroom and dump the water in the rim of the waterer down the toilet as soon as I notice any waste in it.  This keeps it pretty clean.  By about four or five weeks I move the chickpea put to the shed and use a bigger waterer and put it a little higher on some two by four scraps.  I also have a setup similar for my aunt chickens.  The waterer is on a stack of scrap two by fours and about ten inches off the ground.  The chickens have to stand up tall for the water but they don't seem bothered at all.

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For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Own: 6 dogs, 8 parrots, 2 bunnies, 2 frogs, 18 chickens, 2 aquariums.
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post #23 of 39
9/12/11 at 4:41am

@azygous
Love the setup!  Does the netting interfere with screwing on the base?

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post #24 of 39
9/12/11 at 6:31am
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@azygous
Love the setup!  Does the netting interfere with screwing on the base?


You cut the netting off that is above the screw threads, and so it doesn't get in the water.

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One matronly, yet regal, Light Brahma hen, two Silver-laced Wyandotte hens, two Gold-laced Wyandotte hens, one Black Cochin hen, three Ameraucana hens, one Buff Brahma hen, four sassy Speckled Sussex hens, one Buff Brahma roo, and one nineteen-year old cat who's scared of all of them, especially the roo.

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post #25 of 39
9/12/11 at 8:39am

Cheap, easy, and super clean!!!!! You'll love it and they will also!!!!

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I love OU, OSU, & TU, but love the Bulls the most !!!! I bleed Green & Gold!!!! USF #1!!!!!
All LF, 10 SPPR, 6 BR, 7 SLW, 2 GLW, 3 CW, 10 EE, 2 SS, 2 SRO, 1 SSH, 4 Wel
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post #26 of 39
9/12/11 at 8:45am

For some reason, even if you raise the waterer, shaving will always get in the water.  It is a pain but there's nothing you can really do except clean it everyday.

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post #27 of 39
9/12/11 at 8:50am

Thanks for the idea on the bricks.  I have 4 chickies in a tote, and the shavings were irritating me.  Also, I don't want the chickies stomping in the water.  Last night I brought them home and set up the temporary brooder.  They kept stomping in the water.  roll

Chickens are not terribly smart I think.

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post #28 of 39
9/12/11 at 11:15am
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Originally Posted by Dirtyhip 

Thanks for the idea on the bricks.  I have 4 chickies in a tote, and the shavings were irritating me.  Also, I don't want the chickies stomping in the water.  Last night I brought them home and set up the temporary brooder.  They kept stomping in the water.  roll

Chickens are not terribly smart I think.


The shaving in the water, doesn't bother me as much as when they get big enough to turn the whole dang water over. I've had a few chicks that liked to sit on top of the waterer, and they still do a full grown chickens! It's not a big deal out in the run, but it makes a mess in the brooder.

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post #29 of 39
9/12/11 at 12:39pm

welcome-byc

I have 6 happy black star hens Niecy, Nantee, Violet, Chickira, Alice, and Kayla. 2 buff orpington hens Goldie and Tweety, 3 barred rock hens named Salt, Pepper, and Rocky. 3 white rocks named Shirley, Gurdy, and Patsy. 2 speckled sussex named Freckles and Ruby. 2 new hampshire reds named Reba and Ginger. And Duke, my delaware rooster.And 2 brand new chicks who hatched on 6/12/12
 

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I have 6 happy black star hens Niecy, Nantee, Violet, Chickira, Alice, and Kayla. 2 buff orpington hens Goldie and Tweety, 3 barred rock hens named Salt, Pepper, and Rocky. 3 white rocks named Shirley, Gurdy, and Patsy. 2 speckled sussex named Freckles and Ruby. 2 new hampshire reds named Reba and Ginger. And Duke, my delaware rooster.And 2 brand new chicks who hatched on 6/12/12
 

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post #30 of 39
9/12/11 at 3:50pm

Me too! We put a plate upside down under the water! Seems to help a little bit. smile

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