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What time do you rollll out of bed to feed your flock?

post #1 of 21
7/10/12 at 2:30am
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I get up ag 5 am. The ducks get all excited when they hear the back door open.
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post #2 of 21
7/10/12 at 3:49am

I'm usually up at 4am so I can get everyone fed and set for the day before I get ready to leave for work at 5:45.  This week, though, my Dad (next door) has been out of town so it's been 3:45 so I can fit in taking care of his cats too. 

 

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post #3 of 21
7/10/12 at 3:53am
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Lol I bet
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post #4 of 21
7/10/12 at 8:32am

I give them food and water 24/7 so I can sleep in. ;)

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post #5 of 21
7/10/12 at 8:40am

I usually let them out of their coop at 7am because I don't want to annoy my elderly neighbors; my cockerels like to practice their crowing until I feed them gig.gif

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post #6 of 21
7/10/12 at 8:54am
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I give them food and water 24/7 so I can sleep in. ;)

 

Ditto, and I usually let them out into the run between 6-7 AM.

 

Sunday I let them out at 11 AM. It was a late Saturday night! hmm.png wink.png

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post #7 of 21
7/10/12 at 9:37am

Mine are in a coop with run with the coop run door open at night.  I try to get up by 7am to at least check on them. I let them out of the run at noon to make sure they eat some chicken feed before they roam the yard.  When it's hot I let them out right away in the morning so they can stay cool and find shade.

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post #8 of 21
7/11/12 at 10:27am

My girls are let out around 6:35 A.M.  It needs to be a little bit light outside before I let them out.  I figure the night predators are still skulking around in the early hours.

 

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post #9 of 21
7/11/12 at 1:28pm

I feed at night, and they have access to the run all the time, so I really don't need to do anything with them in the morning. When I'm working my mornings are kinda early and rushed so I've streamlined my routine to feed everyone I can at night. I just throw some hay to the horses and I'm on my way.

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Well, the kittens aren't so cute anymore and the easter egger cockerels are in the freezer. Plus, I think offering them as "prizes" scared folks off! So, I'm still posting quotes, if you know it let me know. I'm very enamored of this new one, it may hang around for a while!

 

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Well, the kittens aren't so cute anymore and the easter egger cockerels are in the freezer. Plus, I think offering them as "prizes" scared folks off! So, I'm still posting quotes, if you know it let me know. I'm very enamored of this new one, it may hang around for a while!

 

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post #10 of 21
7/12/12 at 8:09am

I free feed the girls in the coop, so I don't have to be out there at a certain time for them, but the goats and pigs need me to come out because they are not free fed.   I do let the girls out of the coop, and give them some tasty yogurt, greens, and some frozen fruit.   I go out to do chores around 7:30 in the morning.    It usually takes me until 9, by the time I get everyone fed, watered, and clean up the coop, and pig poop.   I also have to water the garden, dang drought.   On weekends, we push it until more like 8, or 8:30 sometimes. 
 

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