its better then the plastic ones, keeps water cold, easy to clean, vary hard to brake, works good in winter. their is also a heating pan for the winter that sits under the waterer it plugs in to the wall.
Do not put a heat pad under them because they could get to hot and they won't be able to get away from the heat when chicks get to warm they walk away from the heat balb so if it's a pad they will not be able to get away. What you shooed do is put a biger watt balb in they're or add mor heat...
Make your coop out of good wood. It rilly helps if you insulate your coop. Make the run door strong that's how most predators get in your coop so use good latches and hinges. Make shore your coop has a window so they can get natchearl light and the window shooed be double paned. Wood shavings...
Put sand in the run to get it more dry and it is also good for them cus they take dirt baths in it and with the fly problem flys are ok for them:goodpost: to eat but they can make your chickens on happy after a wile so you shooed put a fly strip in they're and put it where they can't get stuck...
Hi, what I use is a vary strong BB gun for cats when they are harming or killing my chickens and a rifle for bigger animals in most places it is legal to kill pretiters that are endangering your chickens. And for your other chicken keep the cut clean and covered. chickens are vary good at...
Your chicken or chickens have egg eat wish is a habit that is nearly inposabal to get rid of the only think you can do is get a nesting box that take the egg after it's Been lade to a holding basket that you can buy. or you can get rid of the hen or hen that are doing it.:cd
All the chicks need to be the same age when you put them in the brooder you can't mix match ages the older ones will pick on the smaller ones even if they are older by a few days.