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    people with house chickens

    Me too. I would love to let 'the girls' (2 x RIR) inside with 'the boys' (2 x half-brother Jack Russell') but; Can they be relied on to 'control' themselves AT ALL? My backyard has taken a pounding since we've had chickens. Can't imagine them lasting long inside. But, we love 'em. So, I...
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    feeder for chickens and not birds

    Quote: You must have really BIG wild birds or really SMALL dogs. There is no way a bird gets near the dog food at my place (two Jack Russell Terriers) unless of course the bird is a chook! Then it's a standoff! Chooks are bigger. Seriously, what's wrong with adding a couple of ounces of...
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    feeder for chickens and not birds

    Thanks for that! First day on the forum and I have already learned lots of stuff. Now, I must go an cook dinner for the mob (it's 7.28 pm Wed. here). Catch up soon and thanks again. Cheers Murray
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    feeder for chickens and not birds

    Oh O.K. I have a 5 gallon plastic container cut in half which I refill with fresh water every day. I have two Rhode Island Reds. It would appear, then, that this is sufficient? Cheers Murray
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    feeder for chickens and not birds

    Sweet! The egg laying is done by the time they are let out of the coop in the morning. This 'fresh' water thing? I take two bottles of tap water to work with me and it seems to be fresh enough for me for a whole day. Why do my chooks need more than one fill of water per day? Surely if they are...
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    feeder for chickens and not birds

    O.K. So, keep their main source of food in the coop and just let them find what they can while 'ranging'? Cheers Murray
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    feeder for chickens and not birds

    Quote: So, how do you get free range chickens without letting them 'free range'? Cheers Murray
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    feeder for chickens and not birds

    Hi, I feed my chooks at different locations around the yard with a seed mixture rather than laying pellets. The chooks enjoy the scratching and rummaging. The local native pigeons love the stuff and, as I only have two chooks at the moment, I reckon any excess seed is better going to the other...
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