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    New treadle feeders help with training

    Good points. I have this DIY feeder currently: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/aarts-waste-free-funnel-bucket-feeder.67218/ So they already have to stick their heads inside something, with something overhead. No movement, but at least the sticking the head inside of something idea...
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    New treadle feeders help with training

    I wonder if spray painting the feeder black or brown with Rustoleum so it's not shiny metal would help them not be scared of it. I just got my first treadle feeder last week (the real Grandpa) and was wondering whether to do that. Just a thin coat so it doesn't affect the moving parts, enough to...
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    heat source???

    You definitely don't need heat in Texas. People raise chickens in Alaska with no heat and they do fine. I have chickens in MA with no heat and they do fine. Just keep them dry and out of direct wind and they'll be fine.
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    What should I put in the eves?

    The eaves are way up above the chickens’ heads. I highly doubt their feathers would be ruffled down at roost level. You can easily do a test though - grab a chicken and hold it on the roost on a windy day, and watch the feathers. I think your chickens will be fine with open eaves. More than fine...
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    How do you get rid of the rubber smell?

    You seem a lot more upset over this than I am, so I don’t know who’s getting offended easily.
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    How do you get rid of the rubber smell?

    There are other ways to express that sentiment. The hose comments, and the riding with no seatbelt comments, downplay real dangers and mock those who take them seriously, for a false sense of toughness that’s really just unnecessary recklessness.
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    How do you get rid of the rubber smell?

    Some people use this as a point of pride… seriously. Like drinking from a dirty rubber hose is some kind of scout badge of honor that proves they had a better childhood 🙄
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    How do you get rid of the rubber smell?

    It was a Little Giant pan, and LG uses Fortex rubber in their pans.
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    Chickens aren’t eating their layer feed

    I'm afraid it sounds exactly like a kid eating dessert for dinner kind of issue. Cracked corn is dessert. It's a treat, not something to be fed in large amounts, and 1/3 of what you offer is a very large amount. So you are in fact adding treats, in much greater amounts than what's recommended...
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    How do you get rid of the rubber smell?

    I have a friend who uses those rubber pans on her farm to feed her sheep (dry pellet feed). I wonder if it would be okay to give it to her. Dry pellets won't absorb stuff from the pan the way it may leach into water... so it might be okay... I don't want to give her anything dangerous, but I'm...
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    How do you get rid of the rubber smell?

    P.S. Genaral update on the rubber pan: It has now been THREE MONTHS of the pan airing out outside, and IT STILL SMELLS!!! Ugh. Definitely a "never again" moment.
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    How do you get rid of the rubber smell?

    I've seen friends use these buckets on farms for other livestock, and they seem handy (especially the flat back) but they are too deep for my needs. I just wanted something to use as a waterer for the chickens, and wanted them to be able to reach to the bottom when the water gets low, without...
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    Veggies

    That's why I don't like that rule, and am not even sure it's a "rule", rather just something being tossed around, potentially borrowed from other animal species care (like pet fish - feed as much as they can clean up in X minutes, because there's no other good way to dose their food). The...
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    Cayenne pepper discussion

    It's a bunch of woo. You don't need to add cayenne pepper for anything. Even bell peppers - chickens don't need to eat them, and don't particularly like them either. They prefer the seeds. If you feed them a complete formula commercial feed, then they have everything they need in there and you...
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    Food/water in coop

    Having food in the run is worse though, when it comes to pests. Coops are usually more secure than runs, and if done properly, should be rodent proof. Runs, on the other hand, often are not. If food sits in the run, it will attract mice and rats, who will find it easier to get into the run than...
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