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  1. Al Gerhart

    9.5 week old hens eating almost 1/2 lb of feed per day; will this go down at adulthood?

    Good, mystery solved. That quarter pound of feed per bird is rarely off and i think that Stormcrow pointed out the deficiency in the feed being the reason for slightly more consumption. So you are feeding six pounds per day roughly.
  2. Al Gerhart

    9.5 week old hens eating almost 1/2 lb of feed per day; will this go down at adulthood?

    oh, that was Country chicken lady. LOL Too many chicken ladies. Are they cleaning up the last batch? All gone by dusk? I'd check a few crops to see if they are full or make half a batch.
  3. Al Gerhart

    9.5 week old hens eating almost 1/2 lb of feed per day; will this go down at adulthood?

    So, I assume you have weighed the content of one scoop? It is difficult to believe that your hens are eating twice the food a hen would normally eat. Might weigh yourself holding your mixing bowl then again after you have scooped in what you think is five pounds of dry feed.
  4. Al Gerhart

    9.5 week old hens eating almost 1/2 lb of feed per day; will this go down at adulthood?

    Is that eight pounds of dry feed or eight pounds after you put water in it?
  5. Al Gerhart

    9.5 week old hens eating almost 1/2 lb of feed per day; will this go down at adulthood?

    I think she is, she has another post on fermented feed where she wrote about a five gallon bucket plus four and then she referenced the feed flowing out of a feeder and spilling. I asked her in the other thread if she was mixing that much water with the dry feed. OP, you need to reconsider...
  6. Al Gerhart

    How to feed bulk fermented feed to meat chickens?? please help!

    So how much water did you add to the five gallons of feed, if I understood your post correctly. You said something about five gallons plus four... Following up from your other post where you said you were feeding ten pounds of feed per day or more accurately, a half pound of feed per hen per...
  7. Al Gerhart

    9.5 week old hens eating almost 1/2 lb of feed per day; will this go down at adulthood?

    So......you are feeding them ten pounds of feed per day and they are consuming all of it? That would be a half pound per day per hen. Five pounds is expected. Ditto on the wet feed, avoid that unless you place the wet feed outside the feeder to avoid mold.
  8. Al Gerhart

    Foxes

    Make sure you have any rodents under control. Predators like foxes can smell mice from a long distance so it might not be just the chickens they are attracted to.
  9. Al Gerhart

    Aluminum run buckled in from snowstorm

    My bad.... Still, an owl or large hawk will have no trouble ripping through the roof. The stuff is just twisted together. Then again, if you don't have larger predators it might just be good enough. For now, drill some holes in the bent aluminum and sister some 2 x 2's or 2 x 3 boards to the...
  10. Al Gerhart

    Aluminum run buckled in from snowstorm

    Patch it up to get by and replace it with 2 x 4 wood construction. Or if you have a welder in the family, use some square tubing. It needs to be heavy enough to prevent storm damage or staked down to piers or 30" long wood stakes. Consider an A frame, gives you enough room to walk down the...
  11. Al Gerhart

    Cockerels vs. Hawks?

    That is kind of their job, to watch for hawks. If there are plenty of area they can retreat to they stand a decent chance of surviving but probably won't be able to protect the hen. When a raptor attacks, it is quite a body blow and the force of those talons. I held an owl once wearing very...
  12. Al Gerhart

    The rats where I live are getting really big….

    We will know this is a thing when I start getting requests for chicken proof deer feeders.
  13. Al Gerhart

    The rats where I live are getting really big….

    White tail rats.... even a treadle feeder would be SOL with something that size.
  14. Al Gerhart

    Heated strap for waterer

    Pail heaters, we have used them for decades in our paint booth. You can find them for under $37.00 on Amazon. Most fit five gallon buckets but they just wrap around so can fit almost anything over three gallons I would guess.
  15. Al Gerhart

    Anyone here have Iguanas?

    Those things are invasive pests that don't belong here, right? They eat bird eggs and any other baby creature they can get to. They have plenty of length I would guess, but what is their weight? I'm thinking that even a good treadle feeder wouldn't stop one if it is over three to four pounds...
  16. Al Gerhart

    Stop buying chicken feed

    Ditto, it has to be a troll post. Do not try this at home kids.
  17. Al Gerhart

    Two Eglu Cube Qs, One Mouse Q, all vaguely winter-related

    1. There is just not enough space in that coop if I have the dimensions right, 37" x 39", around 7 to 8 square feet of room. Using the specifications that FrostRanger gave, two chickens maxes out the square footage Then IF you have the 6' x 30" run that comes with the plastic coop, maybe 15...
  18. Al Gerhart

    Rats and flock block

    Everyone just remember, with rats, rarely do chickens go after them and the rats will happily eat during daylight hours. Taking the block in before dark does help some but the rats will still get to the block. Mice, hens will get them most of the time, likely won't cause problems leaving a...
  19. Al Gerhart

    Rats and flock block

    Break it up and put it in one side of the feeder! As long as the door closes it will be fine. Thanks for the business BTW, holler if you ever need repair parts or repair advice. OP, yes, even if you hung the block off the ground the rats would jump up on it. What if you gave them a small...
  20. Al Gerhart

    Diving back in- but chickens won’t live with me, thoughts?

    You can get sim card powered cameras. Not that expensive these days for a data plan.
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