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Make chicken feeders and waters out of 5 gallon buckets. Cheap, easy and hold a ton of food and water, making it easier to keep them fed and watered. There was a guy here who posted a great thread on them, then had to leave when he had to give his chickens up. I don't recall his name, sorry.

I had my first chicken scare yesterday. Fortunately, everything worked as planned. I was working in my shop and took a small break. As I stood in my shop door, I saw something coming down my driveway about an 1/8 mile away. I couldn't make it out and didn't have my binocs with me, so used my...

Lincoln county here!

Link for those interested in the FAQ: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/the-great-big-giant-mareks-disease-faq

I would add "and the ability" to kill a predator to that statement. Responsibility implies maturity. Maturity implies the ability to deal with reality. The reality of owning chickens is the need to kill to protect your flock. If chicken owners can't or won't deal with this reality, they need...

Crap! Way too far from here in Lincoln county!!!

I got 10 RIR from the local TSC mid-April this year. Unfortantely, I let the meth-head pick them out. :( I have five that look like ones in the OPs pics. That's not all bad because I'll now have a pick of the one or two roosters that I want to keep, I'll turn the others into fried chicken...

Pics or it didn't happen!!! Oh and pics of the coop too!!! New here as well, no disastered thumb, but plenty of blood, sweat and beers.....

This is what I've built and use: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/834227/make-your-own-no-waste-5-gallon-25-feed-bucket-feeder-for-about-3 I'll never go back to the old commercial-bought feeders again. good luck!

You could probably get away with it, but I wouldn't. I would screw down 1x4's to the roof trusses and then screw the metal roof to the 1x4's. Plywood alone would not have enough holding power for me and our winds up here. Here's a pic as an example: Here's another one: Good luck!

Rich is a great guy to do business with. I got my HN is just a couple days after ordering. The HN work great without leaking. buy with confidence! Good luck!

Exactly. If I was building a shed and/or another chicken coop, that's what I would use. Link: http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_572_572 Pic:

Ok, that explains it. And thanks for the fast response!

I'd like to change my preference for posts per page to something like 30 or 40 per page instead of the current 10. How do I do that? I cannot find any preference tab under my username. Thanks!

Good feeder, works well, but make your own as stated above, for about $5: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/834227/make-your-own-no-waste-5-gallon-25-feed-bucket-feeder-for-about-3 Good luck!

I have the TSC version of that waterer. I'm here now looking for ideas on replacing it since it always seems to leak or go empty for some reason. I bought 4 water cup/nipples but it's installed for the outdoor run; so I need to make one for inside the coop.

When I started reading about how to design and build a chicken coop, that's the first thing I learned: "chicken wire" isn't! It's useful for keeping raptors out but that's about it.

Just moved to SW Lincoln county in the last couple of months out in the country and on my own farm (38 acres). One of my goals in moving out here was to get into chicken and egg raising. But, it had been a very long time since I had had fresh farm-raised eggs. So, I went looking and found...