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- Do or don't you supplement light to keep your hens in production over winter? Yes. I've had chickens for almost 2 years now. Living in Idaho I've got 8 hens all laying throughout the winter. I get 7 - 8 eggs a day. I've built the 2 level coop in a corner of a heated shop with three doors on...

I am trying it out. This 5 gallon water jug lasts a long time. I set it up inside the insulated coop and haven't had any problem with freezing or algae yet. What's wrong with keeping it inside the coop anyway? What I did learn is that air needs a way to get inside the jug because as the water...

Thanks everyone. I guess now there is no doubt. :)

Around eight weeks old I think. Wondering if its a roo. Its my most aggressive chick, and biggest.

It didn't seem to make a difference at first, but then I removed the water bowl and did what you said. I put the biggest ones beak up to the nipple and now they are all experts. Yay!

I lurked on this site for a few weeks before I jumped into the backyard chicken adventure. I really liked the idea of an automatic waterer so I built this PVC pipe onto a water container I had. How do I teach my young chickens to drink out of the nipple nozzles from my set up? I started my flock...