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I have a couple of questions. First off the same as others have asked about how many chickens you think can be feed per feeder. Secondly, if they are not under some type of cover there is nothing to keep them from getting wet, I can see making a few and placing them around the run, but wouldn't...

paper towels directly or do you put their feed in their feeder?

My brooder is 4'x4', it has two 125 watt brooder bulbs which are hooked to a dimmer switch so I can just adjust the temp by the dimmer switch, I have two viewing windows, and on top is two doors with hardware cloth to keep my 3 cats out. I actually have the brooder playing double duty right...

I am going ot use pine shaving on a painted plywood floor. How deep should the pine shavings be? Should I go ahead Wednesday evening before I go to bed and set the food and water in place or just wait till I get them home? Should I just put new shavings on top of the older ones, or how often...

Chicks will not be vaccinated. I am still tossing around the idea of medicated or unmedicated feed. Maybe I will get a bag of 20% none medicated and mix it with the medicated and basically have 18% slightly medicated. I wish I could make my mind up. Basically the whole reason for getting...

The only other feed store I have found so far sells Purina. The guy couldn't tell me how much protein although he thought it was 18% and could not tell me if it was medicated or not. I did not have my reading glasses with me so I could not read any of the ingredients. That 50lb bag was $17 and...

My Co-Op has medicated chick starter and that is all they sell $11 and some change for a 50lb bag but it is only 16% protein. My local TSC as unmedicated chick starter that sells for $13 and some change for a 50lb bag that is 20% protein. I will be getting Black, Brown, Gold, and Red...

The Chic-Ken County Medical Center Maturnity Wing. All ready for it's first babies arriving on the 23 or 24 of April. The rest of the pics are on my page.

Jeff, that was an awesome post. Thank you so much. I will take everything you said and use it when I get my rangers.

I didn't say I ws going to . I was asking if a 4x8x2 tractor would be too small for 25 colored rangers. I have never raised any chickens at all let alone meat birds. We do have critters runnin around so I do want a tractor. The layers will be in a coop with a large run. So how many would be a...

for a 4x8x2 tractor as long as it is moved every day.

I am a diabetic. I keep my sugar at 97 day and night. My A1C is never above 5.7 I studied and studied. I have came to one conclusion. Eat natural!!!!! D not eat anything out of a box. No prepared meals. I eat pancakes with flour. I make cake without flour. I do love pizza and I eat it about...

I am getting 6 cornish males(2 of each, buff, dark, red laced white) and 2 delaware males. I know the crosses don't need much space because I have read they don't move much. How big would a tractor for mine need to be? In the future I might get some Colored Rangers but not sure I want 25 at a...

A lot of great responses. However I am still not convinced one way or the other, and ya'll have thrown pellets into the mix. I will have to say I think the pellets are a beak ahead of the rest. By the way how deep should each be?

How deep should the wood shavings be? I better go ahead and ask how deep should the sand be?

I have almost finished my new 4x4 brooder. It will have a linoleum floor. I am wanting to get as many opinions as possible with your own experiences about wether to use sand of wood shavings. Stuff like which may be easier to clean. I know when using shavings the chicks should be on paper towels...

I really think the heat right under the light is way too hot. You don't want to fry them yet. I always thought it was supposed to be 95 degrees under the light for the first week and decrease the temp by 5 degrees every week. I have seen 85 watt red floodlights all over the place, and at...

Crimson Rose I am gonna send you a PM in just a sec. Got some questions for you.

I want to order 25 Colored Rangers. I am gonna build a tractor for them. How big should the tractor be?