chicken keeping hacks!

[chicks n roses]

Lets share tips secrets and hacks that help in some way by making our job easier and allowing us more time with our chickens.
Mine is a simple tip.but very helpful.my dad taught me at 5 to use a handful of dirt to clean animals water dishes.food too i suppose .his game chickens were his pride and joy.and the more grit and roots in the ground the better it will clean just grab a handful and go to town the result after a quick rinse is a shiny clean dish algae free.its served me well with dogs cats fish and horses too really helpful.good luck and godspeed TRY IT IT REALLY WORKS!

 

[chickcrack]

Good one! I'm going to try that! My favorite time saver is an old metal paint scraper and a dust pan for poop board cleaning. The scraper has a hole in the handle as does the dust pan so I threaded some twine to keep them together and able to hang up. Takes like 30 seconds to clean up after 15 birds each morning.

 

[chicks n roses]

smart!

 

[drumstick diva]

both ideas are good - thank you both

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Good one! I'm going to try that! My favorite time saver is an old metal paint scraper and a dust pan for poop board cleaning. The scraper has a hole in the handle as does the dust pan so I threaded some twine to keep them together and able to hang up. Takes like 30 seconds to clean up after 15 birds each morning.

Good idea!

 

[Jilliho]

I recycle one and two litre bleach bottles into feed scoops. They are lighter than what you can buy and easy to clean.

 

[chicks n roses]

Im gonna try this one tomorrow.just cleaned house and emptied the bleach! lol

 

[chicks n roses]

Just read on another post of hanging a head of cabbage on a rope or such for winter foraging in a coop.i need to find out what vegetables my chickens like!

 

[chickcrack]

Yes ive done that and they love it! Also stuffed kale or spinach into a suet holder and hung up. It's an all day long game of keep away lol. I baked flock blocks the other day using Chicken Chick's recipe and added leftover stuffing, sunflower seeds and dried mealworms since everyone's molting. It was a huge hit until my lab broke in and stole it! I heard his stomache growling all night!!!

 

[Fluffers]

i think i see myself using a few in the future!