Chicken Owner Survey - Please Help

[NanaLantana]

I took your survey. I have 8 hens, mostly for enjoyment, but the ladies at my church enjoy buying my eggs, too. And the kids from church and my own grandkids enjoy coming over to hold chickens, and collect eggs. These are kids who would never have the chance to do such things, maybe ever! One of their parents said, "I've never held a chicken!" Amazing, to miss out in life on such a simple pleasure!

 

[Impress]

Survey taken, my pleasure!

 

[jlasuzi]

Done

 

[hennyannie]

Completed

 

[PlanterTomato]

Thanks to all who have been kind enough to take the survey. If you have a friend that you think would be willing to help as well, please e-mail them the below link:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ChickenOwnership

Thanks again.

 

[nickie]

Quote:
My brother made the hour drive out to my house (i moved from the city to a very rural area, not even a town) to see my chickens. Imagine a 34 year old man who is 6'4" and 220 lbs. Giggling like a five year old when I put a chicken in his arms. Fantastic, absolutely fantastic. My 4 year old son didn't understand why he was so nervous about holding her... Country kids, go figure.

 

[AccentOnHakes]

Doing it/ done.

 

[artsy1]

took survey...............no junk e-mails please////////////

 

[bleith]

done

 

[GardenState38]

I'm actually in the market research business and design surveys for a living.
On the whole, a pretty good survey . I don't want to be overly critical, but some of the answer choices were a bit limited and the resulting data may be a bit skewed.

Will be Interesting to see how many rate keeping the coop clean "very pleasant". Really? I had no idea how to answer that. It's a terribly frustrating task to keep the chicks' food and water poop-free, and I've tried every trick in the book.
Although I do feel somewhat warm and fuzzy when I clean out their waterer and for a few minutes they have clean, shaving and poop-free water, but I wish it wouldn't have to be so frequent or so messy/smelly.
I might have used a different scale wording there--not sure what you're trying to get at--Perhaps "Very satisfying/somewhat satisfying, etc." would have been a better choice?

You also assume that everyone has a traditional watering system?--what about people with nipple waterers? They may find the task easy and very pleasant compared to those of us with 3 gallon plastic waterers. It would be interesting to see how the ratings differ based on watering method--but you don't ask that.

Also, it's possible to purchase multiple feeders/waterers--I've purchased both online and in the feedstore, but the survey only accepts a single response. I answered based on my last purchase.
Sorry, hard for me not to look at the survey with a critical eye, since it's been my job for the past 20 years.
I'd be happy to consult if you're ever looking for ways of improving your data collection.