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Can I have chickens and not be able to check on them every day?
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What climate do you live in? How many days between visits do you think it will be? Will your coop be wired for electric or not? There is no one answer to this as there are a lot of variables involved. In the spring/fall when weather is more temperate there is less risk to going days between visits than in the winter/summer. You can install some pretty nifty feed/water units that can hold days worth of feed/water - but in the winter unheated water would freeze and in the summer there is more of a risk if something were to go wrong causing the water to run out before you think it will.Can I have chickens and not be able to check on them every day?
What climate do you live in? How many days between visits do you think it will be? Will your coop be wired for electric or not? There is no one answer to this as there are a lot of variables involved. In the spring/fall when weather is more temperate there is less risk to going days between visits than in the winter/summer. You can install some pretty nifty feed/water units that can hold days worth of feed/water - but in the winter unheated water would freeze and in the summer there is more of a risk if something were to go wrong causing the water to run out before you think it will.
It is optimal to at least see them daily - this allows you to assure they never go long without feed/water if something happens that what they were given becomes spilled/spoiled/etc, allows you to notice changes in behavior or condition that are best addressed quickly vs. having days to progress. That being said, as long as you are able to assure they have ample feed and water and their other basic needs are sure to be met during absences, a couple of days between visits is not necessarily going to be a bad thing.
X2 on both of the above posts.I would like to add, do you have a secure, predator proof coop and covered(I hope) run for them? You wouldn't want to return to find your birds massacred by a dog or wild predator.