Connecticut!

[singham]

the coop (i bought it) and run(we built it)

the watering system

i used a planter box nailed to the 2x4 to put their food in

my eggs from the last 2 days

 

[OmeletMan]

Nice coop and run.

 

[blipit007]

the watering system

Im very interested in this... how does it do in our winter?

 

[Apdeb]

I would think it would be a summer spring fall option only on outside of coop/run like that
There is a $35 valve you need plus drip nipples pipe hose etc

 

[singham]

Im very interested in this... how does it do in our winter?

This will be our first winter with the chickens. I have looked at the submersible bird bath water heaters and also the fish tank heaters to place in the largest tube. I don't know how well it will do as the water heads to the furthest cup though.

as Apdeb said above, i may only be suitable outside in the wamer-cold months and may even have to be moved inside where it's insulated for the winter.

As the winter months approach, I will let you know how/what works.

Ps, it was really cheap for my husband to make. no special orders or super special valves or anything. only thing we ordered were the cups.

 

[OmeletMan]

Any kind of heater in a container like that you will still have to deal with frozen lines and nipples. Moving water won't easily freeze. You could install a small circulation pump with a heater to be more effective. I did a small aquarium heater in a standard waterer. The tray still froze but the water stayed fluid.

 

[wantedman66]

You can also use the heat tape that they sell to keep pipes from freezing it works great I used it last winter for my bucket waterer and it didn't freeze once,you can also put it on a timer.

 

[singham]

I have a few friends asking how much i would charge for eggs. Do you all just give your extra eggs away, or do you sell them? and for how much??
Also, I have read a few different pieces of information about how often the girls will lay. Some say hens can lay multiple times a day, other say 1 egg every 26 hours. Considering the only chicken information I trust is from you guys,.. i wanted to ask for your input
Thanks so much!

 

[Apdeb]

In fairfield county like $4.50
In rest of state $4 - $3.50

 

[SunAndDirt]

I just actually priced eggs at the grocery store to see what the price range was! I wanted to be sure I wasn't over-valuing my product
In the store in New London County, eggs range from $1.99 (regular large, Grade A white eggs) to $4.89 (Pete and Gerry's brand(?) organic, non-gmo, vegetarian diet, cage free Grade AA large brown eggs).

I was planning on selling for $3.00/dzn, and now I feel comfortable doing so, maybe even $3.50.

I had also thought of giving a discount to customers that returned egg cartons to me, since that is going to be such an expense. Does anyone do that? Like a bottle deposit? Sell the first dozen for $3.50, the next is $3.00 if you bring back the carton?