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So how do you pick up chicken poop in a grassy area? Will it rake up?
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Spray it off with waterSo how do you pick up chicken poop in a grassy area? Will it rake up?
So how do you pick up chicken poop in a grassy area? Will it rake up?
I use horizontal nipple waterers and DIY no waste feeders. I can go away for more than a week and not have to depend on someone to feed or give water to my flock. I have a neighbor that likes to come get the eggs though.
I keep food and water inside and outside, my coop and run are open 24/7.
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I’ve had chickens for 8 years with no issues. My coop yard is 8x3 constructed of 19 hardware cloth fencing. Topand all sides. During the day their yard 30x50 is surrounded with solar generator poultry fence. I feed them a mash of rice, oatmeal, etc and pellet feed in am and a metal feeder with pellets. I put out a days worth of pellets each day. Don’t want to fill it and have wet feed. put out more than one waterer. You don’t them to be dry in the hot weather. Leave them in their coop for a week when you put them out, check for adequate ventilation. That way they will go back to their coop home each night. Protect from predators.First time chick owner here. I am getting ready to move our 6-week old chicks outside and I have a few questions:
What types of feeder and Waterer are best? Those that sit on the ground or those that hang? I don’t want them kicking stuff into them on the ground like they do in the brooder but maybe that’s not a big issue outside where there aren’t shavings to kick into it?
I assume feed and water stay outside in the pen rather than in the coop. True?
Right now, the area the pen encloses is grassy. Will it eventually become just dirt? If/when that happens do I need to put straw or something down or can they just have a dirt floor in the pen? The coop is pretty small, just a few nesting boxes and a couple of roosting bars so I don’t anticipate them spending much time in it.
I’ve read that you should put something in the nesting boxes to keep the chicks from sleeping there until they are ready to lay? What would you put in them?
I will probably have more questions but this is a start. My gals are ready for more space. I’m so glad the weather has turned so they can be moved outside! So glad I found you all. Such great resources!
Mary Beth
I had no idea that you shouldn’t let them sleep in the nesting box till a certain age. What happens?I keep hanging feeders in the coop, the kids have auto waterer's, aka dog bowls. Mine have a dirt run, except for when it rains or the hose or something breaks on one of the waterer's, the dirt floor is just fine. Helps with them getting grit too. I use pine shavings in my nest boxes and to keep them from sleeping in them you will need to block them off with something. I used pieces of board to cover mine till my chickens figured out what the new roost was. How many chicks do you have and what is the measurements on your coop?
They tend to poo in the nestbox which means more cleaning for you.I had no idea that you shouldn’t let them sleep in the nesting box till a certain age. What happens?