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[crossgirl]

I'm in Jacksonville!!! I'm brand new to this site and hope to have chickens real soon. So glad to be here.

(BTW ~ my user name was supposed to be "TheHippyGardener" but I guess the "r" got cut off) LOL!

Do you know what kind of chickens you'll get??

 

[itsjustjen]

Anyone have tips to keep your chicks from knocking over their feeder? I tried a rock but worried it would fall on one since the love to sit up there! I can fill their feeder then 2 hrs later its everywhere and they won't eat it! It's driving me bonkers! That and the heat is making their pen smell REALLY nice I have to clean it out daily. I am starting to create a bigger run since they have grown so fast since bringing them home

 

[K9Flier]

I hung mine when my chicks started growing and making a huge mess.

 

[FireTigeris]

I use a kiddy pool, they cant kick it out and it's under cover so no water in it either, works great.

 

[plantcityhomestead]

Hi! I am in the Seffner-Valrico area. I have a gorgeous Splash Blue Wheaten cockerel out of Happy Mountain's line that I would like to see go to show. I hatched him and his siblings back in April. I also have a whole mess of Bantam Ameraucana chicks that hatched last week from Jerry Seigler. Another batch of Black Bantam Ameraucanas just went into lock down today. If you are interested PM me and we will figure out a day and time to get together! Good to know we have friends so close.

Hi Lea, it's Cindy from over on facebook. You are everywhere today.

Everyone, go look at the photos on her website. Lea has some beautiful birds.

cindy

 

[plantcityhomestead]

I'm in Jacksonville!!! I'm brand new to this site and hope to have chickens real soon. So glad to be here.

(BTW ~ my user name was supposed to be "TheHippyGardener" but I guess the "r" got cut off) LOL!

Hi HippyGardener, welcome to the group. You are a wise woman to check things out before you get chickens. Do you have any breed in mind?

cindy

 

[anderson8505]

Anyone have tips to keep your chicks from knocking over their feeder? I tried a rock but worried it would fall on one since the love to sit up there! I can fill their feeder then 2 hrs later its everywhere and they won't eat it! It's driving me bonkers! That and the heat is making their pen smell REALLY nice

I have to clean it out daily. I am starting to create a bigger run since they have grown so fast since bringing them home

Try:
1) placing it on a piece of wood like a 2x4
2) screwing it to the bottom of the wood if #1 doesn't work.
3) feed them less, twice a day
4) sometimes, if you don't refill it, they're forced to eat the mess they made (not, of course, moldy food!!!! = botulism= death)
5) get used to the fact that chicks love to scratch out feed and some is going to get wasted.

ps, I place waterers on a piece of wood as well, as soon as 4 days old as long as everyone is moving around well and knows what food and water is!

 

[CloverdaleFarms]

Hi Lea, it's Cindy from over on facebook. You are everywhere today.

Everyone, go look at the photos on her website. Lea has some beautiful birds.

cindy

Awww...Thanks Cindy you are too sweet! It was actually your posts here on BYC that led me to the Plant City FB page. I am so glad to find you guys!

 

[welasharon]

I take those red drywall plaster trays and screwed it onto a board. I got tired of them turning it over.

 

[plantcityhomestead]

Awww...Thanks Cindy you are too sweet! It was actually your posts here on BYC that led me to the Plant City FB page. I am so glad to find you guys!

If I had been paying attention we could have been friends before today! Glad we finally connected.

cindy