Hatching Eggs / Paypal CHAT Thread

[CelticOaksFarm]

Quote: thanks, my son is drafting the measurements and materials list. will see if DH vetos or says yes to the final concept.

 

[pysankigirl]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/most-ingenious-chicken-design-contest-easter-2012 It was entry #15, #3 & #10 were mine also (one more use for foam pipe insulator). My prize was a book (which I refer to ALL the time)!


I would love to have them also (bantam & LF), I just can't bring myself to dub...........

Deb

dub?

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Quote: sure hope not lol we get salt spray here every day from thee ocean

 

[Thespoiledchicken]

sure hope not lol we get salt spray here every day from thee ocean

Me too, LOL. I can taste the salt just walking outside in the summer.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

ok, we are open tomorrow and I promised waffles and biscuits and gravy in the morning. This means bedtime. night all

 

[debs_flock]

Quote: In order to show the males, you have to cut off their combs & wattles. It makes me feel

You can look on YouTube, "how to dub a chicken".

Deb

 

[mzstre]

Tap the nipple a couple of times. They'll come to investigate the noise and figure it out fast!

they just figure it out.... I don't really do anything to teach them.... they just come see what the red thing is and get wet and then find water LOL

Yep- really no learning curve. I usually grab one chick and touch its beak to the waterer. As soon as one chick figures it out, they all want to try!

 

[mzstre]

thanks, my son is drafting the measurements and materials list. will see if DH vetos or says yes to the final concept.

I really like your design! Please do post pics if it becomes a reality!

 

[DMRippy]

Quote: It turns to salt after it degrades. They don't eat salt. I do put it in the drinking water to keep algae at bay.

 

[debs_flock]

Quote: I use hamster type bottles for my indoor brooders too. They instantly figure it out. I've only had one problem with them. When I move chicks out to a larger brooder with a traditional type waterer, sometimes they'll stand and die of thirst before they willingly switch over from the tube of a bottle. They just don't seem to recognize open water as a drinking source. It takes more time to convert them back and I've had to be really careful. Of course, if you use nipples in all your pens, that wouldn't be an issue.

Deb