left for 8 days

[Carson213]

We just left home for 8 days...first time for so long during COVID. with 24 chickens...auto chicken run door, gravity water, hog feeder, and seedling heated roll outs...no biggie. i did have people stopping by every other day to grab eggs...but not to give them food or water...and the roll outs could have handled the eggs anyway. i looked in the hog feeder and they only ate about 1/3 of it. in my opinion, a heated 50 gallon food safe barrel for water and a hog feeder that holds 3-4 50lb bags of feed is the best way to go. i use a rubber maid container for a big dust bath and a trough for oyster shells. i also have their roosts about 8 feet high in the event the power is out so that if the coop door doesn’t close...they are high up. i could run it on battery but where i live power doesn’t go out more than a few times a year for more than a few hours.

 

[cinnamoncockatiel]

Sounds like an EGG~cellent setup!

 

[Cyra]

We just left home for 8 days...first time for so long during COVID. with 24 chickens...auto chicken run door, gravity water, hog feeder, and seedling heated roll outs...no biggie. i did have people stopping by every other day to grab eggs...but not to give them food or water...and the roll outs could have handled the eggs anyway. i looked in the hog feeder and they only ate about 1/3 of it. in my opinion, a heated 50 gallon food safe barrel for water and a hog feeder that holds 3-4 50lb bags of feed is the best way to go. i use a rubber maid container for a big dust bath and a trough for oyster shells. i also have their roosts about 8 feet high in the event the power is out so that if the coop door doesn’t close...they are high up. i could run it on battery but where i live power doesn’t go out more than a few times a year for more than a few hours.

I’m guessing you don’t live in...Texas

 

[Mamatomany123]

I’m guessing you don’t live in...Texas

I dont get it. I live in Texas. Why would this not work here?

 

[Carson213]

I dont get it. I live in Texas. Why would this not work here?

i have no idea about texas...other than texas people are crazy should work anywhere aside from Texas.

 

[Mamatomany123]

i have no idea about texas...other than texas people are crazy should work anywhere aside from Texas.

We're a little crazy but a good kind of crazy

 

[aart]

where i live

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[HeathenHavenHomestead]

We're a little crazy but a good kind of crazy

I don’t know about a “good crazy” for Texans.
Last time I went there I had an old couple purposely swerve at me to try and drive me off the road while screaming profanities at me…
Apparently doing 5 over the speed limit wasn’t enough for them…killing me was more important.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I dont get it. I live in Texas. Why would this not work here?

Probably because the water need would be more than provided

 

[Aunt Angus]

For the record: I have always enjoyed the company of Texans... even though I'm a dreaded Californian.