Minnesota!

[scandiafowl]

My work day will soon need this type of intervention...

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Welcome back phil.


@mamussell welcome. I guess to start you should start with housing for your future chickens. It's the most expensive part and needs to be done right. I started out on the coops pages for months studying and deciding what worked best with the resources I had.

Chicken breed in Minnesota is another consideration. The most popular breeds are usually single comb and these breeds often have a winter of frostbite dubbing combs and wattles their first winter in mn. You'll want to pick low profiled combs like cushion or rose combs if possible.

Start out studying those two areas. Right coop. Right breed.

 

[mamussell]

@Bogtown Chick Thank you!!!

 

[Bogtown Chick]

You're welcome! And

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[Bogtown Chick]

Nice behavioral management person at the school. Phone call today to me. He likes my kids he told me. Ha.

I told him thanks and what I wanted. He said he understood and will be figuring something out. The culprit had not told his parents. they found out just today.

Egads.

 

[MinnesotaNice]

How would you put a fountain in it?

By fountain I meant waterer. I think mine is 3 gallons - galvanized.

I was looking on Amazon (I love Amazon) and am going to buy the 1.5 gallon heated dog bowl - $23.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...rue&ref_=ox_sc_act_title_7&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

 

[scandiafowl]

Nice behavioral management person at the school.  Phone call today to me.  He likes my kids he told me.  Ha.

I told him thanks and what I wanted.  He said he understood and will be figuring something out.  The culprit had not told his parents.  they found out just today. 

Egads.

This is the kid who smacked yours around?

 

[scandiafowl]

By fountain I meant waterer. I think mine is 3 gallons - galvanized.

I was looking on Amazon (I love Amazon) and am going to buy the 1.5 gallon heated dog bowl - $23.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FJX7YW?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_act_title_7&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Had my eye on that one as well. You'll put the waterer inside the heater?

Did you read the reviews? Farm Innovators also makes a stainless steel version with much better reviews.

 

[MinnesotaNice]

Had my eye on that one as well. You'll put the waterer inside the heater?

Did you read the reviews?

I planned on putting it right on top of the bowl. I haven't seen the heated bowl, but I'm assuming all will fit well. That, or I'll just fill the heated bowl with water and stick something in the middle. I think a jug with sand was mentioned. Makes a makeshift waterer.

If you look on the amazon link for the heated bowl and view the customer posted images, there's a few people that used it that way for their poultry. Kinda helps you picture it better.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

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