SugarCochin
Chirping
- Feb 22, 2021
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Hello everyone!!
So I am a teen, and I have recently got chickens.
I was wondering...how good or bad is my chicken care. I have gotten all my care and tips from my grandmother, who has raised chickens since she was like 10.
I wondered..how up to date is her and my care.
Note: I did NOT do research as my grandma provided me with care, but I also own hamsters and many people do not know much about them and never research on them, so my grandmas care could be very wrong.
Note: I do not own chickens YET. My grandma does. I used to own some but they died due to a coyote. (I live in ohio) I do own cochins but they live at my grandmas.
Chickens (I plan to get): 3 Rhode Island Reds, 2 Barred Rocks, 2 Americaunas, 2 Bantam Cochins, 1 Bantam Cochin Rooster, Total: 10 Chickens, 7 Regular, 2 Bantam, 1 Bantam Rooster
Enclosure Size: about 14.5 feet by 14.5 feet. Which is about 210 sq ft i think. Their is no wooden floor, the walls are made from mesh except for 1 side, the roof is wood. I cannot at the moment free range...I am sorry..but this is due to my old flock getting hunted by mostly coyote and mink.
Feed: I do not know the brand of feed, but for chicks I am getting this like hard ball tiny pellet things, but for adults I am using some of that, pellets, and cracked corn along with the supplement of every day veggies
Enclosure "Toy Accessories": I plan on making a tunnel thing, having 4 different perches made from wood. I also want to enough nest boxes for every bird plus 2, but with smaller ones for the bantams so they feel cozy (Idc if they use them or not). There is going to be a part of the enclosure, maybe a 1/4 of it, that is going to have some plants for them to run, forage, or do whatever with.
Bedding/Ground: The ground is mostly mud/dirt. There nest boxes are going to be filled with pine shavings.
Water/Food Containers: The food is in one of those bucket things that you fill, flip upside down and the food like drains out, if you know what I mean. The waterer is 2 large pvc pipes that have a thing as the bottom here the chicken goes to drink, their beak pushes on a little lever thing, and the water comes out. (Its like a rabbit or hamster water bottle where the animal pushes a ball with their tongue and out comes water, except its their beak) Its hard to explain.
It looks exactly like this - https://www.google.com/search?q=chi...enUS862US862&safe=active#imgrc=psJO6ZLWXc0mMM
Lighting: There isnt much lighting at all, its mostly natural lighting as the coop walls are made from mesh type material. In the winter and late fall and early spring though there will be 1-3 heat lamps.
I dont know what else to put, but if there is anything you need me to answer ill add it in.
Tell me whats right and wrong and how to improve or what to add or take away.
So I am a teen, and I have recently got chickens.
I was wondering...how good or bad is my chicken care. I have gotten all my care and tips from my grandmother, who has raised chickens since she was like 10.
I wondered..how up to date is her and my care.
Note: I did NOT do research as my grandma provided me with care, but I also own hamsters and many people do not know much about them and never research on them, so my grandmas care could be very wrong.
Note: I do not own chickens YET. My grandma does. I used to own some but they died due to a coyote. (I live in ohio) I do own cochins but they live at my grandmas.
Chickens (I plan to get): 3 Rhode Island Reds, 2 Barred Rocks, 2 Americaunas, 2 Bantam Cochins, 1 Bantam Cochin Rooster, Total: 10 Chickens, 7 Regular, 2 Bantam, 1 Bantam Rooster
Enclosure Size: about 14.5 feet by 14.5 feet. Which is about 210 sq ft i think. Their is no wooden floor, the walls are made from mesh except for 1 side, the roof is wood. I cannot at the moment free range...I am sorry..but this is due to my old flock getting hunted by mostly coyote and mink.
Feed: I do not know the brand of feed, but for chicks I am getting this like hard ball tiny pellet things, but for adults I am using some of that, pellets, and cracked corn along with the supplement of every day veggies
Enclosure "Toy Accessories": I plan on making a tunnel thing, having 4 different perches made from wood. I also want to enough nest boxes for every bird plus 2, but with smaller ones for the bantams so they feel cozy (Idc if they use them or not). There is going to be a part of the enclosure, maybe a 1/4 of it, that is going to have some plants for them to run, forage, or do whatever with.
Bedding/Ground: The ground is mostly mud/dirt. There nest boxes are going to be filled with pine shavings.
Water/Food Containers: The food is in one of those bucket things that you fill, flip upside down and the food like drains out, if you know what I mean. The waterer is 2 large pvc pipes that have a thing as the bottom here the chicken goes to drink, their beak pushes on a little lever thing, and the water comes out. (Its like a rabbit or hamster water bottle where the animal pushes a ball with their tongue and out comes water, except its their beak) Its hard to explain.
It looks exactly like this - https://www.google.com/search?q=chi...enUS862US862&safe=active#imgrc=psJO6ZLWXc0mMM
Lighting: There isnt much lighting at all, its mostly natural lighting as the coop walls are made from mesh type material. In the winter and late fall and early spring though there will be 1-3 heat lamps.
I dont know what else to put, but if there is anything you need me to answer ill add it in.
Tell me whats right and wrong and how to improve or what to add or take away.
