Our donated coop/self built run with donated supplies and before and after paint job...

Should I have these poop boards under the otside ones as well? What are Nipple Waterers? I have the kind that you fill and flip...3 of them...2 tall and one small...
Poop boards only inside coop, can be good way to manage manure.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...s-poop-pictures.621363/page-178#post-18966048

Nipple waterers are great, especially in my winters!
Can be tricky to train to tho.
I just take heater out once temps go up.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/aarts-heated-waterer-with-horizontal-nipples.67256/

Work great in smaller vessels also.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...nipple-waterer-for-wire-crates-by-aart.72704/
 
Regarding the rooster, will any of the parents be freaked out that their child sees animals having sex? I think roosters are quite active in that way so they will see it happening a lot.
 
I also need to figure out a better food/water system and someone to tend to the flock over Winter Break...I have a trip to NC and TX that go round...until they start laying, funds are tight for any improvements outside of what I pay for out of pocket and donations...so far the feeder and waterer's were donated as were materials to get it ready for them...but the cost of the chicks to start with as well as the feed/straw/pine chips is all out of pocket...and can this flock put away the food! lol todays journey to the North will be cleaning out the coop poop and a little raking up anything in the run laying around...maybe painting the outside perches we used recycles materials for and securing the additional wood along the base...when the students come back they will put their hands in the paint and put hand prints all around the place on the wood and maybe a swirl or two of the yellow/peach on the front blue area..Oh I also need to get pics of the inside to post for someone who asked as well as measure.

If you can get a sack of wheat feed for $10 like I can you can get $60 of food from it by making fodder. It would be a cool thing to do in the classroom watching each tray grow then feeding it to the chickens. I wish I had a teacher like you when I was in school... my sister had a rabbit in her class for a few years the tales she tells...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/growing-fodder.1208596/

JT
 
I would agree about culling the rooster. My mother was attacked by a backyard rooster when she was five and was dripping with blood before she could climb high enough up a fence to get away from it. It was terrifying for her. She has been afraid of chickens ever since. A rooster with children is a foreseeable liability that could lead to wiping out your whole program if a child is harmed.

I would also read up on your local laws and ordinances that determine whether you can legally keep chickens at the school, in that part of town, etc., and whether and under what conditions you can sell the eggs. Many locations have handling, cleaning, and refrigeration requirements that you need to know about before you inadvertently violate a law or regulation and incur some kind of penalty. It stinks that there are so many considerations that go into such a great project, but it is wise to go into it knowing what is required.

I would also encourage you to make contact with other chicken keepers in your area to familiarize yourself with the local predators of chickens and learn what measures must be taken to protect your flock from harm. Chain link has large enough openings to admit many chicken predators and you may find that you need to dedicate resources toward effective protection of your chickens. Predation is an issue for most of us who keep poultry or waterfowl.

My younger son is in full-time SpEd. I love what you are doing and hope it is a great success! Make lots of use of this site to help ensure that things go well.
Thank you for your comments and recommendations. I am guessing the principal was okay with it as he is the one who gave us the go ahead to proceed and the location was where the county put the chain link up for us...the coop itself is totally enclosed with chicken wire that was donated by the local feed and supply store with a base of wood dug down around the edges 8" deep with wood donated by the local builders supply. The eggs are only to be sold to the teachers...no outside sources...I had chickens up until the age of 19 however remembering anything negative other than the owl and hawk has escaped my mind. Even our not so friendly rooster wasn't ever in attack mode but maybe Ralph kept him in line...lol Colonel is still young so we will see...If I do not relocate him he will have a separate coop and run, and if I do rehome him, I just want to make sure I don't find out he was dinner or I would be sad...lol
 
Have a few pics for you. I use the nipple waterer on 5 gallon bucket with lid. It will be so much easier for you. Also pic of pvc feeder i use which is also great and simple to make. Chickens love to roost and having poop board under roost makes out keep clean. View attachment 1191493 View attachment 1191493 View attachment 1191495 View attachment 1191496 View attachment 1191497
Is that a rooster at the waterer? Looks a lot like the one we call the Colonel...just wondering..Love your set up!
 
If you can get a sack of wheat feed for $10 like I can you can get $60 of food from it by making fodder. It would be a cool thing to do in the classroom watching each tray grow then feeding it to the chickens. I wish I had a teacher like you when I was in school... my sister had a rabbit in her class for a few years the tales she tells...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/growing-fodder.1208596/

JT
You have shared AWESOME stuff! Thanks SO much! So many more ideas!!! :) How many chickens do you have??
 

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