Chickengnome91
Chirping
- May 12, 2022
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So we sold off some of our chicks . I think our final count put us at 28 out of 45 , so just over 50% hatch rate. I think I'd do some things a bit differently hatch wise but otherwise I was happy with our rate.
I'm now stuck on housing. We planned to sell off a good portion but that's not happening very fast. (Most folks want full grown ready to lay /butcher and get mad about not being able to sex them. )
For watering , I decided on a large 2 gal auto waterer with cups attached. I figure that will make it easier to keep out of bedding as well as be able to hang outside the cage for easy refills. (Easy to clean as well)
Food I was thinking of hanging seed cup , but outside there housing so they have to stick there head out and eat. Less mess, also easy clean.
I have 2 cages I'm debating on working with. A 48"Lx 39"H x 24"W dog kennel or a 37"L x 19h x 17" w rabbit cage. They both allow for mounting of waterer and feeder. However... with the dog kennel, I have the option of making a 2nd level with ramp and adding more houses etc inside. I just dont know if they'd use a 2nd level. Both would be easy to move around outdoors so they can get grass.
Theres also the idea of hutches ( not a huge fan as I want them to be able to at least get fresh air and grass. But reading some folks journeys, most freak out in outdoor tractor) theres also tractors .
But what would your ideas be? Any suggestions of kennel over rabbit cage?
Both could easily be converted to tractor with pvc and hardwire
I'm now stuck on housing. We planned to sell off a good portion but that's not happening very fast. (Most folks want full grown ready to lay /butcher and get mad about not being able to sex them. )
For watering , I decided on a large 2 gal auto waterer with cups attached. I figure that will make it easier to keep out of bedding as well as be able to hang outside the cage for easy refills. (Easy to clean as well)
Food I was thinking of hanging seed cup , but outside there housing so they have to stick there head out and eat. Less mess, also easy clean.
I have 2 cages I'm debating on working with. A 48"Lx 39"H x 24"W dog kennel or a 37"L x 19h x 17" w rabbit cage. They both allow for mounting of waterer and feeder. However... with the dog kennel, I have the option of making a 2nd level with ramp and adding more houses etc inside. I just dont know if they'd use a 2nd level. Both would be easy to move around outdoors so they can get grass.
Theres also the idea of hutches ( not a huge fan as I want them to be able to at least get fresh air and grass. But reading some folks journeys, most freak out in outdoor tractor) theres also tractors .
But what would your ideas be? Any suggestions of kennel over rabbit cage?
Both could easily be converted to tractor with pvc and hardwire