Morning chores (just those parts that relate to poultry):
Throw the scraps into the henyard. Go to the shop and get a half-can of corn and throw that into the henyard as well. Look at all the birds in the pasture layer tractors as I head back to the shop. Throw some corn down into the rooster pen (and maybe fill their feeder if necessary) as the water cans fill. Open the roost house door so they can get out.
Check on the birds in the show hutch and fill the OEGB feeders if necessary.
Check the turkey breeder tractor and the birds in the growout pens in the greater backyard.
Evening chores:
Move all seven tractors. Refill waterers as necessary in the growout pens that have a lot of birds which means they go through water faster than the rest of the tractors. Let the yard hens out to free range.
The lockup: When it's dark enough that the birds have gone to roost go out and close up the rooster pen and the yard hens.
Sunday chores: In addition to the above on Sundays I refill all of the tractor feeders, the henyard feeder, and the show hutch feeders except for the OEGB birds that have a diferent type. Additionally I rinse and refill all the waterers in the tractors, henyard, and show hutch. All of the hutch waterers are scrubbed weekly and bleached once a month.
Wednesday chores: In the summer months when the birds go through water faster than they do in the cooler months I refill all the waterers. In the cooler months just those that may have run out since Sunday. I also refill the henyard feeder since I only have the one in there at the moment until I have time to build another feeder shelter.
Additional chores: Clean out the showbird hutch as needed, do any necessary repair work, that sort of thing.
None of this includes any brooder chores because at the moment mine are empty until later fall or early winter when I'll start hatching again. The mail ordered chicks will start coming in January.
Throw the scraps into the henyard. Go to the shop and get a half-can of corn and throw that into the henyard as well. Look at all the birds in the pasture layer tractors as I head back to the shop. Throw some corn down into the rooster pen (and maybe fill their feeder if necessary) as the water cans fill. Open the roost house door so they can get out.
Check on the birds in the show hutch and fill the OEGB feeders if necessary.
Check the turkey breeder tractor and the birds in the growout pens in the greater backyard.
Evening chores:
Move all seven tractors. Refill waterers as necessary in the growout pens that have a lot of birds which means they go through water faster than the rest of the tractors. Let the yard hens out to free range.
The lockup: When it's dark enough that the birds have gone to roost go out and close up the rooster pen and the yard hens.
Sunday chores: In addition to the above on Sundays I refill all of the tractor feeders, the henyard feeder, and the show hutch feeders except for the OEGB birds that have a diferent type. Additionally I rinse and refill all the waterers in the tractors, henyard, and show hutch. All of the hutch waterers are scrubbed weekly and bleached once a month.
Wednesday chores: In the summer months when the birds go through water faster than they do in the cooler months I refill all the waterers. In the cooler months just those that may have run out since Sunday. I also refill the henyard feeder since I only have the one in there at the moment until I have time to build another feeder shelter.
Additional chores: Clean out the showbird hutch as needed, do any necessary repair work, that sort of thing.
None of this includes any brooder chores because at the moment mine are empty until later fall or early winter when I'll start hatching again. The mail ordered chicks will start coming in January.
