The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

[delisha]

I am having a few over to bake Christmas cookies today. I love to let my grandchildren do what they want, and eat what they want while at grandmas. i tell the adult kids to make sure they get all the veggies in the children before bringing them.

That is what they get back.

 

[Sally8]

BDM wonderful Blog again. You are so talented!

aoxa, I just love that camera and your ability in capturing your subjects. So beautiful!

The ff...I'm sure it's not for everyone. I don't even bother putting it in a bowl anymore. Just a blob here and there. They eat it right then. off the ground. I have a couple pumpkin half shells that I put a blob in each also. I was going to buy another heated bowl but have decided against it. As soon as I charge my camera's battery, I'll take a couple pic's. I'm not trying to talk you into it, just sharing what is working for me. I live in NY also, and we have been frozen here for some time. I did buy 2 heated bowls for the water. Best investment I've ever made.

 

[Sally8]

I am having a few over to bake Christmas cookies today. I love to let my grandchildren do what they want, and eat what they want while at grandmas. i tell the adult kids to make sure they get all the veggies in the children before bringing them.

That is what they get back.

 

[delisha]

My calculations will probably be different than an average flock. I raise and feed out ,,up to three sets of meaties to sell. Meaties eat more food than an average bird. I do not have them long, however when I average it out i still average it out per bird. I would have to have a separate system for flock birds and meaties to get average flock numbers.

 

[aoxa]

It i very messy..you might for the week of the show, just feed half of the feeding of FF and add dry to it. It will be less messy for that week and they still get the added protecting for the show.

I'll try it out. See if it can be any less sloppy. However, my show birds all have beards. Bearded birds + wet food = mess.

 

[maidenwolfx80]

Some more money savers,, natural or just plain made out of recycled goods,, give me your set up for food and water. I made a couple feeders out of old pvc pipe

 

[aoxa]

Some more money savers,, natural or just plain made out of recycled goods,, give me your set up for food and water. I made a couple feeders out of old pvc pipe

This feeder will work great for FF.

 

[delisha]

Sally,
I am so glad you are posting more, so many people are giving such good suggestions and helpful hints..
Keep up the good work!

 

[delisha]

Quote: lol
They will defiantly get messes with anything slightly wet. I probably would do dry after the bath too.

 

[delisha]

I am going to show my DH this. Great picture and usage of repurposed material.
Good job!