They live outside now!

[chemwhizzz47]

We finally got the outdoor pen finished yesterday, and we're finishing up their house today. Thought I would share some progress pics!

 

[coltgrizzz]

I love it!

 

[chickens really]

Nice...Only suggestion is to remove all the shavings because that will become a wet Stinky mess in no time. Sand as a ground cover and rake it every few days is better to keep the flies away..Shavings only in the house is needed..

 

[snow5164]

Looks good! I have a question , they eat and drink out of those feeders/waterer?? I thought they needed water to dunk their nares?
Getting mine Tuesday and I’m trying to be prepared

 

[chickens really]

Definitely need to dunk heads to clean nares and eyes..

 

[chemwhizzz47]

Nice...Only suggestion is to remove all the shavings because that will become a wet Stinky mess in no time. Sand as a ground cover and rake it every few days is better to keep the flies away..Shavings only in the house is needed..

We've been deliberating on that. We spread the shavings because right now the underlying layer is dry, dead fill dirt. I didn't want it to turn to straight mud, but also realized that the shavings probably weren't going to be the best long term solution. Sand sounds like a great idea!

 

[chickens really]

We've been deliberating on that. We spread the shavings because right now the underlying layer is dry, dead fill dirt. I didn't want it to turn to straight mud, but also realized that the shavings probably weren't going to be the best long term solution. Sand sounds like a great idea!

I would rake that all up and rebag the shavings for use later on. They will be fine on dirt till you get the sand..

 

[chemwhizzz47]

Definitely need to dunk heads to clean nares and eyes..

They usually spend about 30min a day swimming, so we've kept the waterer in the house/box with them to cut down the mess. They'll have a wire shielded bucket in the pen when we finish today

 

[chickens really]

They usually spend about 30min a day swimming, so we've kept the waterer in the house/box with them to cut down the mess. They'll have a wire shielded bucket in the pen when we finish today

Water in the house isn't a good idea. I would put the water in a far corner of the Run and Ducks love noodling and drilling in mud.

 

[chickens really]

Also I use rubber livestock bowls for both feed and water..