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[SweetSilver]

Lemon Cuckoo Orpington Project Rooster "Lemon" still not positive on male female but gets chased by the roosters and is very large. Not crowing yet.....



Bantam Cochin/Orpington mix "Red" I think a pullet but my rooster chases Red so can anyone confirm male/female for me?




Roosters are free to BYC peeps.... please reserve now if you want one. I need them gone and will start processing the crowing ones tomorrow....

I'm guessing your Orp is a pullet. Not positive, but that's how I'm leaning. Mix is a cockerel, pretty sure. His hackles and saddle feathers are just starting to grow in, and his tail feathers are curling. Could be wrong, but I think he's just a late bloomer.

 

[drumstick diva]

Rainwolf - wow what a neat fence. Practice makes perfect, so give me this one, and make another for you.Works for me.

 

[ByN8ureHomstead]

Quote: A home filter won't remove the chlorine or flouride. They are dissolved in the water. Yes the bleach water helps keep the nasties from growing in waterers especially in thewarm weather.

From what I have read you need a four stage reverse osmosis system to get rid of most of the fluoride. I have also read the colloidal silver will keep the nasties from growing.

 

[ByN8ureHomstead]

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I use nipple on the bottom of a 5 gallon bucket for my birds. When its hot I add frozen 2 litter bottle of water, when its cold out I use a water heater.

 

[ByN8ureHomstead]

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I would use nipples if I had only one bird. 8 to 10 birds will go through 5 gallons in about a week.

 

[ByN8ureHomstead]

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The first year I used pipes and tubes for my nipples. I won't use pipes or tubes again. It is hard to get the algae out of them and in the winter when I was not using the nipples in the pipe the little bit of water that was left in the pipes froze and pushed some of my nipples out. To me the 5 gallon bucket works great year round.

 

[ByN8ureHomstead]

Have any of you in Western Washington lost chicks to a snake before? Do I just have internet paranoia? There are lots of post about it, but I see mainly from the south, right?

Here in Kansas I have never lost a chicken to a snake but a snake was lost to a chicken, OK it was a baby snake but a snake is a snake.

 

[KMHunter]

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I would use nipples if I had only one bird. 8 to 10 birds will go through 5 gallons in about a week.
I would also use it if I only had one bird. The water stay clean. I don't have to worry if I am gone for a few days that they are going to be drinking yucky, dirty water. You can get a smaller 2 Gallon bucket. I have 2 of those in my run right now for 8 chickens. I LOVE nipple waterers!
My two new birds don't know how to use them yet and are skittish of me and the other birds so they haven't followed the leader, so to speak. I have been hesitant to remove the regular waterer as of yet. I am hoping soon!

 

[ByN8ureHomstead]

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I would use nipples if I had only one bird. 8 to 10 birds will go through 5 gallons in about a week.
I would also use it if I only had one bird. The water stay clean. I don't have to worry if I am gone for a few days that they are going to be drinking yucky, dirty water. You can get a smaller 2 Gallon bucket. I have 2 of those in my run right now for 8 chickens. I LOVE nipple waterers!
My two new birds don't know how to use them yet and are skittish of me and the other birds so they haven't followed the leader, so to speak. I have been hesitant to remove the regular waterer as of yet. I am hoping soon!

Take the other water source out. I have been surprise at how fast young birds find the nipple and if they are with other birds that use the nipples they will learn very quick.

 

[KMHunter]

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I would use nipples if I had only one bird. 8 to 10 birds will go through 5 gallons in about a week.
I would also use it if I only had one bird. The water stay clean. I don't have to worry if I am gone for a few days that they are going to be drinking yucky, dirty water. You can get a smaller 2 Gallon bucket. I have 2 of those in my run right now for 8 chickens. I LOVE nipple waterers!
My two new birds don't know how to use them yet and are skittish of me and the other birds so they haven't followed the leader, so to speak. I have been hesitant to remove the regular waterer as of yet. I am hoping soon!

Take the other water source out. I have been surprise at how fast young birds find the nipple and if they are with other birds that use the nipples they will learn very quick.
Yeah, all of mine did fine once one or two got it. They are just so not apart of the flock that I worry. But I will take it out tonight and see what happens in the morning. I started all of my chicks on it at about a week. (I have smaller ones for my brooders) They figure it out faster than anything!