What Time of The Morning Does Your Day Start for Feeding Your Animals.

[MagsC]

Usually somewhere between 5 and 6 a.m.

 

[key west chick]

7:00 to get son up, make sure DH is somewhat coherent and let dogs out. Don't do goats and chickens until early afternoon.

 

[chicken_angler]

I let the chickies out at 6:45

 

[Jessika]

Kids do the first feedings at 6 am......right as I am usually going to bed for the night. I sleep while they are in school. Then I feed and water again and 3-4 days got to work right after they come home (lol like today...I am on my way to work now). Weekends I do mostly yard/animal related chores. Goats are the only ones here that are picky about their schedule. Every other critter is mellow...and all have outside areas to go forge from, or just to kill boredom.

 

[Bex]

I feel lazy now.

Fiance and I don't get out of bed until about 7:30am-8am. We get up to let the dogs out, piddle around for a few to wake up the rest of the way, then fiance heads out to feed the cats, ducks, and chickens while I feed the dogs. I follow shortly after to feed the pig.. and then we normally feed the rabbits, rats, and mice in the evenings.

It works out because I am a "stay at home mom" to the critters while I study and fiance works in the evenings.

 

[Sequin]

I might have you beat Bex. I have Never been a morning person, but somehow I am the responsible party for waking everyone in the house. As tempting as it is to let them sleep and keep the quiet to myself - I can't. So, by the time I get up and get to feeding the dogs and chickens it is around 9a.m. The chickens are already out and catching worms in their tractor before I come with the feed and water. I come again in the late afternoon to move the tractor and check that the water is clean etc. I check for eggs morning and afternoon. With the shorter daylight hours I try to feed in the a.m. and p.m. when it is still light out. I hate having to feed when it is dark. It is so much less friendly. At least at night time.

 

[mamaKate]

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Sorry about your DH's job. Hope he gets a better one.

 

[kristenm1975]

I'm up at 4:45 so that I can get the chickens fed and given scraps, as well as their light turned on, before I have to leave at 5:30 to catch the ferry off Whidbey Island and into the big city. (Seattle

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I never used to be a morning person (at all!) prior to moving out to Whidbey. I used to wake up fifteen minutes before I had to leave for work, and then it was a whole ten minute drive to get there. Nowadays, my commute takes me from 5:30am until 7:45am, and then of course back again at night, 6:00pm until 7:30pm. Sigh. Some may say I'm crazy, but I wake up on my morning's off to gorgeous country quiet. I figure it works out.

 

[Daycare Mom]

My girls are getting out later and later(too dark in the morning). This weekend is the time change so that will help in the morning, but early to bed for the chickens.

 

[mrsengeseth]

6 am for the humans
630 for the dogs
7 (or later if cold) for the chickens
throughout the day I get the bunnies and cage birds done.