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[Redhead Rae]

Side note, I'm also in WV!!!!!

Me three!

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

I did some repurposing last week. This is an old utensil holder which I used with vet wrap as a chick sling. I also used drawer organizers for food and water for the chick. Sadly I had to cull the poor thing.
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Thats just too cute. .

 

[hoosierhens101]

I love all these ideas. Now I am not going to throw out anything. We have a shed door and an old trampoline that might have new purposes. I love creative people.

 

[Marmalade25]

Futon frame as a ramp. Storm window installed sideways inside this ancient shed window when I need to shut them in. Not the best, but it does work and fit my budget. Looks so fancy, *eye roll.

 

[WVduckchick]

Futon frame as a ramp. Storm window installed sideways inside this ancient shed window when I need to shut them in. Not the best, but it does work and fit my budget. Looks so fancy, *eye roll.

Awesome repurpose!!

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Futon frame as a ramp. Storm window installed sideways inside this ancient shed window when I need to shut them in. Not the best, but it does work and fit my budget. Looks so fancy, *eye roll.

Nicely done!
I love that...hmmm, i may have one of those around here..just gotta find it..


New twin bed box spring chicken tractor... the chicks are ready to integrate so they go in for a few days then i raise one end and they come and go from it till they fully join the flock on their own.

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

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Did you add ventilation to your playhouses? I have one for my ducks and left a gap, well, the gap let the rain in last night. Ugh. So, I need to rethink it. Thanks!

 

[Sallyintucson]

Omg! This thread is sooo for me!! For water, we mostly just buy hanging cups, but some pens, that isn’t an option. So our easy solution is using milk jugs! We cut out one side, leaving 2-3 inches on the bottom. BAM! Chicken waterer!
For nest boxes, we either use handmade wooden boxes, or a bucket (cat litter box, or other square buckets) But we have 4 pens, breeding pens, that have between 3-7 hens at a time. A small box won’t work. So we take a blue barrel, support it in the corner, on its side off the ground. We cut open the side, and put a large milk crate in the back. Fits plenty of hens at a time! Becuase they love to go lay at the same time, and crowd each other...
I have multiple other repurposed items, just noboictures at the time. I’ll post back later with some pictures!!

 

[Sallyintucson]

Omg! This thread is sooo for me!! For water, we mostly just buy hanging cups, but some pens, that isn’t an option. So our easy solution is using milk jugs! We cut out one side, leaving 2-3 inches on the bottom. BAM! Chicken waterer!
For nest boxes, we either use handmade wooden boxes, or a bucket (cat litter box, or other square buckets) But we have 4 pens, breeding pens, that have between 3-7 hens at a time. A small box won’t work. So we take a blue barrel, support it in the corner, on its side off the ground. We cut open the side, and put a large milk crate in the back. Fits plenty of hens at a time! Becuase they love to go lay at the same time, and crowd each other...
I have multiple other repurposed items, just noboictures at the time. I’ll post back later with some pictures!!

 

[Sallyintucson]

Be sure to sprinkle some DE on and in between anything made of wood. Some kinds of mites like to hide between or under boards and come out at night to feed on the hens.