Re: Chicks are home
[Re: k snow]
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04/14/21 10:23 PM
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Did you pick them up at the Post Office ?
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Re: Chicks are home
[Re: k snow]
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04/14/21 10:27 PM
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A little trick we did with the water container.....we put some rocks in where they drink out of...instead of it getting full of shavings...they have some pockets of water...until you clean it
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Re: Chicks are home
[Re: k snow]
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04/14/21 10:34 PM
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Did your chicks come with a package of electrolytes to mix with the water ? Ours did
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Re: Chicks are home
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04/14/21 10:40 PM
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Did your chicks come with a package of electrolytes to mix with the water ? Ours did
Not that I saw.
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Re: Chicks are home
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04/14/21 10:43 PM
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Did your chicks come with a package of electrolytes to mix with the water ? Ours did
Not that I saw. We nevah got that packet with any of our birds either...
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Re: Chicks are home
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04/14/21 10:47 PM
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Hopefully you have more hens than roosters. When we were done lambing....we had 9 lambs total...7 were Rams ...Not Good ...lol ...ewes are what everyone wants for their flock. But they still taste good !
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Re: Chicks are home
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04/15/21 07:30 AM
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Good luck with the new arrivals.
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Re: Chicks are home
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04/15/21 08:29 AM
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I have found that getting the waterers up off the floor is the best way to keep them clean/safe. I hang mine by chains and high enough that the birds can drink but cannot get in the waterer. I have my feeders off the ground also. I keep moving them up higher as the birds grow. It really helps when raising meat birds because it makes them have to stretch their legs to eat or drink. LLL
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Re: Chicks are home
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04/15/21 08:42 AM
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I tried them but found like most nipple waterers it got the floor wet under them so I stayed with the drinkers. LLL
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Re: Chicks are home
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04/15/21 08:45 AM
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I tried them but found like most nipple waterers it got the floor wet under them so I stayed with the drinkers. LLL Thanks. I used 4 inch PVC pipe to move the coop, so I have four 5 foot lengths of it. Was thinking waterer or feeder with them. Maybe I'll make an outdoor waterer, for the warmer months.
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Re: Chicks are home
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04/15/21 09:06 AM
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I have found that getting the waterers up off the floor is the best way to keep them clean/safe. I hang mine by chains and high enough that the birds can drink but cannot get in the waterer. I have my feeders off the ground also. I keep moving them up higher as the birds grow. It really helps when raising meat birds because it makes them have to stretch their legs to eat or drink. LLL You can tell a trapper hung those waterers........plenty of swivels
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Re: Chicks are home
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04/15/21 09:56 AM
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I have found that getting the waterers up off the floor is the best way to keep them clean/safe. I hang mine by chains and high enough that the birds can drink but cannot get in the waterer. I have my feeders off the ground also. I keep moving them up higher as the birds grow. It really helps when raising meat birds because it makes them have to stretch their legs to eat or drink. LLL You can tell a trapper hung those waterers........plenty of swivels I hang mine the same way,,and also have trap swivels on them.
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