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And you'll find they're some flyers, too. If your run is topless, they'll be free-ranging birds eventually. Our Sussex's aren't as squirrelly as our Australorps. We have Orpingtons, too.Thank you! They are fearless squirrelly little things.
We store ours outside in thisDoes anyone store their feed outdoors? I've been storing my chicken feed, pig feed and scratch in the back of my garage in steel cans. I'm about to renovate my garage into living space and need to come up with a plan for moving everything outside. Any ideas of how to accomplish this?
We store ours outside in this
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I have mine in a galvanized steel container that we slide under the the coop. I usually buy 2 bags at a time, one gets opened and put into the container I just mentioned, the other I store in a 35 gallon drum with lid in the overhang of the shed where I park the lawn mower. I could probably fit 2 unopened bags in there. I wouldn't think you'd have a problem with it outside in the drums even if it does get rained on.
If you mean the ones that attach to the side rather than the bottom, no I haven't tried those. One benefit those would have is when I take the bucket down (once a year to clean out algae), I wouldn't accidentally set the nipples down in the dirt. I seem to do that every damn time, gotta find a 4x4 or something to set it on.Been looking at nipples and I think you are onto something. Have you tried the radial arrangement? Bottom seems easy with gravity. I'm in the mountains so cold weather function is required. Maybe use a tractor supply water element threaded into the lid. Ideally I could keep the food and water outside the coop and against the fence.
These birds can be a bit dumb, but can be trained pretty quickly.. When I first installed a nipple waterer, they all came running and just sort of looked at it.. I had to jiggle the nipples and they followed the water drip to the ground, still sort of just looked at it.. I jiggled the nipple some more, they watched the drips hit the ground and one of them pecked the ground, then looked back up. Another jiggle,she then pecked the nipple. Got water on her face, then got it.. The rest followed quickly.Been looking at nipples and I think you are onto something. Have you tried the radial arrangement? Bottom seems easy with gravity. I'm in the mountains so cold weather function is required. Maybe use a tractor supply water element threaded into the lid. Ideally I could keep the food and water outside the coop and against the fence.
Question, do your dogs have access to the fowl or are they kept separate ?? Why Im asking is this, we are probably going to be moving and getting more chicks here soon and the wife likes to free run them some of the time. She also recently bought a 10 week old Leopard Dog puppie that she "thinks" is going to protect the fowl from predators...Right now we have 20 chickens of various breeds, 2 Peking ducks, 4 heritage bronze turkeys, 2 kune kune/ potbelly cross pigs, 1 potbelly, one mixed breed horse a pit and a English mastiff. 6 of the chickens should be going in the freezer in a month or so and they others should start laying around the same time. All of our chickens and turkeys are free to roam, the only predator issue we've had is my dads wife's dog killed one of my turkeys a few weeks ago when he got out of his pen. I told her I wouldn't hold that one against her but it need not happen again. Out of all of our critters the turkeys are my favorite livestock. Funny to watch and I like to listen to them as they chat with each other.
The pit has one of the electronic collars that gives her a boundary. The chickens and turkeys wander into her area all the time, sometimes she will herd them back towards the pen other times she doesn't mind them at all. She was a full grown rescue when we got her but haven't had any issues. The mastiff is still a puppy that's mostly inside. A rooster pecked him once and he won't go near the chicken pen any more. He shows no interest in them when they are in the yard looking for bugs. I don't have any experience with leopard dogs, but I would try to get him around chickens asap to see how he handles it and go from there. If he shows aggression you may be able to train it out, or you may have to protect the birds as long as the dog is around.Question, do your dogs have access to the fowl or are they kept separate ?? Why Im asking is this, we are probably going to be moving and getting more chicks here soon and the wife likes to free run them some of the time. She also recently bought a 10 week old Leopard Dog puppie that she "thinks" is going to protect the fowl from predators...
Personally, I think he is going to go thru that flock of birds like a weed eater. Your thoughts?
Question, do your dogs have access to the fowl or are they kept separate ?? Why Im asking is this, we are probably going to be moving and getting more chicks here soon and the wife likes to free run them some of the time. She also recently bought a 10 week old Leopard Dog puppie that she "thinks" is going to protect the fowl from predators...
Personally, I think he is going to go thru that flock of birds like a weed eater. Your thoughts?
Funny story,, thanks for the advise..We have two German Shepherds, one is years old, the other is 12 weeks.
Both like to spend time with the chickens. When we had chicks in the house under a heat lamp we actually found our GSD had taken one out or it got out.....she had it on her dog bed with her... covered in slobber but no worse for wear. She regards them as "her" chickens and is protective of them outside now.
The puppy has gotten gone after by a few of birds, he keeps his distance now.
I think it depends on the dog, you can do avoidance training with a E Collar if they annoying birds.
I wouldn't mind a few birds but I just want the meat, not the eggs. Lol I grew up with them but haven't had any in a long time. Hmmmmm
I can set you up. Pm me.I wouldn't mind a few birds but I just want the meat, not the eggs. Lol I grew up with them but haven't had any in a long time. Hmmmmm
These are the backyard variety, but if you had to assign a breed to these roosters, which would be the most accurate? The guy I got the eggs from said barred rock. I agree for the lighter colored two, but what about the black one in the middle?
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Well, I hope the appearance doesn't affect the taste. He and his clutchmate to the right reside in the freezer. Lol.Barred Rock just not a very good looking one in terms of the breed standard.