Backyard Chicken Setup
Posted on Mar 09, 2009 under Breeding Chickens |
A good guide to a simple backyard set up for keeping chickens. About three eggs a day
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A good guide to a simple backyard set up for keeping chickens. About three eggs a day
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March 21st, 2009 at 4:20 am
This was a great …
This was a great and crazy
video!
March 21st, 2009 at 4:20 am
Hey it;s …
Hey it;s csbarrett14 again. I forgot to tell that the names of my videos are My very Own Backyard ChickenSetup, nd My New Fowl. By the way, you are right about most white chickens having white earlobes, but that means that colored lobes mean colored eggs, and white lobes mean white eggs. thanks!
March 21st, 2009 at 4:20 am
Actually, I usually …
Actually, I usually use organic chicken feed: “CFS Omega III Organic Peak Layer Ration” by
Cashton Farm Supply Ltd.
Cashton, WI, USA 54619
I get mine from:
Nutzy Mutz and Crazy Catz
330 W. Lakeside
Madison, WI 53715
Phone: 608-256-3647
They might ship it to you.
Dan
March 21st, 2009 at 4:20 am
Strikeard,
Sure, …
Strikeard,
Sure, what I’m currently using is Agrimart “Layer Poultry Feed–16% Crulmbles” The address is
3507 E. Racine St.
PO Box 391
Janesville, Wisconsin, USA 53547
March 21st, 2009 at 4:20 am
can you tell me …
can you tell me what kind of food is that is that egg producer? or the hens just lay the egg out of know where?
March 21st, 2009 at 4:20 am
what you do with …
what you do with the food feeder at 2:06 is you take your finger and sweep out the bottom from like old feed that has like disentergrated (proably not spelled right) because it clogs up the food that is supposed to come down we have 10 chickens………. looks good great vid
March 21st, 2009 at 4:20 am
I’ve heard that too …
I’ve heard that too…but usually white chickens have white ears and colorful chickens have brown ears—-and brown eggs.
March 21st, 2009 at 4:20 am
i herd that its not …
i herd that its not realy the chickens color that make the egg color they say its their ear lobs if their dark u get brown if its light you get white just thought id tell ya about it
March 21st, 2009 at 4:20 am
You’re welcome!
You’re welcome!
March 21st, 2009 at 4:20 am
thanks for this i …
thanks for this i got lots of ideas
March 21st, 2009 at 4:20 am
Error: Latitude is …
Error: Latitude is 43 degrees north.
March 21st, 2009 at 4:20 am
Wisconsin—about …
Wisconsin—about 150 miles north of Chicago….Latitude 44 degrees north.
March 21st, 2009 at 4:20 am
wow! i think this …
wow! i think this is the 1st hen house i have seen with central heating! lol
its looks mighty cold though, r u in russia?
March 21st, 2009 at 4:20 am
Wounded: Check out …
Wounded: Check out my youtube thing on an even more portable, light and cheap setup: “Chicken Tractor 1: light, cheap and easy.” And also “Chicken Tracter 2: (etc.)” Bamboo, cable ties, chicken wire (or even garden deer-proof netting) and tyvek do a pretty good job in making cheap, strong and light stuff. Dan B.
March 21st, 2009 at 4:20 am
I’ve been watching …
I’ve been watching Youtube chicken coop videos all day and evening, trying to find something I can use in my situation. I can’t believe some of the mansions some people build for their chickens - much nicer than my trailer! Yours was thoroughly practical and I’m sure I’ll use some of the ideas, such as the zip ties, the heat lamp and maybe the turf-over-wire. I recently got my 3 birds and I have them in an 18×18 run but have plastic trash cans for their nesting boxes. I see I need an enclosure.
March 21st, 2009 at 4:20 am
Well, some roosters …
Well, some roosters can provoke a neighbor to murder the rooster or the rooster owner even faster than a chihauhua.
March 21st, 2009 at 4:20 am
Actually what I do …
Actually what I do now is to put rug material or astroturf over the wire on the floor. Then I just lift the rug bits out and dump out the droppings every morning into the compost box. It’s a bit less smelly there than on the ground under the coop and the ladies love the soft floor. In the winter it keeps out the cold, too.
March 21st, 2009 at 4:20 am
hey this is …
hey this is trucklover9, i know u u use the wire screen to put their droppings in but, heres a suggestion and its a little harder to clean but maybe u could put hay in there. and around the claypot heater. i bet they would love it. your coop is inspiring. i like your coop so much i made plans of it and how you could make it better, not thats its cool already. if you want the plans i can describe them as best i can to u.let me know
March 21st, 2009 at 4:20 am
nest boxes dosent …
nest boxes dosent make them lay more.
March 21st, 2009 at 4:20 am
Very nice! Thanks!
Very nice! Thanks!
March 21st, 2009 at 4:20 am
thanks for your …
thanks for your video - really informative and user friendly. i’m thinking of getting chickens but am pretty useless at building anything involved like a coop - your setup is inspiring! and i really love the claypot heater
March 21st, 2009 at 4:20 am
Trucklover, Thanks …
Trucklover, Thanks for your suggestion, but there’s not a lot of room in the hutch…so I just put some astroturf on the bottom and they lay right on it. For the first 9 months I got 3 eggs every day from my 3 chickens. Their night light switched on at 3 am through the winter to keep their laying hormones flowing. Only 2 eggs for the last month, for some unknown reason. Dan
March 21st, 2009 at 4:20 am
you need to get …
you need to get nestboxes and they will lay more eggs a day. i have 5 chickens and a medium sized coop. need nest boxes if you want more eggs.
March 21st, 2009 at 4:20 am
I am also from …
I am also from Green Bay, do you know if they are legal here?
March 21st, 2009 at 4:20 am
Regards from Green …
Regards from Green Bay. Thanks for posting!