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"Erica,
If you don't want to build your own, I have a chicken tractor and run available for sale that my husband built. $225 if you pick it up/$250 delivered. It is A-framed with a nest box on each end, screened side for air flow; easy to clean; I…"
If you don't want to build your own, I have a chicken tractor and run available for sale that my husband built. $225 if you pick it up/$250 delivered. It is A-framed with a nest box on each end, screened side for air flow; easy to clean; I…"
"The autofeeders drop the food directly to the ground. You could suspend it 8 feet off the ground and it wouldn't matter.
Keep us updated if you try out the feeders where they have to step on something to get it to open, I'm curious how hard they…"
Keep us updated if you try out the feeders where they have to step on something to get it to open, I'm curious how hard they…"
"Yeah...thats the one...I just couldn't remember where I had seen it before."
"I found a link similar to what Dana mentioned with video! This is pretty neat. It's now on my list.
http://www.backyardchickens.com/LC-feeders.html
I have found that rodents can jump several feet high from the ground or a flat surface, right into…"
http://www.backyardchickens.com/LC-feeders.html
I have found that rodents can jump several feet high from the ground or a flat surface, right into…"
"This is why I always recommend that people never use chicken wire and instead use 1/2" hardware cloth. Sparrows go right through the chicken wire. (They'll also go through any similarly sized gaps, so you have to be good about sealing it up tight…"
"My chickens are not free range, but I still have finches inside the coop, and mourning doves sticking their heads through the holes in the chicken wire. I am going to put a finer mesh along the perimenter, about ten inches high and that will stop…"
"I have the same problem I believe I am going to add poulty wire to my coop as well."
"We just put up a plastic owl this weekend...I don't think it works but my husband does. my neighborhood flock of sparrows and doves plowed through a 50lb bag of organic pellets in 5 days. I felt like I was in the classic movie Birds! I resorted to…"
"you can get this feeder on line i have seen them once but they are not cheap"
"We have ten free-range hens and were overwhelmed with dozens and dozens of wild birds coming to eat huge amounts of organic feed. I finally pulled the feeders and have resorted to twice-daily hand feeding my flock. This solves the problem, but IMO…"
"hmmm...i seem to remember seeing instructions or a you tube video of a contraption that the chicken walked up & stepped on to open the feeder when she wanted to eat. I don't know how easy it would be to train the chickens..but the video showed a…"
"We have a bunch of wild birds eating the chicken feed. I hope it doesn't hurt them.
I don't have any idea how to feed just the chickens, but so far we are happy to share.
I wanted to reply so if anyone knows whether it is bad for the wild birds,…"
I don't have any idea how to feed just the chickens, but so far we are happy to share.
I wanted to reply so if anyone knows whether it is bad for the wild birds,…"
I let my 4 hens free-range during the hot summer days but leave food for them in their chicken tractor. The pigeons, doves and grackles have moved in and I find them inside eating the feed. Does anyone have any ideas or types of feeders that only…
