Quoting Mark Twain, “If you don’t like the weather in New England, just wait a few minutes.” Temperatures this week ranged from triple digit highs to lows in the 50s, nutty even by New England standards.
My flock ordinarily free-ranges, but with temperatures in triple digits, I kept them confined to the run for because it’s cooler than walking around in the sun. The run has everything they need: The Chicken Fountain serving up cold, fresh water, the mister providing 15-20°F lower temps, Grandpa’s Feeder for convenient access to food and plenty of cool, sand for dust-bathing.
Blaze’s recovery continues as twice daily I pack his wattle and earlobe with antibiotic-soaked gauze. Barbie was supervising this particular day. ☺
Brutus & Portia (Seramas) have discovered one another, Portia having hatched a few months later than Brutus.
Brutus standing sentry at the mulch bed the hens have claimed as a dust bathing location.
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Quoting Mark Twain, “If you don’t like the weather in New England, just wait a few minutes.” Temperatures this week ranged from triple digit highs to lows in the 50s, nutty even by New England standards.
My flock ordinarily free-ranges, but with temperatures in triple digits, I kept them confined to the run for because it’s cooler than walking around in the sun. The run has everything they need: The Chicken Fountain serving up cold, fresh water, the mister providing 15-20°F lower temps, Grandpa’s Feeder for convenient access to food and plenty of cool, sand for dust-bathing.
Blaze’s recovery continues as twice daily I pack his wattle and earlobe with antibiotic-soaked gauze. Barbie was supervising this particular day. ☺
Brutus & Portia (Seramas) have discovered one another, Portia having hatched a few months later than Brutus.
Brutus standing sentry at the mulch bed the hens have claimed as a dust bathing location.
Love the pics! We made a waterer but that system would way better!! We used bottles with nipples at the fair, we were the only ones. My great grandfather had a hatchery and my dad tells me they used to use something similar. Ours works but it gets dirty a closed system would be nice!
I would love to win a Chicken Fountain. Freshwater for all! Thanks
Love your blog and facebook posts. I would love to get the chicken fountain as I am tired of changing out dirty water twice a day. I even have my water up on a stone and all the scratching it gets inside. I always want my girls to have nice clean water all the time.
I would love the waterer and so would my girls! Would be especially helpful for my cross beak :-)
I am a new chicken owner. I have 2 Rhode Island Red hens, and a Sex link hen and Sex link Rooster they are black with white and white with black. We just built a coop and I have a hanging waterer they spill all the time. I'd like some suggestions on ramps of some kind so the hens can get to the nest boxes. any other suggestions for a happy healthy flock will be greatly appreciated too