Chicken Nipple Waterering Systems

October 25, 2012

...stion but is having trouble keeping the chicken waterer clean as a result. Chickens are certainly expert at fouling (fowling?) their water source. Which is why many people use nipple waterers like the one above. Chickens learn to use them quickly (they like to peck at things, after all). I’ve seen two DIY options: the simplest is a suspended five gallon bucket with nipples stuck in the bottom (as in the image at top), and the other is a five gallo...

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Chicken Coop Made From Ikea Parts

Mr. Homegrown

June 28, 2009

Animals, Chickens

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...Remix the following Ikea items–Mydal bunk bed, Trofast storage unit with shallow drawers, Vika Oleby legs and a Gorm bottle rack–and you get a stylish chicken coop mashup. Read more about Aaron Bell and wife Corinne’s coop at Ikeahacker....

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2008 . . . a year of luxury

Mr. Homegrown

January 1, 2008

Animals, Chickens

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...sion accomplished! While at the feed store we also picked up a copy of The Chicken Health Handbook by Gail Damerow. It’s a detailed guide to preventing and treating chicken diseases and problems. We’re new to poultry and, in just an hour of reading, have learned a lot from this book. It’s a must have for anyone thinking about getting chickens. Thanks to info in the book and our microscope, we’re looking forward to a year of DIY chicken fecal exami...

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Chicken Cannibalism!

Mr. Homegrown

August 27, 2007

Animals, Chickens

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...e if that will help as there is a minority opinion in poultry farming that chickens resort to cannibalism as a result of protein deficiencies. Most commercial poultry farms take care of cannibalism by cutting off beaks when the chicks are around 4 to 6 weeks old. We believe beak trimming along with the associated practice cramming chickens in “battery cages”, as pictured above, to be inhumane. For more on the behavior of corporate agriculture read...

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Is the Urban Homesteading Trend Over?

Mr. Homegrown

December 14, 2015

Thoughtstylings

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...” searches “Home canning” searches show a more dramatic decline. “Backyard Chickens” searches People research backyard chickens in the spring and the search trend also shows a decline. “Vegetable gardening” searches Searches for “vegetable gardening” seem to have declined sharply, perhaps because of all the homestead projects, gardening is the most difficult. “Gluten free” searches And another digression–it looks like we may have reached peak “glu...

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