introductions and question

[FrankBlissett]

For five chickens, a 5-gallon bucket of food and a similar sized waterer would be pleanty for them.

We've got ~2.5 dozen chickens (mostly banties) in two coops. When we go out of town for a week, each coop gets that much (plus lots of "treats" - ie over-ripe fruit, stale bread etc). We get a local kid to check a couple times, but they've never run out.

As with others, the eggs are a bigger concern with us.

-Frank

ps: A cheap feeder is a 5-gallon bucket with ~6 big holes drilled in the side, right at the bottom.

 

[SpottedCrow]

When we go to Philly for a few days over the summer, I'm going to ask my sister to look in on Obelisk and Penny. Make sure they have water and food and get the eggs.

 

[saraltx]

Wow, I had not expected to find so many helpful hints and information here. I will be spending plenty of time browsing through this forum for my planning. And I will make sure to come back once I have my chickens and can contribute some experiences of my own. It can still take at least a few months, though. Good success to everyone with their poultry!

 

[V Chic Chick]

Hi, bit random but I can speak some German (I have done two and a half years of it at school) and I'll be going on an exchange trip to Marburg at the end of March

Aus Weidersehen (or should that be aus weiderschreiben?)

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

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That's exactly what this community is all about. We all grow and learn together, and then we look back to see who's new and pull them along with us!