Individual breeding pen with Silver DW OEG Bantams in residence. The water is placed on a board at least four feet above the pen floor. They are fed on the pen floor. This forces the birds to get exercise.

Now the cap simply hangs around while I fill the feeder.

The "inventions" thread provided me with some outstanding ideas. I took the PVC feeder "idea" and added a twist of my own--a threaded clean-out plug cap, threaded clean out plug, and a chain to keep the cap from getting lost in the deep litter.

A trio of Silver DW OEGs on the "exercise" board

Individual breeding pen with Silver DW OEG Bantams in residence. The water is placed on a board at least four feet above the pen floor. They are fed on the pen floor. This forces the birds to get exercise.

Phoenix Bantam chicks

Chicks go from brooders to the brooder pen floor and then on to the grow out pens.

Brooders

Individual breeding pen with Silver DW OEG Bantams in residence. The water is placed on a board at least four feet above the pen floor. They are fed on the pen floor. This forces the birds to get exercise.

Shanty
May 30, 2013

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