Pros: Good build quality for the price, multiple access points, fits all my bantams, folds flat into a zippered bag.
Cons: More difficult to clean than a hard, plastic carrier.
I've been looking for a carrier like this forever. I brood in our basement and wanted something to carry my pullets to and fro on their field trips to the chicken pen. We'd been using a plastic tote, but it was hard to wrangle everyone back inside without several escaping out the top. This solves all my problems and more!
There are zippered access points at the top (for easy removal) and the side (for stuffing them in). The soft sides mean they won't hurt themselves if they flail around. It holds all seven of my 10 week-old bantams without bowing at the bottom and fits through narrow doors. The carrier comes with a soft pad, but you could add shavings for easier cleanup (and there's no risk of them getting kicked out, thanks to the fine mesh).
It folds flat when you're done (unlike a hard-sided carrier), and the product comes with a thick canvas bag to store it in.
Super happy, 10/10, and my chicken duties are just that much easier with this awesome carrier!
Cons: Not effective for many bacteria
Potentially carcinogenic
Stains everything
I don’t recommend this for your chickens as it is not a super effective product and only works on very few types of bacteria. I understand it has been “used for years”. We used to do bloodletting as a treatment for illness, too, but have moved on as we gained new and better knowledge. There are better products out there that work and don’t turn your chickens, or you, into a smurf.
Pros: Holds lots of feed, efficient, durable, easy for chickens to eat out of, mine barely rusted at all even though it's very old + was used before, hangs, easy to fill.
Cons: The two bars that cross do slide out and make the feeder fall apart if you have pushy/nosy chickens, birds also can easily push the food back out if they decide they don't like it, you have to shake the feeder so the food fills the tray.
Cons: Have to be careful once your chicks grow and their heads get bigger, will rust eventually, fairly easy to bend/break, sawdust and poop gets in easily.
Once of the better options for chick feeders, does have some cons though.
Cons: Rusts quickly, water get rusty, have to clean very often.
This is good before it rusts, but after it does, it's horrible.
Also, since it holds so much water, your chickens are drinking old water since you don't have to refill it often.
Pros: Cuddly, great backyard chicken, funny, good pet, does well with kids, good layer, is OK with or without free ranging time, winter hardy
Cons: Gets bullied, non heat hardy, can get overweight easily.
These birds are the funniest, silliest, most enjoyable chickens I have ever owned. The ones I've had have been pretty good egg layers, even in the winter.