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THE ONE!
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!
Purchase Price
$65
Purchase Date
6/1/2025
Do Not Recommend - Better Products Available
Pros: Cheap
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.
Love it, some cons.
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.
I really like this, works well.
Pros: Efficient, easy to fill, works.
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.
Can be bullies, average layers producing pretty eggs.
Pros: Somewhat friendly, smart, pretty colored eggs, dual purpose.
Cons: Can be bullies/mean/obnoxious, doesn't love being handled.
Would recommend if you want some cool eggs, and are interested in some interactions but not a super attention seeking breed.
Convenient, but unhealthy
Pros: Holds lots of water.
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: Cheap.
Cons: This feed might have been good once, but not anymore, at least not for my flock. It barely kept them alive, let alone healthy enough to lay.
Chickens were not healthy or laying eggs when fed this food.
Pros: Sweet, good for families, love people, calm and cuddly, good egg layers.
Cons: Sometimes get bullied. Also prone to get overweight easily.
Very sweet and gentle.
Great backyard + family chickens
Pros: Friendly, calm, good layers, often go broody you want chicks, funny, not super loud.
Cons: No big ones.
Have owned Australops for 5 years and love them.
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.

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Little Napoleons
Pros: Feisty, protective, always on alert to protect his hens…
Cons: Determined to be #1 in pecking order. Will challenge ANYTHING of ANY SIZE. Can be aggressive (roosters). Hens tend to be flighty
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my picture is of my little Napoleon. By far the bravest little guy I’ve ever known.
Purchase Price
2.99
Purchase Date
4/1/2021
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Love my BBReds
Pros: Love thier personalities great protectors of thier flock
Cons: Flighty and sometimes aggressive
we are breeding white , BB red and Spangled . These guys are such a joy .

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Orpington

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Orpington
Pros: THEIR SO CUTE! and other stuff people mentioned lol
Cons: THEIR ARE NONE! lol same as other people
I love them especially the Buff Orpington they are very nice and they learn well!
I wanted to do this because i LOVE them.
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I love them!
Pros: They are great layers, very cold-hardy, friendly.
Cons: They are a little skittish around people.
All in all I love Welsummers because of their pretty plumage as well as funny antics.
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Sometime in 2023
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I liked the article!
Pros: I've never kept stars but I liked the information on the article!
Cons: I wish there were more pictures and just a bit more information.
Thank you for writing all the statistics! I appreciate them, they are a quick way to figure out if a chicken is good to keep or not.
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