mollygrace
In the Brooder
I'm going on vacation for 2 weeks and am so sad to have to be away from my 18 week old pullets! My literal next door neighbor is going to watch them, but I'm not sure what to pay her. There are only 6 of them. Obviously they aren't laying yet or I'd offer her any eggs she gathers.
When she watched my cat in the past she came over twice every day to feed her and clean the litter box. (Kitty is gone now so she won't be doing the cat in addition to the chickens.) I paid $100 for two weeks for the cat care. It seems like the chicken care will be less than that so I'm not sure if I should still do $100 or if less would be reasonable.
- She won't have to fill the feeders at all since they will easily last 2 weeks.
- She doesn't need to let them in or out of anywhere.
- She could probably get by with cleaning the dropping board and filling the waterer every other or even third day.
- And of course she doesn't have any travel time to get here.
- I'd love for her to still take a peek every day just to make sure they haven't done anything crazy.
When she watched my cat in the past she came over twice every day to feed her and clean the litter box. (Kitty is gone now so she won't be doing the cat in addition to the chickens.) I paid $100 for two weeks for the cat care. It seems like the chicken care will be less than that so I'm not sure if I should still do $100 or if less would be reasonable.