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Chicken Waterers

by RidgetopFarm&GardenChickens, Ducks, Quail, Turkeys March 15, 2013March 29, 2017Comments are Disabled

We have tried a variety of watering methods & the thing that has worked best for us are the use of waterer nipples. Farmer John attaches 2, 3 or 4 nipples in a bucket or similar container then hangs the bucket in the coop or brooder. Sometimes he adds 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar …

Our Chicken Tractors

by RidgetopFarm&GardenChickens, Farm Animals, Handmade, Homemaking, Wood February 20, 2013June 16, 2015Comments are Disabled

A number of years ago Farmer John told me about chicken tractors. I thought he was crazy. Cuckoo. It did not go with my vision of a cutesy coop surrounded by flowering perennials and a picket fence. I also couldn’t imagine why you would want to move your chickens throughout the yard. Let’s be realistic, …