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Chicken Must Haves

Deidre Anderson

Our favorite homestead chicken products from the brooder to the coop.

Sections

Chicken Feed & Treats

Feeders and Waterers

Poultry Supplements & Vitamins

Coop Materials

Books on Chicken Keeping

Chicken Feed & Treats

Our chickens' favorite food and treats.

Layer Crumbles. This feed smells good and makes their poop smell better too. I feed this to my chickes and my quail.

Kalmbach Feeds All Natural 16% Protein Layer Crumbles Chicken ...

Pellets. Best for feather growth and molting season.

Kalmbach Feeds All Natural 20% Protein Full Plume Feathering ...

Mealworm Treats! They love them so much

HAPPY HEN TREATS Mealworm Frenzy Poultry Treats

Best storage containers for chicken feed. keeps bugs and mice out.

GAMMA2 Vittles Vault Stackable Pet Food Storage, 60-lb - Chewy.com

Mealworms. The best chicken treats in a huge bag.

Flock Party Mealworm Poultry Treats, 5 lb.

Oyster Shell: gives them extra calcium

Manna Pro Oyster Shell Poultry Treats, 50 lb.

Grit for baby birds and chicks.

DuMOR Chick Grit Insoluble Crushed Granite Chicken Feed Supplement, 5 lb.

Chicken Grit for older birds.

DuMOR Grit Insoluble Crushed Granite Chicken Feed Supplement, 5 lb.

Feeders and Waterers

My favorite coop finds

Top can be flipped to be used for water or food. I love this in the brooder when they are chicks.

LIXIT Chick Feeder & Fountain, 32-oz - Chewy.com

waterer with adjustable legs

Farm-Tuff Chicken Drinker with Adjustable Legs

Long feeder. Best for chicks in the brooder.

Little Giant Plastic Flip-Top Poultry Feeder

Holds 7 pounds of food.

Flock Party 7 lb. Feeder Teal, 1031530

Screw on poultry jar. Connects to feed base, or water base (sold seperately)

Little Giant 1 qt. Screw-On Poultry Jar

Water Base for screw on jar (sold seperately)

Little Giant 1 qt. Screw-On Poultry Waterer Base

Feeder base for screw on jar (jar sold separately)

Little Giant Plastic 1 qt. Chicken Feeder Base

Screw on Water base for quart jar. Great for chicks or quail.

Harris Farms Screw-On Quail Base for Quart Jar

BEST waterer for winter. keeps water from freezing.

Heated Poultry Waterer

water deicer for the coop waterers.

JESTOP 2Pcs 35W Chicken Water Heater Base

Nipple Waterers to make your own water containers. Screw on to any container or bucket.

20 Pack Horizontal Chicken Nipples Waterer

Poultry Supplements & Vitamins

The best things for sick and injured birds.

Electrolyte Drink mix packets for chicks and sick birds.

Sav-A-Chick Electrolyte & Vitamin Poultry Supplement ...

Mineral and Vitamin Suplement for adult birds.

Rooster Booster Poultry Cell Mineral Supplement, 16 oz.

b-12 supplement

Rooster Booster Liquid B-12 Plus Vitamin K Chicken Supplement, 16 oz.

spray to treat mites, lice, and other bugs on chickens.

Poultry Spray by Premo Guard – 32 oz – Treat Pests

Coop Materials

Supplies needed for a secure coop

½" Hardware Cloth to keep predators out. 25 feet

YARDGARD Hardware Cloth, 2x25 Feet, Silver

½" hardware cloth: 50 feet

Nueve 1/2 inch Hardware Cloth 24 inch x 50 foot

Chicken Roosting Bars, perch for coop

Large Chicken Perches for Metal Chicken Coop,

Faux Grass Nesting Box Squares

GRASSCLUB Chicken Nesting Pads, 3 Pack 12" x 12"

Shade Cloth for the Roof of the coop, or to use on the walls

Shade-Cloth-70% for Garden Plants 7x7 FT

Solar Fan for the coop

ZenxyHoC Solar Powered Fan,

Premium Nesting Pads. Easy to shake out and clean.

Eaton Pet Premium Laying Hen Nesting Pads, 10 Pack

Programmable automatic chicken door. I have this and I love it. Comes with safety sensor.

Omlet Smart Automatic Chicken Coop Door Opener

Barn Lime. Sprinkle on the coop floor to keep it dry and reduce slipping.

Barn Lime, 50 lb.

The softest lime ever. Use in coops, or around the garden to keep pests out, and to keep things dry.

First Saturday Lime 5lb Bag

Horse pellets. Can be used to dry out a wet coop. They absorb moisture and turn into a fine sawdust in the coop and run.

Tractor Supply Pelletized Bedding for Horses and Small Animals, 40 lb.

Flake Pine Shavings for the brooder or the coop.

Tractor Supply Flake Premium Pine Animal Shavings, 8 cu. ft.

Fine Pine Shavings for the brooder or the coop

Tractor Supply Fine Premium Pine Shavings, 5.5 cu. ft.

Books on Chicken Keeping

My favorite reads on chicken keeping.

I loved this book for beginners.

The Beginner's Guide to Raising Chickens

Written by the account @Purelychickens

Chicken Keeping Pure and Simple: A Fun Guide