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Chicken Must Haves
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Our favorite homestead chicken products from the brooder to the coop.
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Chicken Feed & Treats
 
Feeders and Waterers
 
Poultry Supplements & Vitamins
 
Coop Materials
 
Books on Chicken Keeping

Chicken Feed & Treats

Our chickens' favorite food and treats.  

 
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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 ...
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Pellets. Best for feather growth and molting season.
Kalmbach Feeds All Natural 20% Protein Full Plume Feathering ...
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Mealworm Treats! They love them so much
HAPPY HEN TREATS Mealworm Frenzy Poultry Treats
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Best storage containers for chicken feed.  keeps bugs and mice out.
GAMMA2 Vittles Vault Stackable Pet Food Storage, 60-lb - Chewy.com
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Mealworms.  The best chicken treats in a huge bag.
Flock Party Mealworm Poultry Treats, 5 lb.
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Oyster Shell: gives them extra calcium
Manna Pro Oyster Shell Poultry Treats, 50 lb.
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Grit for baby birds and chicks.
DuMOR Chick Grit Insoluble Crushed Granite Chicken Feed Supplement, 5 lb.
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Chicken Grit for older birds.
DuMOR Grit Insoluble Crushed Granite Chicken Feed Supplement, 5 lb.
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Feeders and Waterers

My favorite coop finds

 
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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
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waterer with adjustable legs
Farm-Tuff Chicken Drinker with Adjustable Legs
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Long feeder. Best for chicks in the brooder.
Little Giant Plastic Flip-Top Poultry Feeder
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Holds 7 pounds of food.
Flock Party 7 lb. Feeder Teal, 1031530
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Screw on poultry jar.  Connects to feed base, or water base (sold seperately)
Little Giant 1 qt. Screw-On Poultry Jar
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Water Base for screw on jar (sold seperately)
Little Giant 1 qt. Screw-On Poultry Waterer Base
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Feeder base for screw on jar (jar sold separately)
Little Giant Plastic 1 qt. Chicken Feeder Base
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Screw on Water base for quart jar.  Great for chicks or quail.
Harris Farms Screw-On Quail Base for Quart Jar
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BEST waterer for winter.  keeps water from freezing.
Heated Poultry Waterer
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water deicer for the coop waterers.
JESTOP 2Pcs 35W Chicken Water Heater Base
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Nipple Waterers to make your own water containers.  Screw on to any container or bucket.
20 Pack Horizontal Chicken Nipples Waterer
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Poultry Supplements & Vitamins

The best things for sick and injured birds. 

 
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Electrolyte Drink mix packets for chicks and sick birds.
Sav-A-Chick Electrolyte & Vitamin Poultry Supplement ...
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Mineral and Vitamin Suplement for adult birds.
Rooster Booster Poultry Cell Mineral Supplement, 16 oz.
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b-12 supplement
Rooster Booster Liquid B-12 Plus Vitamin K Chicken Supplement, 16 oz.
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spray to treat mites, lice, and other bugs on chickens.
Poultry Spray by Premo Guard – 32 oz – Treat Pests
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Coop Materials

Supplies needed for a secure coop

 
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½" Hardware Cloth to keep predators out. 25 feet
YARDGARD Hardware Cloth, 2x25 Feet, Silver
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½" hardware cloth: 50 feet
Nueve 1/2 inch Hardware Cloth 24 inch x 50 foot
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Chicken Roosting Bars, perch for coop
Large Chicken Perches for Metal Chicken Coop,
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Faux Grass Nesting Box Squares
GRASSCLUB Chicken Nesting Pads, 3 Pack 12" x 12"
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Shade Cloth for the Roof of the coop, or to use on the walls
Shade-Cloth-70% for Garden Plants 7x7 FT
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Solar Fan for the coop
ZenxyHoC Solar Powered Fan,
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Premium Nesting Pads.  Easy to shake out and clean.
Eaton Pet Premium Laying Hen Nesting Pads, 10 Pack
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Programmable automatic chicken door.  I have this and I love it.  Comes with safety sensor.
Omlet Smart Automatic Chicken Coop Door Opener
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Barn Lime.  Sprinkle on the coop floor to keep it dry and reduce slipping.
Barn Lime, 50 lb.
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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
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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.
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Flake Pine Shavings for the brooder or the coop.
Tractor Supply Flake Premium Pine Animal Shavings, 8 cu. ft.
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Fine Pine Shavings for the brooder or the coop
Tractor Supply Fine Premium Pine Shavings, 5.5 cu. ft.
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Books on Chicken Keeping

My favorite reads on chicken keeping.  

 
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I loved this book for beginners.
The Beginner's Guide to Raising Chickens
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Written by the account @Purelychickens
Chicken Keeping Pure and Simple: A Fun Guide
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