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Chicken keeping
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items I raise kikiriki (micro chickens) & serama, as well as have a laying flock of standard chickens.
I use this in my coop and cages. I use a slotted metal scoop to clean it each day, like a kitty litter effect. Makes great compost and absorbs moisture well.
Small Pet Hemp Hurd Bedding
I feed my kikiriki and serama the 20% gamebird, with calcium on the side for the hens. I give my standard laying flock the premium layer feed. Their egg yolk are a beautiful orange and everyone is healthy.
Poulin Grain
I give all my chickens this on Mon and Fri. It has many vitamins and minerals in it to keep them healthy and provide anything they may need a boost in.
Rooster Booster Poultry Cell Mineral Supplement, 16 oz.
I give this to my chickens any time stress may by a factor.. heat, switching or adding cage mates ECT
RECOVER 911 – Severe Stress Probiotic Water Supplement for ...
I clean everything with this. It kills everything bad. Germs, diseases ECT
DuPont Virkon S, 9 oz, 50 Tablets
I usually make my own salves. The rare times my chickens get bumble foot I always catch it early as I check them often. I apply this and wrap it, changing daily. Usually heals in a few days.
PRID® Drawing Salve
I use these when I hatch out kikiriki and serama. They're extra tiny chicks that can easily drown in they're water if given the chance. I've never lost one with these.
1 Quart Quail Waterer Base
These work wonders for standard chickens. It's easy to train them to use it and rodents aren't heavy enough to open it to steal their food.
Grandpas Standard Automatic Feeder
These last awhile with my standard chickens. Takes over a year to go through a box. Eggs are always clean.
Premium Nesting Pads 10 Pack
I use this with all my chickens. Makes the coop and cages smell like potpourri. Everyone compliments that my chicken areas smell great. Keep them clean and use this.
Eaton Pet and Pasture
I don't hatch a lot at a time, so this size works for me. Plus kikiriki and serama eggs are extra small, so way more than 20 fit. I get great hatch rates. Even though I place extra hygrometers and thermometers in it the incubator readings aren't usua...
MATICOOPX 20 Egg Incubator with Humidity Display
I add a few of these in my incubator to make sure the humidity and temperature is consistent and correct. I tried a few other brands and this one seemed the most accurate.
ThermoPro TP49 Digital Indoor Hygrometer Thermometer
I make my own scratch for my chickens so I know it's healthy and not full of fillers. I always throw this in the mix with everything. I also use it in my homemade skin products and baking.
Bee Pollen Organic
I add this hemp to the scratch I make my chickens. They love it. I make my own scratch so I know it's not full of fillers, this is just one of many healthy things added to it.
Eaton Pet and Pasture
Much healthier for your flock than meal worms. I add this to their scratch I make an throw them some here and there for a treat. They love it.
GRUBMASTER Dried Black Soldier Fly Larvae Bird Treat, 5-lb bag
I give my chickens some of this anytime they seem off. It perks them up and gets them back to causing trouble in no time.
ROOSTER BOOSTER Multi-Species Liquid B-12 Livestock Supplement, 32- ...
I prefer these to the red heat bulbs. I hook them up to a thermostat and I'm not annoyed by a red light being on constantly.
Ceramic Heating & Lighting Reptile
I use the small version of these for my kikiriki and serama cages. They're plenty big enough for brooders or my micro-chicken set ups. Easy to fill, but big enough I'm not filling them all the time.
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I use this in an around all coops, cages and runs once a month. It's safer than regular barn lime for my kikiriki (micro chickens) tiny sensitive lungs as well as my standard hens.
FIRST SATURDAY LIME Monthly Pet Insect Repellent, 5-lb bag
I put a good layer of this down, before the bedding, every time I clean out and replace bedding in my standard hens coop. I also spread a little extra under their roost bar a couple times a week.
SWEET PDZ Chicken Coop Refresher, 10-lb
This is a life saver in the winter. Their water never freezes in this. If it breaks I'll buy another before I deal with ice all winter.
FARM INNOVATORS Heated Poultry Drinker, 2-gal
I mix this in with the scratch I make them. Small enough pieces my kikiriki and serama can easily eat it and my standard hens love it too.
Scratch and Peck Feeds - Free shipping
This is 4'x2'. I use these for brooders, I remove the shelf area. They're also the perfect size when you have to separate chickens for medical reasons. I utilize them for my kikiriki and serama maternity areas. They fold down pretty flat when not in ...
MIDWEST GUINEA PIG CAGES (Free Shipping)
Good to keep on hand. A drop under each wing and one behind the neck every other month can help with prevention
Durvet Ivermectin Pour-On Cattle Dewormer
I hook my CHE (ceramic heat emitter) lamps to this so I know the brooder stays the correct temp at all times. I don't like the method of "find the right height" with heat lamps
BN-LINK Digital Heat Mat Thermostat Controller
I use these for my CHE bulbs. Always zip tie into place, in a way that the zip tie doesn't touch where it gets hot. Don't trust just hanging it, that's how fires happen with these
Light Fixtures - Reptile