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Backyard Chicken Must Haves
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Bethanee Edge
Must haves for any backyard chicken owners! Everything here I use!
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In the Coop 🐓
In the Run 🐓
Food & Treats 🐛
In the Coop 🐓
Makes cleaning the coop and run fast and easy without having to do multiple passes
2-in-1 Chicken Poop Scoop & Rake | Sand Sifting Shovel For Waste Removal
Easy to clean and provide good cushion for the hens
Eaton Pet & Pasture Laying Hen Nest Pads 10pk
Helpful to show chickens where to lay if they just aren’t understanding
GREEN FABWOOD Wooden Fake Eggs-6Piece
Easy to clean. Keeps coop and run dry and chickens love to dust bathe in it
Quikrete 50 lb. All-Purpose Sand 115251
In the Run 🐓
Helps keep smell and moisture down and bugs away.
Barn Lime Fertilizer Enhancer, 50 lb.
Keeps the run dry and breaks down into sawdust. Easy to clean. A little goes a long way
Tractor Supply Pelletized Bedding for Horses and Small Animals, 40 lb.
Put these on a bigger tote and our chickens are fed for a week
ZenxyHoC No Waste DIY Automatic Chicken Feeder
This is more secure than chicken wire and baby chicks aren’t able to escape it! Bury it about 1 ft deep to keep predators out.
Hardware Cloth Fencing
Food & Treats 🐛
My chickens favorite treat!
5LB Dried Black Soldier Fly Larvae, High Calcium
Keeps feed dry and safe from squirrels and other critters
31-Gal Steel Trash Can w/ Lid - Heavy Duty
Our chickens love this. Balanced feed and non-medicated so the chicks avoid thiamine deficiency
Purina Start and Grow Non-Medicated Chick Feed
Switched over to this once the hens were laying because we have a rooster. This allows us to have 1 feed and avoid excess calcium with the rooster
Purina Flock Raiser Crumbles Poultry Feed 50LB
Provides extra calcium for the hens so their eggshells stay strong. They eat it as they need it!
Manna Pro Crushed Oyster Shell for Hens 6x5lbs
So helpful to refill food containers or the small chick feeders instead of having to hoist the feed bag
CATSTAG Extra Big Multipurpose Pet Scoop 44oz
Yummy scratch grain treats!
Manna Pro 7-Grain Ultimate Chicken Scratch 10 lb
