Benable — create shareable lists of things you recommend!
E.g., products you love, local businesses, travel recs - you can add anything to a Benable list!
Sections
5
Feeders
Coop Essentials
Brooder Supplies
Incubating Eggs
Food
Feeders
Feeders come in every shape and size but does it really matter what you pick?! Yes! Especially if you want to keep things rat proof!
One of the best rat proof chicken freeders!
Olba Feedomatic Automatic Poultry Feeder 12kg
This is a great rat proof chicken freeder alternative!! This one allows them to eat easily when they stand on the platform. To train them to use this, put a brick on the step at first.
Hooomyai Auto Chicken Feeder, 8 lbs, Aluminum
Another rat proof chicken feeder!
RYFT 25 lb Auto Chicken Feeder, Weatherproof
Good chicken feeder to hang up inside brooder!
Hen's Choice™ Chick Feeder & Waterer Set
These are one of my favorite feeders! Great for raising chickens
Double-Tuf Poultry Feeder with Legs, Blue
Coop Essentials
Need help with coop choices and accessories?! I got you!
There isn't many coops like this that I approve of for overall general chicken keeping but this one looks super nice and easy to clean! For the price, it could easily get someone started! Great for growing out chickens too (which is what I'd use it f...
SnapLock Formex Large Chicken Coop 4-6 Large
Coops need to have decent space for your chickens, be ventilated but draft free. Here is one thats a prefab that actually isn't too shabby!
Producer's Pride Walk-In Chateau Chicken Coop, 14 Chicken Capacity at Tractor Supply Co
Love the run on this one! Extra space the better! Chicken coop you can just put together
Producer's Pride Defender Extra-Large Chicken Coop, 18 Chicken Capacity at Tractor Supply Co
This brand is great! Awesome for supplies and their incubator is one of the best table tops! 100% recommend.
Chickcozy - The best automatic chicken coop door
We love our hengear nest box! 100% worth it!
HenGear - Chicken Rollout Nest Boxes
We absolutely love these heat plates for chicken waterers! Helps keep the buckets and cups from freezing during the winter here in Pennsylvania
Tiflev 125W Chicken Water Heater Base 15in
I found this to be an easy way to offer oyster shells to your flock!
Oyster Shell Feeder for Chickens
Brooder Supplies
Brooding chicks is one of the hardest parts of chicken keeping. They do require different care than your adult birds. Here are some items to make it easier!
I only use heat plates in my brooders!
Producer's Pride Chicken Coop Brooder and Heater for 10 Birds
Treat coccidiosis in chickens with this! Do not use corrid. Endocox is always my go to with first signs of cocci in chicks.
Endocox Powder for Coccidiosis: Effectively Controls this Bird Parasite Disease
Need to mark chicks when they come out of the incubator?! Use these!
17160+ Loom Bands Kit, 34 Colors, 600 Clips
Use these to band chicks at hatch! More colors than the other "bands"
XKDOUS 24 Colors Rubber Band Bracelet Kit for Kids 6+
Incubating Eggs
Ive hatched hundreds of chicks here at home without any of the fancy incubators.. here are my favorites!
One of the best table top incubators for the price range!! Definitely one to grab if you are hatching for your Homestead
MATICOOPX 30 Egg Incubator w/ Humidity & Turner
Food
Does food quality matter?! Yes! Just like our cats and dogs... food is not made equally! Here are my favorite chicken feeds!
For the silkies! One of the best feeds you can feed.
Nutrena NatureWise 22% Protein Silkie & Ornamental Layer Poultry Feed
The best chick feed you can feed! We start all our chickens on this feed from day 1!
Nutrena NatureWise Chicken 18% Protein Crumble Poultry Feed, 50 lb. Bag | Rural King
We use this as scratch! Love this feed overall though with higher protein!
Nutrena NatureWise Harvest Blend Egg Layer Textured Feed
A very popular layer feed for chickens!
Kalmbach Feeds Henhouse Reserve - Extraordinary Whole Grain Layer Feed for Chickens, 30 lb