http://www.digginfood.com/2009/03/backyard-chickens-101-chicken-resources/ DigginFood is a vegetable garden blog by Willi Galloway that serves up recipes, organic gardening tips, backyard chickens and coop information, DIY garden projects, and more! Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:25:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.digginfood.com/2009/03/backyard-chickens-101-chicken-resources/comment-page-1/#comment-3099 Gaea Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:58:06 +0000 http://www.digginfood.com/?p=845#comment-3099 Thanks, Willi! Thanks, Willi!

]]> http://www.digginfood.com/2009/03/backyard-chickens-101-chicken-resources/comment-page-1/#comment-3081 Willi Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:49:32 +0000 http://www.digginfood.com/?p=845#comment-3081 Gaea--We have not had a problem with rats getting into our feed. We do have rats in our garage, but we keep the feed in galvanized buckets with lids. You can lock the lids onto the buck by putting the handle up. We keep our chicken feed inside the coop. I have heard of people having rat problems, so I don't know if we are just lucky or if our system works :) Gaea–We have not had a problem with rats getting into our feed. We do have rats in our garage, but we keep the feed in galvanized buckets with lids. You can lock the lids onto the buck by putting the handle up. We keep our chicken feed inside the coop. I have heard of people having rat problems, so I don’t know if we are just lucky or if our system works

]]> http://www.digginfood.com/2009/03/backyard-chickens-101-chicken-resources/comment-page-1/#comment-3067 Gaea Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:48:29 +0000 http://www.digginfood.com/?p=845#comment-3067 Hi Willi, I have been greatly enjoying the chicken mini-series, which has only increased my desire to have a few feathered friends of our own. A friend alerted me to the potential for rats and other nasties to be attracted to the chicken feed and said that it is extremely difficult to vermin-proof the coop. This left me a little worried. Have you had any problems with rats getting into the feed? --Gaea in Georgetown Hi Willi,
I have been greatly enjoying the chicken mini-series, which has only increased my desire to have a few feathered friends of our own. A friend alerted me to the potential for rats and other nasties to be attracted to the chicken feed and said that it is extremely difficult to vermin-proof the coop. This left me a little worried. Have you had any problems with rats getting into the feed?
–Gaea in Georgetown

]]> http://www.digginfood.com/2009/03/backyard-chickens-101-chicken-resources/comment-page-1/#comment-3054 gardenmentor Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:18:32 +0000 http://www.digginfood.com/?p=845#comment-3054 I caught a very brief snippet of a piece on NPR the other day...what I caught said that grow-your-own chickens are up so much this year that chick suppliers are having a tough time keeping up with demand. Anyone know more about this? I suppose I could try to dig it up on NPR, but seemed to tie in here well too...?? I caught a very brief snippet of a piece on NPR the other day…what I caught said that grow-your-own chickens are up so much this year that chick suppliers are having a tough time keeping up with demand. Anyone know more about this? I suppose I could try to dig it up on NPR, but seemed to tie in here well too…??

]]> http://www.digginfood.com/2009/03/backyard-chickens-101-chicken-resources/comment-page-1/#comment-3053 Gustoso Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:28:42 +0000 http://www.digginfood.com/?p=845#comment-3053 Great shot Great shot

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