Operating the Mobile Chicken Coop: Feeding & Watering
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What happens here
The presenter drives his ATV to the 'pasture sanitation crew', which are chickens housed in his mobile chicken coop (Eggmobile). He checks their water supply, removing a trapped honeybee, and refills it. He then fills the 'Brower feeder' with feed, noting it's an easy-to-use feeder. He explains the chickens' role in pasture sanitation: following cows to consume manure and insect larvae.
Goal: Provide feed and water to the mobile chicken coop residents and explain their role in pasture management.
Tools and materials
- Aircrow.com Scarecrow AirCrow.com — Deterring aerial predators like hawks
- Brower Feeder Brower — Dispensing chicken feed
- Electric Netting — Containing chickens within a specific pasture area and deterring ground predators
- Feed Scoop — Transferring feed from storage to the feeder
- Mobile Chicken Coop — Housing pasture chickens and facilitating rotational grazing
- Water Feeder — Providing water to chickens
- Chicken Feed — Nourishing chickens
- Water — Hydrating chickens