Do chickens peck at or otherwise mess with the cord?
1148465
i am able to have the cord go against the wall. it is black so they really have not messed with it that i can see.
1148466
Never had an issue with the chickens pecking the cord. This heater worked great throughout the winter.
1148467
I have not had that problem, but I have the cord dropping down a wall from outlet above and behind the water dish. If you put it against a wall or in a corner, you could tape the cord down with duct tape.
1148468
They do not. You're probably thinking of the chicken's curiosity of new things, but once they discover its not food, it becomes like a rock or anything else they are not interested in.
2060383
We have had a mouse coming and going from our chicken coop but have not had any issues with it getting into the feeder. However if you placed the feeder near some chicken wire a mouse could probably climb in.
907354
No, they are not. The only thing you could do is to adjust the outlet of the tap so that the water flowing from the bucket to the nipples would be less. But that probably isn't what you want. I'm extremely happy with my watering device. The chickens love it and they seem to get enough water.
358197
I didn't have any problems with raccoons so far; I think the coop is very secure. I lock my chicken in at night and close the attached run in addition. I do remove left over food from the run and also the water bowl. I do not want to attract mice or rats and this seems to do the trick. In addition I clean the roost and coop every 3-4 days so no parasites can dwell there; the chickens are checked regularly for mites, so far I have no investation. Good luck with the coop and the hilarious chicken.
287813
It would take down the volume, but heat and humidity in the coop would probably not be very good for them. I would suggest using tar paper, it'll deaden more and won't absorb moisture if laid down correctly. Also, the foam really is really only meant to be set on the wall and stay there, so pieces can fall off if pecked at or scratched, what have you, and then would pose a danger to your chicken.
2164246
my chickens took right to them but a friend of mine had your trouble and he just didn't give them any other source of water. He would tap the nipples to get water on them and they started to drink. Also you need enough water to put pressure on the nipple to leak when they peck at it.
16239
No learning curve. Just tap the metal stud a few times with the chickens nearby. They are curious enough to investigate and peck at it.
2053938
No. I also have chickens and ended up building them a coop. Unless you have a cover on the top (not the tarp A frame that is optional ((I have that as well)) you will see that predators can access them. Even if that was covered, the links are too wide and they can burrow underneath. While this is perfect for the small amount of time that my dogs are there, I would not recommend using this frame and chicken wire. Other than that, my only complaint was the unwinding of the chain link, which can catch on itself and make the task very annoying. Overall people come to my house and are very impressed with the product for the price. Good Luck
761059
I don't know... I returned this product and bought one that was actually for chickens...
58744
We used ours with full grown chickens and really did not notice any large amount of water left on the ground. We haven't tried it on any chicks yet.
85009
I used both a 3 gallon bucket and a water bottle used on a bicycle. Both worked as planned, the chickens just didn't figure it out. Others have gotten their chickens to peck at them though.
1984290
I have had excellent results. It's more like hardware cloth than chicken wire (which is a good thing!) and is stapled very securely. If a raccoon is going to get into this, it's going to be from underneath. The coop end is heavy and pretty secure, but the fenced in area in the right of the pic can be lifted easily. I put cinder blocks all the way around it and have had no problems. I would buy this coop again. I hope this helps.
1082462
I adjusted mine to six inches from the ground. You need insulated post. Will not work with chicken wire but with a wire ribbon. Now you can put the chicken wire behind the hot wire as long they are touching, I use the plastic chicken wire on my garden. Works well with groundhogs, rabbits but not armadillos. Electricity travels in a one way path hot through the wire to the ground. When an animal touches the hot wire it becomes the ground and the electricity travels though the animal giving it a shock. Hope this helps .
1751509
Not sure. Quail trip mine regularly as do racoons. Never noticed anything smaller.
231390
If you move near the sensor while you are seasoning the chickens the sensor will activate. You can get around it but I challenge that it will not goboff. I have gotten use to so it gies on less than it did but it's work to have it not happen.
1357381
We did not encounter that problem. However, we also ran the cord down the back of my son's jammie top, and only had it in the front of his britches so that he did not accidentally 'pull' on the length of the cord during the night.
2219003
I usually put aboutv5 pounds in it, if you heap it up the chickens simply spread the feed out while they eat it and you still end up with a lot of feed on the ground. Good news is the wire over the top does keep them from standing in the feed and fouling it. Also I was able to rig mine up so that it hangs using the stands on the ends. That lifts it up off the ground and keeps it from getting knocked over which chickens will do.