Category: Chicken Products

Success With Baby Chicks was at the top of my chicken reading list for 2011, but I was a bit disappointed by the contents.  Robert Plamondon compiled a lot of information from old poultry-keeping documents and mixed in a bit of his own experience, which sounds like a recipe for success, but I found the book dry and lacking in the information I was really looking for.  To be fair, most people nowadays do order chicks from hatcheries, so the absence of tips on incubation and hatching is understandable, but that was the part I wanted to know about most.

I would recommend Success With Baby Chicks to beginners planning to raise lots of chicks (perhaps to sell broilers or eggs) but probably not to the mainstream chicken-keeping public.  That said, Robert Palmondon’s website (and his email list) are fonts of fascinating information and you should definitely check them out.  His book is also very reasonably priced ($11.64 on Amazon), so it wouldn’t hurt to buy the book to support his work.

What’s next on my chicken reading list?  Backyard Poultry Naturally by Alanna Moore, Jackie
French’s Chook Book, Day Range Poultry by Andy Lee, Feeding Poultry by Gustave Heuser, and — most intriguing of all — The Small Scale Poultry Flock by Harvey Ussery.  The last is not yet published but is top of my list since I love everything Harvey Ussery has written.  What chicken-related books have you read and enjoyed or plan to read soon?

You have another happy customer here!  I just started raising chickens last November and fortunately I found out about your product before I had my first chicks.  I knew a good product when I saw it and never had to deal with filthy water.  I am also glad to be helping out creative, hard-working entrepreneurs like you. 

I used my 3-pack DIY kit to make one coop waterer and one 5 gallon bucket waterer for the yard, since my flock free-ranges during the day.  I don’t have to teach the chickens what to do.  One figures it out and the rest copy her.

The coop waterer is made of a one gallon bottled water jug.  I painted it blue to keep out the sun, leaving a clear level-viewing strip.  I floated an orange nerf ball inside to make it easier to see the water level.

The bucket waterer is made from an old pool chlorine bucket.  It has two nipples and is painted for aesthetics.  I bought a plant bracket and used sturdy bolts to mount it on a 2×2 post.  Now I don’t have to worry about their water supply in the hot desert summers.

Thanks for a great product!