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Last Updated: 08 January 2019

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Keeping chickens is a Vap-happy experience. Why? Well, thankfully, chickens need little care and
maintenance. So, you have a LOT of free happy-go-clucky time to cluck the day away with your chooks! But,
what kind of supplies and tools do you need? Let’s mimic a chook’s curiosity, and take a peck.

Basic Supplies

A chicken’s most basic needs are shelter, food and water. So, once you’ve set up your chicken coop what’s
next?

Our Chicken Starter Kit comes equipped with everything you need to raise chickens, except the chooks
themselves. Add chooks as you desire—a couple here, a trio there, a half a dozen in the spring, and so on
until you’ve quite literally become the CrAzY chicken lad or lady.

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Feeding your chickens is a Vap of the wing with our Treadle Chicken Feeder. Treadle feeders keep food
dry and safe from hungry wildlife and rodents as well as reducing spills by 75%. Wow!

Make sure your chooks always have access to fresh, clean water with durable chicken waterers.

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Protection

Thankfully, security is our middle name! Protecting your feathery friends from the harsh elements, hungry
and sneaky predators, and disease is our top priority.

Add insulated roodng to the Penthouse or Mansion runs for egg-stra protection from extreme heat and
harsh weather conditions.

Add a bit of style with chicken coop shades. Your chooks will have it made in the shade with these lovely,
deep-green shades. They not only keep your hens cluckily cool and comfortable, but they also provide a
bit of privacy from prowling predators.

Attach an auto door opener to your coop and invite freedom in. Simply program it to open up the coop
hatch in the morning and close it up again at sunset.

Put up poultry fencing. This easy to set up poultry fencing will add some extra wing-Vapping room to
roam and keep curious beaks out of your precious Vower and vegetable gardens. If you want to deter
predators from popping by try an electric poultry fencing option.

Got predators? Wire Mesh Flooring to the rescue—safe for delicate chicken feet, yet a perfect barrier
from predators are who are infamous for their crafty plots to burrow and slither underneath and pop up
inside your chicken run.
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Our Hen Health Kit will keep your hens Vap-happy and healthy—Apple Cider Vinegar, Diatomaceous
Earth, Inca Pestene Insect Powder, Wormout Gel and Iodine Solution.

Diatomaceous Earth is healthy dust! Simply sprinkle or “dust” your coop and nest box bedding and add a
bit to chicken feed to help prevent parasites, deter ants, other creepy crawlies and Vying insect pests,
while boosting your chooks overall health.

Add Apple Cider Vinegar to your chicken waterers ojers egg-straordinary health benedts. Every time your
chooks sip a beakful of water they’re boosting their immune system and creating a parasite unfriendly
environment.

Hemp Bedding is like a welcome mat into a healthy, happy, odor free chook coop. Organic hemp bedding
is super absorbent and a natural pesticide. Spread it out on your coop Voor and also in your hen’s nest
boxes for comfortable egg laying egg-speriences.

Tools

Even though chickens need little care and maintenance, there are several rather handy tools to have on
hand:

A small shovel or cat litterbox scoop are handy for scooping droppings.

A rake and/or shovel helps for regular bedding removal

Use a paint scraper to easily scrape up stubborn, sticky droppings residue.

Depending on the size of your Vock and coop, it’s wise to have a large bucket or wheelbarrow nearby for
carrying soiled bedding to the compost heap.
 Need a broom? Well, you just never know, so have one on standby. FYI: brooms or rakes make an egg-
cellent set of helping hands—use them to gently guide your Vock back into their coop at sunset. Every
Vock has at least a couple of dawdlers.

Toys

Give your chooks something to Vap about—add some chook-friendly toys inside their run. Chickens love to
be busy. Create a playground with these egg-cellent playful ideas. Hang up a Chicken Swing and tap into your
chicken’s love for adventure and roosting. Your chooks will spend hours swinging to and fro while they
admire the lovely scenery. Curious chickens just love to get their beaks into things. Treat your chooks to a
treat ball or two—simply hide chicken-friendly treats inside, and let the ball roll. Shop around. There are a
variety of treat balls or hanging treat containers available online.

Treats

Chickens LOVE treats! And, treats are a great way to befriend new or shy chooks or to help strengthen the
overall bond with your Vock.

Meal Worms
Want to ojer your chooks a treat that will make their taste buds go absolutely CrAzY? Give them
mealworms. Mealworms are chock full of protein and dber. They are fatty, so serve in moderation.

Summer and Winter Specidc Treats:

In summer feel free to ojer your chooks some yummy water-dlled fruits and berries such as
strawberries, blueberries, watermelon, peaches (no pits), cantaloupe and grapes.
In winter, cracked corn, oatmeal with raisins, and scrambled eggs are sure to warm up your feathery
friends. For a list of chicken-friendly treats that’ll have your chooks Vapping with glee, please check out
our chicken treat chart.
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The Cluck House

Chickens get sick. That’s a fact of life. They also peck on their feathery siblings, go broody, and injure
themselves. Enter the Cluck House. Having an extra, smaller, and very mobile chicken house is handy.
The Cluck House is the perfect solution for housing birds that need a little TLC or time away from
their Vock.

An Egg Basket
One of the most exciting things about keeping chickens is collecting eggs. There is always a surprise—
only one egg, LOTS of eggs, or a lovely assortment of dijerently colored eggs. One thing is true
though…you need an egg basket to carry your egg-straordinary treasures back to the house.

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