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Will you be buying eggs to hatch or ordering chicks this spring? Have you ordered yet? Do you have a specific breed in mind, or are you going to be a little adventurous and order a few chicks of a different breed?
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Copper Maran Chicks-1 day old |
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Percy the Rooster –5 months |
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Copper on head, darker on saddle, green sheen on tail feathers…..our “sweet” Percy! |
of neck. There should be a slightly darker shade of copper on the saddle (swoop of back), and a mix of this darker shade with black feathers as you move towards the wings. On the lower part of the wings, and tail, there should be all black feathers, with a very prominent green sheen. Other parts as you move to the chest and under the wings will also be black, but without as much of a sheen, if any at all. “ (
www.pickinachicken.com) The comb is large, single and red; the legs should be feathered on the outside extending to the outer toe. I noticed when our chicks were very small that it seemed they had disproportionately large feet and feathered legs. (As they grew, their bodies caught up to the foot size!)
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Hatching chicks and their adoptive mother–see how dark brown those eggs are? |
Enter to win a Solway Feeders‘ spiral feeder nozzle!! Keep vermin away and keep your hens occupied. The spiral nozzle feeder is perhaps one of the most widely used feeder attachments for both poultry and game birds. It can be fitted to most types of hopper or barrel feeder, using a 50mm / 2 inch hole in the base.
The Solway Feeders two-part design consists of a plastic washer and a sprung steel coil, and when combined, the composite structure is stronger than welded metal spiral nozzles. The gap between each spring coil is 3mm to minimize wastage and make the birds peck harder for their food.
The versatile nature of the spiral nozzle allows you to make your own feeder using a bucket or barrel. To fit one, just drill a 50mm / 2 inch hole and drop the spiral spring through it. The plastic washer stops the spring falling out and when the feeder is full, the weight of food keeps it locked firmly in place. More info is here …
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159 Comments
Thank you for considering me in your giveaway.
Chickens are ready to mate at about 6 months of age. Some breeds take longer but that is the average.
Nice guide on Black Copper Maran hens, I would like to suggest you use Brinsea egg incubators for best and hassle-free incubation process & Little Fields Farm is a listed supplier of Brinsea, get one for you from here https://www.littlefieldsfarm.com/poultry/egg-incubators
I would really like to try the Solway spiral feeder. I have never seen one in our area (Central Alabama). We do have a problem with militant squirrels who quickly empty our chicken feeders. This might be a good option! Winning one would be a fantastic way to try this!!!
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This feeder is an interesting “twist”. I’m having trouble with raccoons and opossums getting into the “run” and eating the food at night, while the chickens are shut in the coop. I’ve been putting the feed into an old freezer at night to deter the vermin, but this would be easier, I think. Unless the raccoons figure it out….
I guess I’m lucky the bears stay out of the coop and only seem to like the fruit trees.
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I live with a multitude of wild animals in my area. Wild turkeys, wild rabbits, various rodents, deer, coyotes, geese, elk, moose, bear and mountain lions to name some of them. I would love to win this spiral nozzle feeder. I had chickens for several years but had to give them away when I moved. I am happy to announce that I will be getting some chicks again this spring.
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I would like one of these to try. I never seen one, except on here. It sounds like a neat idea. I have several chickens, so if this works as good as it sounds like it would, then I would be willing to invest in more. Thank you!
I had Marans 11 of them a few years ago. Mixed in with my other breeds of hens. These little girls lay great. I thought I was getting 12 girls but ended up with 11 girls and one boy. He stood his own with the other roo and I hatched a lot of chicks for this guy. Having several breed in the same chicken yard is fun and the chicks you are always fun to see how they turn out,
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Kathleen Moran newfiesxnine@aol..com I would love to win the feeder because my husband and I are hobby chicken keepers and just last week he had to have his leg amputated so the feeder would help a lot and when he can get around it would really help him to. By the way I have cooper Marans and they are super, live in n.w. Ohio they are doing fine. I have 2 roosters and only have 2 hens left , cat got the others last year. Thanks so much for the great article on them.
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This would be a great gift for my daughter with her chickens, turkeys and ducks!
I would love to win this for my girls, they waste a lot of feed
I am a disabled veteran and about a year ago I decided to build a coop. I now have plenty of chickens and a couple turkeys and a pig. I am always looking for ways to better the coop I have. It makes the chickens happy. I would love to have the opportunity to win the solway feeder. Thank you. chevyimpala96@Hotmail.com
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This would work well for my fowl (chicken, ducks, turkeys, guineas) out at pasture. Not have to worry so much about other critters getting the feed in a dish.
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I am looking for hens that lay these dark brown eggs, I would love these beautiful birds and the feeder. thank you! paula.tacker@gmail.com
Being disabled this would make things much easier on me
I have husband who’s girls are his life. He remembers their “birthday and anniversaries” but not ours. Lol he hauls water and feed constantly. I would like to make his lice a little easier. Thx. Vlovelly@gmail.com
I would love to win the Solway Feeder so I could leave my girls for a weekend getaway! sandrada [at] windstream.net
wow i used to have chickens…but no more….but I would and will definitely buy these…..they look just simply wonderful…and I would like to enter to win the Solway Feeder for the chicks!
I would love to have the Solway Feeder for my girls! itagisse67@att.net
I love that so many folks are getting into chickens. The breeds of chickens keeps expanding too. I love the dark brown eggs.
I have way to many rats and really need this Solway feeder nozzle. ghavranvena@aol.com
Looks like the waste would be minimal with the Solway feeder nozzle
markknapp markknapp73@gmail.com
Good luck with thewm, it’s cool to learn about cold weather hardy chickens!
This would make a great addition to my chicken coop.
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We bought some Black Copper Maran hatching eggs last summer and now we have a rooster and a hen who lays “chocolate eggs” We also have a Black Copper Maran/Americana cross who lays the olive eggs.
We also have some Americana’s and a Barred Rock. I just love having different colored eggs.
We are planning on raising a few of our own chicks this year. Our roo does not allow us to touch him but he is even tempered and does not cause any trouble.
They need a new feeder for the bigger coop we will be buying in the spring.
Last year, I lost my flock to some pesky raccoons. I would love to win a less wasteful feeder for the two lovely hens I have left, and new chicks coming in spring! Thanks for the opportunity! Joni tlcornflake5[at]yahoo.com
I’ve enjoyed chicken raising for family use most of my life. We usually use suspended feeders to efficiently make the food available without too much waste. This Solway Feeder is an idea we haven’t tried before and looks very interesting. We just moved a couple of years ago to Louisiana from the North so we are just starting a new flock this spring. Since environmental concerns are different here we are trying new ideas for a strong healthy flock. We would like to win this feeder so we could see if it would work better here than the old system. Our email is sabinlyn@hotmail.com
I’m still trying to find a reasonable priced low waste chicken feeder. I would love to try the Solway Spiral Feeder.
I am slowly enlarging my flock through natural breeding. This would be a great asset to my coop.
Feeder would be a wonderful gift to the chickens.
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Backtobasicsgal[at]gmail.com – I wanted to make sure I entered as you had requested with my email address written out as submitted here! Our backyard chickens would LOVE the addition of a Solway Feeder in their new home at our new 10+ acre homestead we are building. Thank you for the opportunity and good luck to all! Stay safe and stay warm!
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Hello pat fraser here I just retired. I haven’t had chickens in 23 years I am starting over.I have 63 chickens all raised from chicks.in March I we try to sell eggs at our farmers market.I just got some nipples to make some waters I never knew solway had one for feed that sure will help keep of the mice and cut back on waste.I am getting out my books and look for marans I bet they would do good out here in mo.I sure hope I here from you. Patfraser23@gmail.com. thanks for the chance
Kathy kathypinkas@sbcglobal.net sould love to win this. I got 1 chick from a friend and it turned out to be a rooster. Beautiful but needless to say no eggs. I have feed trays and seem to waste a lot of feed and attract mice too. This would be so great. Just starting out and have so much to learn. Thank you.
WE ADOPTED 5 AMARICANAS FROM A NEIGHBOR WHO WAS MOVING, ADDED 3 LAVENDER ORPINGTONS, AND NOW 3 YOUNG BLACK COPPER MARANS. I LOVE WATCHING CHICKEN TV! KOALA@SATURNNET.COM
Annette @ akboyer@sbcglobal.net I want to get “my feet wet” and start growing and raising my own chickens. All I have done up to this point is read all of your posts and articles, and dream of being a chicken rangler. thanks for the opportunity.
I would love to win this for my girls. They work hard for me. this would be great for them. kathy flanagan kflanagan38838@yahoo.com
Less waste is great, But what really appeals to me is that it’s something to help keep them busy. I feel chickens are fairly intelligent and keeping them occupied is important. linda_warner [at] juno.com
I would love to win this! I am having some French Black Copper Marans shipped to me this year for sure! The Solway Feeders spiral feeder nozzle would def. make me happy! My e-mail is, leviob98 [a] yahoo.com
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Have 3 hens laying 2-3 eggs even in below zero weather. Hoping to add to the flock this spring. Heather hkswanson@hotmail.com
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Pick me, pick me! I would love to add this to my coop. I am in the process of building it now so it will be ready for my little ones coming this spring. amoscraw@gmail.com
My chickens would love that feeder. Terri
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Nice, the chickens would love this and it would be more fun for them when they chase the Stellar Jays away! Might actually catch one and pull a feather or two!
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Our rooster looks very similar to your Percy, but I was told he was a Black Australorp. His nickname is Mr Fancy Pants because it looks like he has blousy trousers & he prances around. Oh & since it turned cold & we have had to keep a light on in the coop – he crows A-L-L day /night long. We have a huge flock of sparrows that enjoy eating the chickie crumbles and I’d love to win the feeder to help cut down on the freeloaders. Thank you . Magicalmaiden@greenball-tech.com
Would love to add the Black Copper Marans to my flock for variety and interest and would love to keep more of my feed for the chickens and not for the mice, rats, and sparrows.
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This feeder would be great to decrease the problem of vermin…unwanted “critters” are a huge problem down in the hills, here. LDWernet when1985when-enter@yahoo.com
oh lawdy you had me at “Keep vermin away ” ANYTHING that will help keep vermin away is a miracle in my book.
susan richardson suzyq2u42@hotmail.com I would like to win this because I need a new feeder
Wow, I never thought about a feeder of this style even though I have and love my nipple waterer. I made my girls’ feeder from a 5 gallon bucket, but there is a lot of waste on days when they stew their beaks back and forth through it. This would would be a great feeder for them and they would love staying occupied ‘working’ to get their food.
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My granddaughter and I have a small flock. We are going to try incubating some eggs this spring. A new feeder would be great as we add more chickens to the flock. tnbradberry@hotmail.com
I’d love to have one to reduce waste. What a great concept! Gingeroo616 at AOL dotcom
My friend Beverly and her daughter live off the grid in Eastern KY and they raise chickens Would love to gift this to them! (Kimmy Moore)
I have a dozen laying hens but no Marans. I’d like to try them with the next batch of layers, as I’d like a nice assortment of egg colors. Why? Because they look prettier, LOL. We have a small farm and I have raised ducks, turkeys, chickens, this year I’m trying geese, I think. The local coyotes make keep barn cats difficult, so I’m overrun with mice. I’d enjoy giving the feeder a try. annie1992 (at) yahoo.com
Would love to have a way of feeding that would keep out the rodents. I have a mixed flock and am open to trying different breeds. The marans sound like a good addition to my flock sometime in the future.
We are expanding our chicken coop this spring. This feeder would be a great addition. peggy@mrbuyfast.net
My 13 year old son and I are just beginning our chicken adventure and would love to have this feeder!
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First time fluffy chickie momma. The girls would love this feeder! lunas_human[at]yahoo
I would love to have this,I love chickens and would be sure to tell all my chicken loving friends about it I could even show them! donna djz1947@msn.com
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I would love to win this for my Sister’s coop in southern wisconsin. She absolutely loves her chickens!! Michelle stellmonster123@gmail.com
I could really use this feeder. We have several chickens, some layers, some non layers, and some old lady hens…no longer laying, but very much loved and treasured. We are going to be ordering more pullets next month, and we’ll see if the Black Marans are available. The feeder sure looks like a time & feed saver!
Would love to win this feeder. we just started out with three and now, 100 or more. love the little critters, every one is unique.
Would love to have one of these because there is always a need to reduce waste!
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Brenda Jahnke
I have 13 hens, some very old but have earned to right to live out their days. I would like to try the Marans when I get my 4 replacements in the spring. They sound as if they would do well here in the Black Hills of SD. I would love to win this feeder as it looks like a real feed and time saver! Thank you for the opportunity!
Looks great! Would surely like to have one.
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Karen Danziger
Are they squirrel resistant? If so I definitely need one! ehead@nc.rr.com
Just moved to a farm and would like to try this out. dlhayek@live.com
I would like to try it out on our birds. I think they would love it! summerschyna@aol.com
I have tried a variety of birds but never Marans. I would love to win this feed, very efficient.
Mikki mikkles200@hotmail.com Would love the feeder to save on wasted feed! and to occupy my ladie when they’re stuck inside during the winter! 🙂
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i have 3 marans,love them… would love the feeder ..i have 50 chickens now looking for some more
I am glad you wrote about Marans, the copper ones are beautiful! I just adopted 2 sex link adult hens to add to my flock. A lady is being forced to find homes for her 40 chickens, she is 83 now and her home has been condemned by the county. I was able to get her to part with the 2 but she still has many more to find homes for. I would love this feeder as I am having a hard time getting the new hens into the hen house, they were never caged and their food is in the coop. Don’t want them to get use to me feeding them outside the cage due to predators and rats. The solway feeder would help keep vermin’s away in an outside the cage area. Thank you, joannee@sbcglobal.net
I am recently widowed and decided I would start raising chickens again to fill in some of my lonely time. I have a flock of 15 and they are 3.5 mos. old. I need a practical, no waste feeder and have been searching all over for one…..this one looks like it would serve my needs very well. I would love to win this feeder. trelvajane@hotmail.com
I would love this! Maybe it would keep my guineas and SLW’s from throwing food everywhere, and keep the goats out of it too!
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With the price of feed going up each season it would be nice to feed only the chickens
I’ve got the material to build the coop and pen and hope to acquire some chicks this spring and a feeder would be very helpful. eileen123@hotmail.com
Thank you so much for the article on Marans! My goal is to have my own coop with Marans included as soon as I can. It has been and is my dream! I appreciate and love your articles -and recipes!
If I win the feeder it will be the first accessory of my own coop : )
Viola Plum
My 4-H project as a child was chickens. I’ve always been facinated by them and know that we are back in the country and out of the city, I want to get started again. This sure would keep them entertained without wasting food on cat bait. plumcrazy09@yahoo.com
I’d really love a Solway Feeder- we have so much waste! While we don’t have any purebread Black Copper Marans, some of our unknowns sure look similar to them. I love the spray of copper on them. honeybunny442 at yahoo.com
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We could really use the Solway spiral feeder. We figure the waste alone at this point is costing us an average of $60/year. That doesn’t include the little varmints making off with some of the feed. Time for us to come into the 21st century. Wolf E. sjmfox@aol.com
What a terrific idea! Would love to have one for my flock, which has several Black Copper Marans. If I had to pick a favorite breed, they would be at the top. Wonderful, vigorous dual-purpose birds. nobarnfarm@yahoo.com
I only have one black copper Maran in my flock and plan to get more. All my ladies would love to have the feeder and it would be used every
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I was divorced and we had to sell the farm, including my flock of 200 chickens. After a year of living without chickens, my life just didn’t feel right. I now keep a flock of 12 rescued birds in my 70 year old parents backyard since I can’t have chickens at my apartment. The chickens keep me sane and provide entertainment for the folks and 27 grandkids. Every day I get a phone call with how many eggs were collected and what treats Grandma gave them. A new feeder system would enable me not to make a 24 mile drive every other day to fill up the feeder, since it won’t be beaked to the ground. Thanks for the opportunity.
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I have 6 small sized Black Copper Marans and they are awesome and will hatch anything! They love eating stink bugs off the side of my house! wargoycc AT yahoo DOT com
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I have Black Copper Marans…just love the egg color. Any feeder that keeps the pests away is awesome in my book.
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Chickens share alot of their costly store bought laying pellets with the kangaroo mice, ground squirrels, and then there are our wonderful winter bird population as we live near the Preserve. This feeder might be just the item to keep my chickens and my pocketbook happy! We have 15 hens and 3 roosters, with more hens a coming this spring! Granny Kim. HaroFarms@yahoo.com
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It looks a lot cleaner than a regular feeder!
I am expanding my flock and would like the most efficient feeder for them to supplement their free range activity.
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and this looks like a much more efficient design. With the price of feed going up
we need to explore and use any equipment that will save us money. We have 24 hens and two roosters.
This would be great to keep the dogs out of the chicken feed. Globevalley(at)yahoo. Com
thanks, Susan
Anything that saves feed is a good thing! I would love to win. Myra mkred1999 at yahoo.com
I would love to see less waste so this feeder looks perfect.
jenlschiffer@gmail.com
I live in Bolivar, NY. I would like to win because I have no money and my current feeding system isn’t working very well. I use a big metal bowl to feed my girls in. They like to lay their eggs in it and poop in it as well. I could really use this feeder!
Thank you!
Right now I am using a deer feeder with solar to charge the battery. When the weather stays gloomy for several days, the feeder tends to get tired and doesn’t exactly work as well as I’d like. The spiral feeder would seem to fix that problem. I would love to try it out and report back. oldboss_2000@yahoo.com
vintagestastingroom@gmail.com
The Solway feeder looks like an interesting concept and I certainly would like to try it and see how much waste we can eliminate to help my farm fresh egg business be more profitable.
I would love to try this feeder. I have 7 girls currently. We raised a Copper Marans last Spring from a hatchling, but he ended up being a Roo, and I live in town so. . . he was the loveliest, sweetest-natured bird I have had so far, and it broke my heart to have to send him away. I am currently hand-feeding the girls twice a day to avoid the rodent problems. jenellenquinn@hotmail.com
The Solway feeder looks very sturdy for outdoor use. I’d love to have one.
I would love to have this feeder. Love to control our feed waste.
childers_4@yahoo.com
I would love to win the spiral feeder. We had such a rough time last year with rodents and traps, this would be a blessing! Melissa Richardson – melissa [at] steadfastfarm.ca
I would like to win to help a family who raises chickens for their eggs and has been very kind to us thru the years helping us when we were in need. sharkchomp13@yahoo.com
Thanks,
Steven
“The Girls” would love this watering unit, and so would I!!!
Thanks for making the offer to win.
sandflipflops@yahoo.com
I want to start raising chickens but starting from scratch is expensive for me. This feeder would help tremendously to get started.
Love this product, could use it every day. detabosque@gmail.com
I would like to win so we waste less feed!
After spending over a year working to leading the effort to get backyard chickens legalized in my town(including a citywide vote), I will be building a coop soon and getting chicks. I would like to win because I am starting from scratch on building and need all the help I can get.
Thanks,
Jim
jladmire at Comcast dot net
Judy Jacobs in Middle Tennessee here. We have lots of wild visitors to the yard where my birds free range, and it would help control both feed waste and risk of disease if the mice, starlings, and sloppy eaters could be restricted somewhat. judy.beth@comcast,net
May I please correct a few things that you said about Marans? First of all, they are recognized by the APA. Black Copper, Wheaten, and White are three colors that have standards approved by the APA and other colors are being considered for future submission to the APA. Marans do well in cold weather with the exception of having to watch those large combs and protect from frostbite. Conversely, because of the large combs, they actually do quite well in our hot humid summers in Arkansas where I live. Mine Marans (I’ve owned several colors) lay better than an egg every other day. Perhaps, that is because I live in the sunny south. My children, who have better taste buds than I do, say that our Marans eggs have a richer flavor than the eggs of the other breeds that we raise. If you want a really dark egg layer, you may need to acquire hatching eggs from an individual breeder who has the luxury of choosing only the darkest egg layers to breed from. A hatchery does not have the luxury of hatching from only the darkest layers. Be prepared for the egg color to change based on many factors. The same hen that laid a deliciously dark chocolate egg one day, may lay a much lighter egg the next if stressed. The color of the egg is not actually in the shell, but applied, like paint to the outside of the shell, so stressful events and other factors sometimes interfere with the application of the color to the egg. Because the color is on the outside of the egg, the color can be scratch or washed off. Marans are the most docile of all the breeds we raise. The roosters get along very well with other roosters and are generally quite kid friendly. (Always use caution when roos are around children!)
And I would love to win the feeder. Thanks for talking about one of my favorite breeds. Carla in AR hardwick AT creationsensation DOT com
Ted Pottle in southwest Michigan I had a fire here and lost everything and trying to get started back up again I used to have black marans. I could really use the feeders and any other help would be appreciated thanks please. pottlet@msn.com
I love this idea! I already have the nipples for the water. This would make feeding time much less messy! camelfam at gmail dot com
My chickens need a new hobby!!
Kenna Rogers
Kennarog [at] aol.com
Anything that makes feeding cleaner, more efficient, and easier is a winner in my book. I’d love to have one of these.
I have a rooster that looks very similar to your Percy, with a little more black to his body. He was hatched from eggs that were supposed to be Olive Egger hatching eggs. The hen from that same batch of hatching eggs does not lay an olive colored egg, but a darker rust colored brown. The rooster involved with the creation of the hatching eggs I am told was a Black Copper Marans, so it appears his genes may have been more dominate than the Ameraucana hen that mated with him.
Keeping animals out of the chicken food is always rough (not to mention the clumsiness of our chickens). We love the nozzle feeders but they aren’t in our budget. It would be awesome to win one!
We are moving back to Oregon, from Southern Cali. My husbandand i had a 13yr construction business that went under in this rough economy. He was offered a job in Oregon where we used to live and where i fell in love with raising chickens. I told him, “this change will be good – and we can have chickens again!” Thank you for considering me in your giveaway. Blessings – Ann
We are new chicken owners and would love this as an addition for our chickens. I love to talk to our chickens, they listen to my every word. My friends tell me that is why my chickens are laying eggs everyday. I can do this because I only have 7 hens and a roo to start. Thanks for the chance to win. blazingstars@yahoo.com
Will be getting my first chickens this spring. Am now gathering supplies and getting ready. Would love to add this to the pile!
two of my grandsons live close to me and are in a home school. they have mentioned chicks and ducks several times and have been to a local subsistence farm. its time to try them out with a small variety of hens to see how their interest stands the test of time..also raising chicks can prove to be an interesting school project in many different ways for school ( there are two to five other children of different ages in the school) .
We plan to start our flock this year, and I would love to win the feeder. We have a lot of wood rats and deer mice on our property, so I think this feeder would be a very important step in keeping our hens fat and our rats skinny! Thank you for the opportunity!
I had to leave everything behind when I moved (hens, coop, feeders, etc.). I’ll be starting over in the Spring and would love to win the Solway feeder! Thanks!
Andrea Brown, goodpar@aol.com
My girls would love this for there home. almac3@att.net
Love to have some Marans. Haven’t had a chance to get any yet. Copper would be my choice to get. The feeder spiral nozzle sounds like a good idea to keep chickens busy. My email: mjponylady@yahoo.com
Would love to win the feeder to help feed the chickens more effectively 🙂
Our feeding system could really use an upgrade and we’d love to try this feeder to see if these would be the right style for us. We maintain a mixed flock of about 80 laying hens, and after reading about them, I would definitely consider adding some Marans.
The Solway feeder would be a great addition for my Black Copper Marans. We started with 4 pullets and 1 rooster and have hatched another dozen or so. We now have 2 roosters (gave another one to a neighbor) and 14 hens. They are great layers and great chickens to have. We also have a couple bantam pullets that stay extremely close to the older Copper Maran rooster.
I would love to have the Solway feeder for my girls! Anything to minimize waste! Maria at glorymorgan1@hotmail.com. Thanks!
Hoping to start my own flock this spring, so far I have a coop & watering station, so this would be a great addition. Theresa email tildatoo (at) optonline (dot) net
I am just gettting started building a coop… would love to win the feeder.
mba [[at]] jimkofalt [[dotttt]] com
As soon as our weather here in SE Michigan is suitable, we will be building a new homestead on 10+ acres in SE Michigan complete with a new chicken coop and a new flock (yes, I am keeping the old gals – This will become their retirement home! LOL) Winning a Solaway Feeder would make a grand addition for our new flock of gals as money is tight! Thank you so much for the opportunity to win such a wonderful, useful prize! Backtobasicsgal@gmail.com
I love that idea! I already have chicken nipples on a bucket but a feeder like that would help keep the feed from spilling.
PS: I LOVE black marans! I got one last spring and it turned out to be a roo. No chocolate eggs for me. My email is robin.m.nielsen [@} gmail dot com
I would love to own the solway feeder. Just starting with a couple of hens and would love to have this feeder. Thank you for letting us enter to win.
Veronica and e-mail veroniquemccann@hotmail.com
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