Food Lesson #2: Feeding the Chickens

Every Morning (8:00 to 8:30)

Preparing the chicken food…

* chop the bucket of sukuma leaves
...it will be a 2/3 bucket when you’re done

* add 2 scoops of the stuff on the right (sawdust?)

* also add ½ scoop of the stuff on the left (millet?)

* add a slow stream of water from the cistern
...do this while mixing very well with a scooping hand

Distribute…

* in the pens on the right
...don't let chicks get out but do let hen out of 1^st pen

* in rest of feed trays
...then let hens along back and left out of their pens

Water…

* just do every 2-3 days or when water looks dirty

* wash & scrub containers at the cistern

* fill blue bucket with fresh water

* if chickens are fluffed up they might be feeling poorly
...in that case, add 1 T medicine powder to bucket

* be sure to use the low-edged water dish for babies

* give last pen on the right 2 

Afternoon (2-3 pm)

*snack time – one scoop of corn from storage room

* just scatter it on the ground

Evening (before it gets dark)

* they should all go back into the right pens on their own
...(the chickens go home to roost!)

* if there are eggs, put them in the basket in the millet room

* close pen doors for the night