Chickens are really easy to look after. They only need a few things - somewhere warm and dry to sleep and lay eggs, regular access to feed (grain + grass) and fresh water. Until recently we were using the old style grain feeders and a bucket of water in each chicken tractor. ( We did make a chicken nipple system a few years ago, but had trouble with algae growing in the jerry can water reservoir. ) Trying a different feeder.... A few months ago, while we were in the depths of a mouse plague (which has now moved south, sorry NSW!), Pete and I were desperate to reduce the amount of grain our chickens were spilling. We had tried a treadle-type feeder before, but most of our chickens couldn't figure out how to use it. I had bought some PVC plumbing to make a feeder, and some chicken nipples for the waterer, but not made it yet (over a year and counting). So I decided to invest in a two sets of Dine-A-Chook feeders and waterers to see if they would help us with the mice. ...