Beekissed
Mountain Sage
Don't remember if I shared the chicken sling idea on here or not, as my forgettery is old and worn out, but thought I'd share it for those who haven't seen it. Such a simple thing to make, can be made out of feed sack, cloth grocery bags, a small piece of any kind of material, etc.
I made mine out of the carrying bag from a camp chair...we have a dozen of those things hanging around. I'm always reluctant to throw them away because they are made of such good material and have that nice webbing on them.
Anyhoo...the chicken sling is a incredible help and I wish I had thought of this many a long year ago. My chickening life would be been LOADS easier. I'm always working chickens alone...a few rare times I've had some help but mostly, just alone.
The sling makes that so easy that checking chickens is a quick process, the chickens are incredibly calmed by the sling, so no stress on the flock, and I get things done better because I'm using both hands for the job instead of one hand for holding, one for working.
Since these pics I've opened up the front of the sling completely so they can poke out their heads but it didn't change how the sling works....still a nice, calm time with the birds. No fighting, no flapping, no kicking....just peaceful hands on working the livestock.
Tried putting them in upside down, but not as successful of an outcome..bird was still calm but I couldn't see the vent well at all...when in the sling right side up, they just naturally put their tails up for me! Loved that.
Fits big birds and small birds, they all become instantly becalmed in this hammock and you can do anything you want to them. It's kinda cool.
Someone on TEG made one and couldn't get over the ease of working the flock...done in a fraction of the time, no struggles, birds less upset over the handling, etc.
I made mine out of the carrying bag from a camp chair...we have a dozen of those things hanging around. I'm always reluctant to throw them away because they are made of such good material and have that nice webbing on them.
Anyhoo...the chicken sling is a incredible help and I wish I had thought of this many a long year ago. My chickening life would be been LOADS easier. I'm always working chickens alone...a few rare times I've had some help but mostly, just alone.
The sling makes that so easy that checking chickens is a quick process, the chickens are incredibly calmed by the sling, so no stress on the flock, and I get things done better because I'm using both hands for the job instead of one hand for holding, one for working.
Since these pics I've opened up the front of the sling completely so they can poke out their heads but it didn't change how the sling works....still a nice, calm time with the birds. No fighting, no flapping, no kicking....just peaceful hands on working the livestock.
Tried putting them in upside down, but not as successful of an outcome..bird was still calm but I couldn't see the vent well at all...when in the sling right side up, they just naturally put their tails up for me! Loved that.
Fits big birds and small birds, they all become instantly becalmed in this hammock and you can do anything you want to them. It's kinda cool.
Someone on TEG made one and couldn't get over the ease of working the flock...done in a fraction of the time, no struggles, birds less upset over the handling, etc.
