Posts by DeannaOR

Quote: Originally Posted by featherfooted  The coop I had at our last house was 8'x20' (boy, do I miss it) and I had the roosts go full length of the short side.  It was under a window and the girls...

Quote: Originally Posted by HEChicken  DeannaOR, I love your idea of using the area under the poop board!  Right now I am brooding chicks in the coop and have a hen thinking about going broody and I have a...

Quote: Originally Posted by kellieetal  "chicken jail"  makes me think of my kids stomping off down the hall having been sent to their rooms for misbehavior.  "That's it, Ms. Chicken! TIMEOUT for you until...

I tried to maximize use of space, so I did two 12' long..the length of our coop, with a poop board underneath and a chicken jail under that. I'm very happy with it. I use stall dry in the poop board and just scoop it with a kitty...

OOOooo that sounds divine!

Quote: Originally Posted by Noncentzter    Oh hatching is most addictive and if you join the monthly egg swaps then you'll have lots of eggs to hatch each month!  LOL!!  Wouldn't ya know...

Quote: Originally Posted by jtdodd17  Hahahaha! Yes I did, you guys could have atleast told me it was contagious LOL!!! I didn't see this until after we went down to the show, my son had a football game this am...

Quote: Originally Posted by jtdodd17  http://www.pacificnorthwestpoultry.org/download/2012%20fall%20show/2012%2008%20Winter%20Classic%20flier.pdf   I just made a trip down there with the kids today...

Good idea..some of then were pretty sticky, that would have made it go quicker.

I had this happen on a hatch where we had issues with the incubator. I washed them under a stream of warm water at my kitchen sink with a small amount of Dawn dish soap rinsed well, towel dried a little, and put back in the incubator....