Recent content by Mamachicks28

Wouldn't the chickens peck at it? I'm afraid they would injest it. But great idea. Are you talking about the ones with the holes (grid-like foam matting)? Thanks for sharing.

Any other solutions? I thought about lining the coop with some cushion but worry about attracting bacteria and other stuff. I can't seem to keep the shavings in the nesting boxes. I have cracked eggs along with broken and rolled (I believe on purpose by the other laying pullet) down to the...

Yeah, I found my eggs cracked and I noticed that if I put more shavings, then the eggs are more protected, less cracked eggs. I think my are standing up or just when the eggs are coming out, it hits the "hardwood flooring" in their nesting box. But now, I need to figure out how to keep the...

Yes, I dry the egg shell first and then when I get enough of them. Then i have my son crushed them all at the same time, he finds that fun. I mixed them in the feed and they peck away at them. But I do a little at a time, not all my pullets are layer yet, I don't want to over do it on the...

I'm still new here but I think you might want try the duck section in this website for an answer. You might get a better response. My kids are in the 4-H poultry project and the ducks are actually next door. We have the batams sitting on the duck eggs and one actually hatched...got a very...

We have 5 pullets and 6 nesting boxes. Out of the 5 pullets, only two laying pullets, and they are only using one nesting box. They both lay their eggs but more than occassionally, we find a totally cracked egg in the nesting box or on the floor. The laying hens have been fighting to get the...

Here's my update on my five pullets: So I put sand in the in-house extra large box coop we had and it worked well with scooping the poop up everyday. It did smell, because they were still inside our house, but they were still too small to go outside because of the weather, even though we are...

Our 5 pullets are about 16 weeks old, I know I read somewhere that we need to change their food supply. When I went to our local pet shop to get the next food, they told me grit and chick scratch. I remember someone telling us that we shouldn't feed them too much scratch when because they get...

Yup, that does seem a bit crowded for 10 chickens. But didnt know about all the problems about the pecking. We now have 5 pullets (about 6 wks old) and will stop thinking of getting more. We had already changed their coop twice and still expanding. The current coop is about 4x5 and it seems...

Chellejeff: Ooh, that must hurt! Glad to hear that she is growing her feathers back. Your coop looks awesome! Nice and clean too. Thanks for sharing. We will try the sand with our pullets once we clean out the shavings this weekend, unless it rains.

Featherz, she beautiful. We gave Penguin to a nice home. We are sad, but at least he won't be eaten.

Thank you, Chellejeff! We are in northern CA, Bay area. No snow here where we are. We will install the 2x4 in our in progress coop. Our 6 pullets became 5 pullets and a young rooster. They are about 6 to 7 weeks old. Are they ready to be in an outdoor coop? Poop tray? Good idea. Okay...

I'm new. But LA can get really HOT and I agree, metal will get hot in that type of heat and might burn the chicken's feet. Insulation? I think there is some foam stuff that wraps around the hose that I remember using to keep the water from freezing over in the winter. But, my chickens are...

Hi, I think I read all the posts and thank you for posting to this. But is it safe for the chickens to digest the sand? Also, will the sand be cold for them to be snuggle down into at night? We have 6 pullets, not ready for the coop (almost done building). We are keeping them in our house...

Quote: That's interesting - sand? Is it safe for the chickens? I'm new and cleaning is a pain...we have six pullets but found out yesterday that one of them is a boy. Sand, if it's safe, is a great idea and better cleaning than the shavings.