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yes. The microbes in the soil make short work of them, same with the difficulty they would have moving upwards. You should be just fine !

Hey there, When you are speaking about your leach field I am assuming that you did not decommission the old septic, you just left it there and created a new one right ? I will make the assumption that you have a low water table and you would have to have soil with a relatively high...

I did wonder about the heat lamp. I currently have failed chicken coop that I made way to large and heavy ( 8x8x12 and around 400 lbs) and I have been using it as the dog house for my Corgis. As they are little guys I tossed a heat lamp in there for them to keep warm. I am in Southern Ontario as...

hello ! welcome to the coop !

Hello, I finally found somewhere in Canada to get some silkies and I will be picking them up soon. I made my chicken coop without knowing how large the nest box should be. I know the length parallel to the walls are fine ( approx 3' 9") but I am not sure of the depth. I designed them to...

I can so relate to your frozen in time comment, I spent the weekend building a chicken coop for my soon to own chickens, but right now everything is snow and Ice up here. My coop is just sitting in the trailer WAITING for some warm weather so I can paint and place

What a great website ! That is really sad to hear about the death of Anthony, my brother was over in Afghanistan at the same time as him. I sent them a long e-mail and I have my best hopes and wishes that I will be able to swing by and grab some of those hard to get silkies !! My Silkies are...

I am wondering if there are any Ontario Breeders of Silkies anyone knows about ? I know the US is able to ship chicks well across the country, is such an option available in Canada ? Should I broaden my search from Ontario Silkie to Canadian Silkie ?

Kawartha Lakes ! Ontario

It sure is cold during the winter. I made sure to insulate my chicken coop so that my little egg layers will manage. I am starting off Brand new- Never done this before so I am currently on the search for the Silkies. The larger more popular egg layers are usually on sale the the local...

The coops section of the website is a very good source for construction activities. I just built the "trictle's Coop" with a modified design to increase the amount of chickens I can have in here. take a look at the medium to large coops and you might find your answer. I found it very helpful...

Hello all ! I am new to the forums, I just build my chicken coop on the weekend, I modified one of the designs I found on here and I will be posting that as soon as I get the pain and roof done ! I will be starting off with about 8 chickens. I plan on going with some sort of excellent...