I had an interesting suggestion from a fellow chicken keeper today, wondering if anyone has heard of this or tried this. She puts wood chips down in her run and scatters wine cap mushroom spores on it. She says they absorb the smell, the chickens don't bother with them and you can eat the...
I'm thinking about using sand in my run. I'm a bit confused about where and how to get it and which type. I don't have a truck and the deliveries look too huge for my use. What is "washed masonry sand"? Is that ok to use? What about "washed coarse concrete sand"?
Thanks
Kim
Are raccoons a threat in the daytime? Im thinking about a lightweight run I can move around and that will protect them during the day from hawks and then they can be safe in the coop at night. I was thinking just regular chicken wire so it's cheaper but I know raccoons can reach through it...
I am planning on building a coop something along the lines of the Triple C, the crouches coop.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/the-triple-c-the-crouches-chicken-coop
From what I can see in the pictures it looks to me like there is a space underneath the roof, an open space. Maybe I am not...