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You can get the pine shavings at WalMart, or any other store that has a pet section that includes small animal food and supplies. I would suggest you get the biggest bag they carry(common called a bale) and place it inside a 30 gallon trash can for safe keeping. It will also help to prevent the...

If you have the photos stored on your computer you can upload your photos right here on BYC. On the tool bar above you will see a heading marked UPLOADS. Just click on it and follow the directions. Then to include the picture in a post, once you have started your post, go to the tool bar...

Quote: You could always go on a no work/no cook strike. Let them eat a few cold meals and tell them you'll start cooking again when they get the "Honey Do" list done.

Quote: Nikki, Once you move the chicks out of the brooder and into a coop/run you can give them a seperate container of grit and a seperate container of crushed oyster shell. The grit will help them grind up the food as it passes through the gizzard from the crop. The oyster shell will aid...

Hmm, can someone say " Roasted Chicken?" Nice idea there. What about drafts from the flu? Or possibly some varmit getting in from sliding down the chimney like Santa Claus? I am amazed at the inventiveness found on this thread though, it is amazing at what people can find to use for...

hollowphil, You might want to make sure the cord for the one light is up of the floor as the chicks will pick at it. They pick at anything trying to find something to eat.

Quote: Judy yes the lids have a plastic strip at the back that I can remove and set the lids so that there is ventilation on both the front and back, but I will probably get some hardware cloth and screen the top eventually or I can just cover half with the lid and screen the other part with...

Quote: Judy yes the lids have a plastic strip at the back that I can remove and set the lids so that there is ventilation on both the front and back, but I will probably get some hardware cloth and screen the top eventually or I can just cover half with the lid and screen the other part with...

Being new to all of this I was really intrigued with what my Fellow BYCer's could come up with, seeing as how I have 2 55 gal aquariums, and a 40 that I can clean out and use for brooders, They have glass lids on them so it will be just a matter of cleaning one out and getting it set up to use...