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Gorgeous set up! I love your nesting boxes. I use deep litter method for my coop (I have linoleum over 3/4" plywood floors). You can find a lot of info on it here at BYC, but everyone seems to have their own twist to it. What I do (I have buff orpingtons so they are heavier birds and I was...

I agree---wild mint is wonderful. I've been gathering it all summer and drying it from the rafters in my kitchen. I'm going to try adding the balsamfir to my coop. It didn't even occur to me it might be useful with fleas--they are a bane this time of year. Thanks for the info.

I never thought of that before. I've got a lot of different pines growing out back of my house (white, scotch, etc). Do you know if they're all okay to be used for chickens? I know cedar isn't recommended bc of the oils, but I know nothing about pine types. I'd love to be able to add some of the...

Where do you get your treat balls? I found one at our local tractor supply and it was so tiny in circumference (like the size of a tiny catnip ball) I didn't think my ladies and gent would go for it (they are honest to goodness piranhas when it comes to fruity treats---if you whip out...

I use pine chips. (kiln-dried ones from tractor supply) I've had my chickens for about 3 weeks and Ive yet to have to clean any poop out of my coop. I'm attempting deep litter method (turns out I'd had the wrong idea about it... it starts out bare minimum bedding and only in the nest boxes and...