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post #31 of 35
8/2/12 at 12:40pm
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Time to fix his favorite dinner!

 

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yeah. a something for after supper. 

 

5/12: 15 BO's, 3 WL's, 1 recalcitrant BCM Roo aka 'Boaz'. (Yes beloved Adam, my chickens may bump me off for a worm but I'd never bump you off for Buffy 'n Scruffy)  Mittens 17 1/2 y.o Tortoise-Shell Calli with "tortitude" (never too late to start loving cats). And Hanna-girl, NSDT, best dog ever, resting peacefully since 4/12. We miss you, baby-girl.  "Hooked on Chickens"... and gratitude.

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5/12: 15 BO's, 3 WL's, 1 recalcitrant BCM Roo aka 'Boaz'. (Yes beloved Adam, my chickens may bump me off for a worm but I'd never bump you off for Buffy 'n Scruffy)  Mittens 17 1/2 y.o Tortoise-Shell Calli with "tortitude" (never too late to start loving cats). And Hanna-girl, NSDT, best dog ever, resting peacefully since 4/12. We miss you, baby-girl.  "Hooked on Chickens"... and gratitude.

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post #32 of 35
8/9/12 at 10:29am

Dry Stall" is a naturally occurring lightweight volcanic aggregate. Due to its porosity, it is an ideal medium for aerating, softening, and draining your soil. from stall dry web site-- I do not know if it also is a zeolite product.

 I use Sweet PDZ in a waist high poop boards and attached roosts, using a kitty scooper and shaking each scooper full, hardly any PDZ sticks to the poo. My coop has NO manure smell, I first used it in my donkey's stall under the pine shavings and prefer it over the more caustic lime. Sweet PDZ is zeolite a naturally occurring mineral that instantly binds ammonia/moisture, and is safe for animals and can be composted. Ammonia gas causes all sorts of respiratory problems in all animals, so anything that gets rid of the ammonia problem gets my vote. I do plan to use stall dry to condition the soil for drainage just in front of our barn.

Owned by 8 layers- 1Blk English Orpington Penelope, 1B Orpington Buffy, 1 EE Spazie,1 Buckeye Meg, 2 Delawares Clementine/Suzette and 2 Barred Rocks Polka/ Dot,1 Golden Retriever, Zeus, 1 Welsh Pembroke Corgi, Zoe`, and Jay-Jay the donkey, pasture protector. Wife to the chief coop builder for 24 years, Mom to 1 DD, Proud of our USAF Son-in-law, and Nana to grandson Blaine.

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Owned by 8 layers- 1Blk English Orpington Penelope, 1B Orpington Buffy, 1 EE Spazie,1 Buckeye Meg, 2 Delawares Clementine/Suzette and 2 Barred Rocks Polka/ Dot,1 Golden Retriever, Zeus, 1 Welsh Pembroke Corgi, Zoe`, and Jay-Jay the donkey, pasture protector. Wife to the chief coop builder for 24 years, Mom to 1 DD, Proud of our USAF Son-in-law, and Nana to grandson Blaine.

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post #33 of 35
8/10/12 at 8:53pm
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Dry Stall" is a naturally occurring lightweight volcanic aggregate. Due to its porosity, it is an ideal medium for aerating, softening, and draining your soil. from stall dry web site-- I do not know if it also is a zeolite product.

 I use Sweet PDZ in a waist high poop boards and attached roosts, using a kitty scooper and shaking each scooper full, hardly any PDZ sticks to the poo. My coop has NO manure smell, I first used it in my donkey's stall under the pine shavings and prefer it over the more caustic lime. Sweet PDZ is zeolite a naturally occurring mineral that instantly binds ammonia/moisture, and is safe for animals and can be composted. Ammonia gas causes all sorts of respiratory problems in all animals, so anything that gets rid of the ammonia problem gets my vote. I do plan to use stall dry to condition the soil for drainage just in front of our barn.


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post #34 of 35
8/11/12 at 5:56am

YAY!  Did the drive and have my stock of PDZ. I think it will have been worth the trip.   Now to get that elevated box and roost built. 

Did you all use plywood for the box bottom?

 

5/12: 15 BO's, 3 WL's, 1 recalcitrant BCM Roo aka 'Boaz'. (Yes beloved Adam, my chickens may bump me off for a worm but I'd never bump you off for Buffy 'n Scruffy)  Mittens 17 1/2 y.o Tortoise-Shell Calli with "tortitude" (never too late to start loving cats). And Hanna-girl, NSDT, best dog ever, resting peacefully since 4/12. We miss you, baby-girl.  "Hooked on Chickens"... and gratitude.

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5/12: 15 BO's, 3 WL's, 1 recalcitrant BCM Roo aka 'Boaz'. (Yes beloved Adam, my chickens may bump me off for a worm but I'd never bump you off for Buffy 'n Scruffy)  Mittens 17 1/2 y.o Tortoise-Shell Calli with "tortitude" (never too late to start loving cats). And Hanna-girl, NSDT, best dog ever, resting peacefully since 4/12. We miss you, baby-girl.  "Hooked on Chickens"... and gratitude.

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post #35 of 35
8/14/12 at 11:15am

we used OSB--because that what we had.  I emailed Sweet PDZ and they said that their product works on soil condition as well--so no stall dry for me.

Owned by 8 layers- 1Blk English Orpington Penelope, 1B Orpington Buffy, 1 EE Spazie,1 Buckeye Meg, 2 Delawares Clementine/Suzette and 2 Barred Rocks Polka/ Dot,1 Golden Retriever, Zeus, 1 Welsh Pembroke Corgi, Zoe`, and Jay-Jay the donkey, pasture protector. Wife to the chief coop builder for 24 years, Mom to 1 DD, Proud of our USAF Son-in-law, and Nana to grandson Blaine.

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Owned by 8 layers- 1Blk English Orpington Penelope, 1B Orpington Buffy, 1 EE Spazie,1 Buckeye Meg, 2 Delawares Clementine/Suzette and 2 Barred Rocks Polka/ Dot,1 Golden Retriever, Zeus, 1 Welsh Pembroke Corgi, Zoe`, and Jay-Jay the donkey, pasture protector. Wife to the chief coop builder for 24 years, Mom to 1 DD, Proud of our USAF Son-in-law, and Nana to grandson Blaine.

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