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Hi all, This week my husband and I made some enclosure updates as we prepare for our flocks first upcoming winter. We just finished treating all 3 gals for bumble foot all week (minor cases caught early) so they were in our garage hospital ward for a bit. Since our enclosure became a mud pit...

Hi All, I have a dirt run, and was wondering if people typically add any additional substrate to their run on top of the original dirt? As of right now, it’s working fine, and allowing for a several dust bathing areas, but they are starting to scratch large divots in each corner. I’m also...

Hello, I have kept chickens and finches in the past but I do not have any birds right now. I would like to get a pair of button quail. They'd be apartment pets (I will not be hatching any chicks) and I'd like to build an elaborate habitat for them of the kind some people make for hamsters with...

Hi, I am new to the whole duck keeping thing and have been doing a lot of searching online lately in preparation for the arrival of my two Cayugas. One thing I have been having trouble figuring out is what to do about my duck run substrate. I have been doing a lot of reading, but everyone seems...

I've posted a thread like this one (it went dead and nobody was replying!) so I just quickly need some help with your chicken coop substrate. I dont normally have any trouble with lice or flee's and some people say they flip every week and others say they flip every year(I think its something to...

Hi Guys! I have chickens outside and now I want to have some Japanese quail in the house. The purpose would be for enjoyment and eggs! After much googling and consideration, I plan to get a large enclosure similar to a guinea pig or chinchilla cage for them, about 2'Hx2W'x7'L. It will have a...

Hi guys! So I'm hope to get suggestions of cheap bulk mealworm substrate besides wheat bran. I'm planning to have my own mealworm farm and starting big because I'll be having 35 chickens. And I want to treat them good everyday. I was told wheat bran is the best bedding for mealworms...

Hi guys! So I'm hope to get suggestions of cheap bulk mealworm substrate besides wheat bran. I'm planning to have my own mealworm farm and starting big because I'll be having 35 chickens. And I want to treat them good everyday. I was told wheat bran is the best bedding for mealworms...

Hi all, So after watching lots of videos on YouTube, I learned that wheat bran might be the best bedding for mealworms. And I literally drove to some of the nearest feed stores and it turned out that none of them had wheat bran. So I’m thinking if it’s okay to use whole oats. I tried to find...

I'm looking to get 3-4 quail to start with and currently in the planning stages for my outdoor aviary. I'd like to do a natural setting for them and would like to get an opinion on the type of flooring for them. What would be the easiest to maintain? Should I just put the aviary on dirt and...