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    Best Chicken Watering system?

    I had a black rubber bowl in the beginning of my chicken adventure, It was supposed to be their dust bath area. But they would roost on the edge and poop into it. So it was just a large toilet. I took it out, now they dust bathe wherever they want.
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    Mosquitos

    can citronella be planted in a moveable pot as well? Yes, I have citronella in a planter on my porch. (I HATE mosquitoes!) Plant LOTS of it! You can "activate" the scent by rubbing your hands thru the leaves. Good luck
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    Mosquitos

    Plant citronella around the run/coop. But on the other hand the girls should eat the buggers.
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    Ahh! Moldy Feed! Please tell me my chickens will be OK!

    The molasses flush... What and how is that done? for future reference.
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    Dust bath

    OK. I will dump out the dust bath pan I have now and they can do whatever they want. I'll toss in wood ash and sand occasionally. Thanks!
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    Tip for overheating birds

    Whatever works
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    Dust bath

    My girls are about 5 months old now, we've had them for 3 weeks. They were able to free range by the previous owner so I assume they "bathed" out there somewhere. I made a dust bath for them in the run we have.... wood ash, sand and dirt. But I have never seen them use for that purpose. They...
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    Tip for overheating birds

    I get watermelon and cut into slices and freeze them. Then when it's so hot I put a couple of the frozen melon slices in a pan of water. It keeps the water cool longer and of course they do love watermelon.
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    What's the temperature where you are???

    Western Iowa... 79 degrees now at about noon. Very muggy with light rain. Yesterday heat index was 105! I kept the girls cool with ice water and frozen strawberries and blueberries in it.
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    New chicken mom here.

    free feeding ... ? What the hell does this actually mean?
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    What is a good feed storage container to keep out roaches??

    check appliance stores for "scratch and dent" sales, craig's list, any FREE fridge you can lay on it's back and remove the shelves will work. FREE IS GOOD!
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    Deep Litter Method in SMALL COOP??

    I just want to make a quick thank you to those who replied to my thread. I have decided to go with only PDZ on the poop boards and pine shavings in the run. Hubby and I can make pine shavings quickly and with very low cost. So... thanks for all the input. 💕
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    Poop board convert *warning-graphic/gross poop pictures*

    How much PDZ did you need to use?
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    Poop board convert *warning-graphic/gross poop pictures*

    I found it on Amazon.
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    Deep Litter Method in SMALL COOP??

    I'm leaning toward sand b/c I've read that it dries quickly whether pooped on or rained on.
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