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thanks for the info

Thanks all for your input now that the summer is over I have settled on a sand floor with a tray to hold the sand under the roost. It seems to work well. I can clean it easily with a kitty litter scoop and when I feel the need to get rid of some I sprinkle it in the lawn to break up some of that...

with all the info I see about composting, I have two basic question I can't seem to find answer to. #1 when composting to small container like a tumbler or such. Do you add all your material at one time and then compost or can you add additional as you go along? If you do add additonal, how...

So far it seems pretty easy, but something that still needs to be done. They have only been outside for 10 days and things are going well. I find logistics is a problem. Keeping food in the house and pine shavings in the garage. water from the hose into a dog bowl and garbage can on the other...

that was my thought. but that's why I appreciate your comments and anyone elses in case I miss something. Thank you

we are new to this, my son gave us the chicks at Easter (ya Easter who would of thought) and we just want to do the best we can. I was looking for easy clean on the other hand my wife seems chicken obsessed and reads everything she can and wants a clean,non smelling, non dusty, poopless coop...

I recieved my nipples today so I need to make my system today. is this system just the pipe and you fill it from the top? how far are the nipples from the ground?

Just got done making a coop for our 3 girls. Poop is a concern and have read alot about poop boards and sweet PDZ. My coop is 3'x4' and I wanted to put the tray on the coop floor because the roost is 22 inches above the floor, but my wife says in her reading the poop boards should be off the...