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    Anyone ever use Sweet PDZ or Stall Dry with chickens?

    Hi OHhappychicks. I'm no expert since we are on our first 8 birds but I worry they would eat the stall dry. Those little buggers are so messy and I wish there was a good way to manage it. I used a lot of newspapers and then changed over to pine shavings even though I heard they eat that, too. I...
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    Comment by 'circuspeanut' in article 'Some Thoughts On General Coop Hygiene And Ventilation'

    Well done. I'd like to comment on the use of the poop board. I'm a newbie and I used this method of scraping daily when my girls moved to the coop and started roosting. I hated scraping the poop off the vinyl covered board. I tried sprinkling DE on it but the fine stuff is incredibly dusty. It...
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    Anyone ever use Sweet PDZ or Stall Dry with chickens?

    Hi Folks. I'm a newbie. This is our first season with chickens. We have 8. The coop is built but the run is not finished yet. After reading a ton on this site, I decided a poop board was the way to go. At first I thought I'd scrap the (vinyl covered) board every day and even planned an...
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    Need HELP with large coop design

    Thanks, aart. I'm about to order the hardware cloth for the run. Main posts are almost all in. This site is invaluable for the first timer!
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    Need HELP with large coop design

    Hi I'd like to join in this conversation, specifically about hardware cloth, or hardwire cloth. What is best to use on a run? Galvanized before welded wire mesh or galvanized after? I don't know the difference in terms of quality and strength. What size and what gauge are you all using? Thanks!
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    a few questions from a newbie with an unfinished coop

    Thanks for the responses. I guess I won't worry about the plexiglass door since it will be in a secure run. I plan to use hardware cloth for the run since we'd like to to be a neat and trimmed out extension of the coop similar to the popular Wichita cabin-type coop. Of course it needs to be...
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    a few questions from a newbie with an unfinished coop

    Hi Folks. My first post. Our first chickens and we are all so excited! I have learned a great deal on this site. We have 8, 1 week-old chicks and are working to complete the coop. I have a few questions. 1) We were thinking we would build a covered run with fiberglass or metal corrugated...
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