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    Adding water to chicken layer feed daily is this ok?

    I don't feed mine oatmeal on an everyday basis, but everything I read said it will help pasty butt, and I had three chicks who were small and stunted and I helped by supplementing with a little wet warm oatmeal and they caught up with the others. My last statement was an occasional treat.
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    Adding water to chicken layer feed daily is this ok?

    You can add oatmeal to it in winter to help them stay warm, and it helps with pasty butt and diarrhea. You can also just make a special treat of oatmeal mixed with warm water. My chickens love it.
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    Ventilation/Vents Placement

    Yes! Mine is 2 joules for up to 8 miles. Low impedance. I may go with one stronger next time.
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    Fire ants and tiny black ants...

    that's what I applied outside tonight. Am heading out to the feed store in the morning to get more for the inside of the coop. Thank you.
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    Hen Battling a Black Rat Snake

    that's exactly what happened to my rooster! Wet head and neck. He was huge so it couldn't get him down. We put up hardcloth wire after that!
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    Fire ants and tiny black ants...

    I recently installed a poop board under the roosts, and started noticing these tiny black ants in the poop next morning. I clean it everyday, and it's disinfected every couple of days. Then I've started noticing a few fire ants starting to come in. I don't leave food down, and pans I use are...
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    Sand, Wood Chips, Dirt?

    Here's a picture of the Cackle Shack girls enjoying their sand box!
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    Sand, Wood Chips, Dirt?

    Thanks again, that's good to know. I appreciate everyone's help.
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    Sand, Wood Chips, Dirt?

    Oh this is fantastic! Thank you!
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    Sand, Wood Chips, Dirt?

    Great! Going to rake up tomorrow! I've been raking the inside coop pine shavings out into the run but I guess it's just not enough. I have a dust bath of river sand, actually Creek sand, for my girls using a Little tikes turtle sandbox with a lid so I can cover it when it rains, and I soak my...
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    Sand, Wood Chips, Dirt?

    Thanks! Does it take awhile to decompose, or do you have to change it out alot? I've been just raking the pine shavings from the inside Coop into the outside run, but I guess there's not enough of it since the run is three times the size of the coop.
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    Sand, Wood Chips, Dirt?

    Thank you! May try some pine straw from the yard. I've also got a line on getting some free wood chips this week. Going to try that too. I have been worried about using wood chips and organic material because things have a tendency to mold around here really quickly. I'm at the edge of a...
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    Sand, Wood Chips, Dirt?

    My run is currently dirt, and is hard packed on one side, loose on the other. It's uncovered except for wire top and shade cloth. It drains good as there's never any mud unless it just was to flood everyday for a week. Matter of fact, we are going to put landscaping timbers down outside because...
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    Ventilation/Vents Placement

    I meant half inch. Sorry about that.
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    Ventilation/Vents Placement

    I would certainly go with 1/2 hardware cloth and a hot wire fence. Make sure you get a strong enough charger for the area you're wanting to protect.
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