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    greetings from St. Louis area!

    Thanks for the tips! I had a local chicken keeper tell me to avoid sand because of possible compaction in the gizzard? They think it's food and eat too much? That a bit of an old bird-keeper's tale or what?
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    greetings from St. Louis area!

    My wife and I have a small area of our yard (maybe 30'x40') that we use for firewood piles, raised garden beds, and a rabbit hutch. I just acquired an old Step 2 children's cottage that I'd like to convert into a coop. We're hoping for fresh eggs and bug control of the various things that come...
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    position coop relative to house, deep litter, and mites - newbie questions

    How often do you pitch all the bedding? Would you think a deep litter method would encourage mites, or be irrelevant?
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    position coop relative to house, deep litter, and mites - newbie questions

    Hopefully this falls into the coop and run category, and not pests, but I understand if it needs to be moved! My wife and I are considering getting a small handful of hens (3-4), for eggs but even more for controlling any bugs that may come out of our firewood stacks, as we collect and stage...
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