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    Anyone use SAND in the run/coop

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatomaceous_earth I use it, but I'm not 100% that it does anything. Some people say it helps dry the poop, and cuts down on bugs. I have the same amount of bugs as I usually do, and the poop doesn't seem to be any dryer than with out it. I'll finish the bag; but...
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    Anyone use SAND in the run/coop

    I guess mine would be considered masonry sand. I don't know. I get it from a place that sells rock for rock/stone walls (and other projects) I'm in the southeast; where the temps stay warm for most of the year...Ok, HOT during the summer. :-) The sand stays cool, in the shade, and they do love...
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    Can I keep chickens in city limits of Greenville, SC?

    Thanks. I guess I'm thankful for the vagueness then. Maybe a call to Mr. Meadow's office to ask him to make changes to the rules will do some good. I don't have a problem with all of the list, only the cap on the amount, and the no roosters. I want to keep Katie, and now that I have 4 more...
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    Can I keep chickens in city limits of Greenville, SC?

    I know this is an older post, but I'm going to try anyway. We had 8 chickens, no roosters. I was given a silkie, one of my FAVORITE kinds. Well, KATIE crowed. :-( A real, live, loud, from the depths of the soul crow!! So, it not only is illegal in the fact that he is #9, he is illegal because he...
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    Anyone use SAND in the run/coop

    During the garden season I'll dump the sand in a part of the garden that isn't going to be burned by the poop. (A bare spot) then in the fall, we till it in. Then all winter we just keep dumping the buckets into the garden. Come spring we till and get ready for planting. Weekly scooping the...
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    Anyone use SAND in the run/coop

    I've tried 3 times to upload a picture. I'm sorry, it isn't working. I'll keep trying.
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    Anyone use SAND in the run/coop

    I live in SC. Our soil is rock hard clay. I just dump it into my garden. The combination of chicken poop and sand helps the garden tremendously. I don't ever get rid of all the sand. After a while it gets sifted out to the point where the sand is low enough that the clay starts to be seen. I try...
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    Anyone use SAND in the run/coop

    Smaller than 1/4 my husband said. Here's a picture to help. I hope it helps anyway.
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    New Silkie chicks

    I have heard of those. I don't know anyone selling those near me. My mail system here is HORRIBLE, so I refuse to order anything live. I did pick up 4 more Silkies. I couldn't resist their teeny, tiny CUTENESS!!! My fingers are crossed that they will all become one big happy family. But I'm OK...
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    New Silkie chicks

    Yes, she is the only bantam. That is why, I'm guessing, I was told to introduce more than one. They have an 8X8 ft run, plus another 9X15 ft area that I have for them to wander connected to the run. More than enough room to share, but I guess not with one lonely bantam? In the fall and winter...
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    New Silkie chicks

    What I mean is that her crest is still a "poof", not the typical crest. Perhaps she is still too young to try and introduce her? She is still about 5 months or so.
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    New Silkie chicks

    Her crest isn't in the way. But free range isn't working. They chase her until she is crammed under the feeder, then they pluck her to bits. I really want to make diapers for her to be a house pet. My hubby thinks I'm nuts. I guess after 13 years of marriage it is time for him to figure that one...
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    New Silkie chicks

    I have a Silkie that is about 5 months old. My older chickens hate her! I have tried everything to get them to accept her. I introduced her at night... In the morning they try to massacre her. I put her in a cage inside the run with the chickens for a week. Upon opening the cage; there was a...
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    Suddenly a pet?

    How cool would that be?!! Always neat to see nature in action. *fingers crossed*
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    Egg hatching in my bra - advice on when/if to assist!

    My EEs (when they were chicks) looked like you've described. I love that look. I'm not saying yours are EE, just that I can imagine them in my mind's eye. I hope, too, that yours grow up to be pretty.
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