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    Comment by 'SpringDaleChickenLady' in article 'Zenbirders Solar Heated Solar Powered Chicken Coop'

    Nice solar set up and sweet story about your beloved dog.
  2. SpringDaleChickenLady

    Made a decision

    I wouldn’t bother with dogs, get electric poultry net fencing and nothing with bother the coops again.
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    Comment by 'SpringDaleChickenLady' in article 'Deep Litter Method - The Easiest Way To Deal With Chicken Litter'

    You can use sand, but it needs regular sifting like cat litter. Sadly, farming is messy!
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    Comment by 'SpringDaleChickenLady' in article 'Deep Litter Method - The Easiest Way To Deal With Chicken Litter'

    Like hay or straw, that can get wet and cause issues with chickens or ducks slipping on it and causing leg injuries. Would also be concerned about ink in the paper.
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    Comment by 'SpringDaleChickenLady' in article 'Deep Litter Method - The Easiest Way To Deal With Chicken Litter'

    Yes, once or twice yearly. However it's not a maintenance free system as you need to look for areas that might get wet and remove the wet bedding and add fresh. Stir every few days with a rake, even if chickens are scratching and redistribute the bedding. It works great!
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    Comment by 'SpringDaleChickenLady' in article 'Deep Litter Method - The Easiest Way To Deal With Chicken Litter'

    You shouldn't have moisture if your coop is well ventilated and the DLM maintained properly. Where wood shavings could possibly get wet, such as around the water stations and entrances, needs to be monitored and removed and replaced if it gets wet. You won't have any issues if you do this.
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    Comment by 'SpringDaleChickenLady' in article 'Deep Litter Method - The Easiest Way To Deal With Chicken Litter'

    Add them to your compost pile!
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    Comment by 'SpringDaleChickenLady' in article 'Deep Litter Method - The Easiest Way To Deal With Chicken Litter'

    You would need to treat sand like cat litter can clean out the poop. With wood shavings you don't have to clean out the poop...you want the poop to add all that great nutrients to the compost.
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    Comment by 'SpringDaleChickenLady' in article 'Deep Litter Method - The Easiest Way To Deal With Chicken Litter'

    You want the poop in litter!! That's what makes the compost great!
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    Comment by 'SpringDaleChickenLady' in article 'Ducks in the Garden'

    I Love it! I'm planning on putting my ducks in my vegetable garden this summer! I need the slug control bad! I love your bright colors!
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    Why are my poults dying?

    The thing I have found with Turkey Poulets is it’s difficult to tell if each one is eating and drinking enough. I always all poultry vitamins to the water to help the first week or so.
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    Unsure how old my chickens are, do they look like they still need heat?

    I would add the heat lamp back in for the night if it’s going to get down in mid thirties. I would turn it on around midnight and off by 9am.
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    Didn't know what I was getting!

    They d These aren't true "Cornish hens" and won't lay many eggs if any. They are bred to grow fast and be butchered at 8-10 weeks. They don't forage well, if at all and can't take the summer heat. I already have to keep a fan on them on warm days. If they do live past six months, they often...
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    Didn't know what I was getting!

    Thanks!
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    Didn't know what I was getting!

    So, I have had chickens in the past however we always got them from family or local people selling chicks. This was my first time buying from a farm store, in my case Tractor Supply. I went in looking for chicks and all they had left were 5 little yellow peepers. The bin they were in wasn't...
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