The Terracotta saucers are a great idea! Thank you = )
5-5-15.... Hi I am just stopping back to edit my original post and share my trial and error. The terracotta saucers work GREAT and the Chickies love them! When it is hot I will go out and put in each, about 32 oz of ice water...
Thank you ! I am also a new Chicken Mom and I have a small flock of 2. As it gets so hot here I was also wondering.
These are some great suggestions for keeping your chickens cool
Weather it be Sevin5 or DE or whatever, what is the best way to apply it. Can it be sprinkled in their dusting spots only or on them directly. What is your best practice.
dawg53 ..... While I appreciate your 'concern' I hardly think this is a forum for you to be so confrontational or contrary. Certainly you are indeed free to use whatever you like with your birds. If you had read the entire forum you would see that others use DE as well. perhaps 'suffocate'...
I prefer DE (Diatomaceous Earth) to all others. I use the food grade and it will not harm birds or humans at all but it will suffocate those pesky little crawlies. I dust my girls once a month and I sprinkle it in their dusting spots and in the nesting area. From there they do the rest...