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Has anyone used this brand of DE? What are your thoughts? http://www.wicp.com/redearth.htm

I have a 5 gallon metal waterer. To hang it I used the idea from the Oct/Nov 2006 issue of Backyard Poultry. Basically drill a hole in the handle. then put in a finshing nail through that upside down and loop it at the top of the handle. I use a chain to hang it with. The eye of the chain...

My chicks just moved into their house and I thought for sure they would make a mess out of a hanging waterer. Nope. It is really great. Love it.

Thanks everyone for your great responses and input!!! I had read before that mold was bad for chickens, but didn't understand how a bail could be purchased with mold! Glad to know this isn't typical.

A friend of mine has a horse that she used to use pine shavings in the horses stall. She no longer wants to use pine shavings and has about 5 extra "bails" of the pine shavings. She asked me if I wanted them. I said sure. Later she tells me that some of the bags have clumps of moldy...

Oh I had that scroll bar issue. I made my chat window bigger and the problem went away...

I'm in Colorado. My first chicks arrived on Wednesday. My husband grew up on a farm and his mom still has chickens today....but none of her learnings rubbed off.

Waaaaah!! Poor baby. I will be keeping an eye on it. Thanks everyone for you help!

I noticed a little dried poo on one of my 6 day old chicks. While cleaning it with my husband, he noticed a scab (a little more than 1/8inch in diameter), 1/4 inch away from the chicks vent on its belly side. At first i thought it was a tick. But upon further inspection my husband thought it...

Thanks Hallchicks for posting this topic! Kelly FG, that is a very nice looking coop. You said that it is fully insulated. What did you use to insulate your floor? Thanks!