I'm a woodworker. I have a TON of common, untreated, pine board shavings...not dust. May I use this with my deep litter method? It's actually a little softer than Tractor Supply pine. I keep my dust in a separate dust collection system. TIA 🙂
Yes, I've decided to sew some up for when my rooster discover the ladies. I figure as long as he leaves her alone I'll leave the saddle off as to not damage her new emerging feathers 😊
Thank you so much - I had actually forgotten about dropped egg production due to winter. Thankfully I rescued Daisy from the over zealous rooster, my rooster doesn't seem to be all that interested in getting busy, if I may, but he's just under a year old. I have read up on the goat wormer and...
MrsB - I use the deep liter method and believe my hens were sold to me with round worm. Will I need to remove all the shavings, clean and replace with new shavings? Do I need to treat their outside "playground" (a 30x30 fenced in area)?
We were given a young rooster early summer, he's lived with us without any issues or concerns. Dec 20th I bought 3 laying hens from a breeder. Everyone integrated well, no bullying. So here's the problems - biggest concern 1st.
1 - Since the girls have been home, 1 of them has had 2-3 watery...
Thanks guys :love Right now, all we have is our rooster Nugget. He's alone, I want to get chicks and get them feathered in before putting them in the coop and enclosure. They'll be the only chicks we'll have. Right now Nugget is free range as that's how he'd been before we inherited him. We have...
Brand new to chickens. We rescued a young rooster from being put down. Now, I'm over the moon and we're getting him a few ladies. We don't even know what kind he is. His name is Nugget 💜