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  1. Audie_and_Mike

    Vexing little bugs. Can anyone ID?

    Thank you CFLRanching! /cheers
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    Vexing little bugs. Can anyone ID?

    Booklice? :idunno
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    Vexing little bugs. Can anyone ID?

    So far I can’t trap one under my nail to see if they’re hard or soft but I’ll get one soon. They move fast. The first thing I said was termites. Our house has been treated and the coop & run shouldn’t stay wet for long as it gets good wind exposure. At any rate I sure don’t want em eating our...
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    Vexing little bugs. Can anyone ID?

    We’ve got a swarm of little bugs in one of our outdoor chicken boxes. What on earth are these and will they munch on our chickens’ feed? Do we need to get rid of ‘em and with what (Neem)? Pics should attach. From a couple feet away they look like thousands of little red chiggers, up close...
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    Help. We have ventilation issues :-(

    Wow was I close to installing my roost bars. I’m going to have to lower them from where I’d thought but no big. Thanks for your tips! The good news is that windows on the back will be in the fully enclosed run. We’re of a mind to get a couple windows from one of the local big-box hw stores...
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    Help. We have ventilation issues :-(

    • Location: near to middle of Middle Tennessee • Growing Zone: 7a • Birds: 11 total, ~8 weeks old, 5 Easter Eggers, 4 LavOrp hens, 1 LavOrp Roo, 1 Black Splash Americana (sp?) • Coop: ~5’x10’ inside
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    Help. We have ventilation issues :-(

    Our coop odor thread turned into a ventilation thread, but my pics are getting buried and now I’m fishing for ALL you ventilation experts. See pics below, please! Coop front facing West. No window(s) on the back (but could add). Audie bought the coop from somewhere and they delivered it...
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    Another “how to reduce coop smell organically” question.

    Coop front facing West. No window(s) on the back (but could add). Audie bought the coop from somewhere and they delivered it. She refused to let me build one :he After 27+ years of marriage I pick my battles and I’m gonna leave it at that. So then, it is what it is. Ventilation up high and...
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    Another “how to reduce coop smell organically” question.

    Pictures got buried. (Saysfaa, it wouldn’t let me but thanks ;-)
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    Another “how to reduce coop smell organically” question.

    🤔 Thread is actually more about ventilation. Anyone know how to edit the title?
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    Another “how to reduce coop smell organically” question.

    Coop front facing West. No window(s) on the back (but could add). Audie bought the coop from somewhere and they delivered it. She refused to let me build one :he After 27+ years of marriage I pick my battles and I’m gonna leave it at that. So then, it is what it is. Ventilation up high and...
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    Another “how to reduce coop smell organically” question.

    Lawd a mercy. I ain’t forgot y’all. Pictures still incoming. Life just randomly bites. Thanks for help and patience.
  13. Audie_and_Mike

    Another “how to reduce coop smell organically” question.

    I love that brooder! Oh and I also steal ideas. Hehe.
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    Another “how to reduce coop smell organically” question.

    That was a sorely needed chuckle, DobieLover. I think my jaw unhinged when I saw your ventilation. So yes, I (we) will add more ventilation, no question. This looks like a job more suited for my recip and handheld jigsaw. Tonight I’ll be amateur drafting my ideas to paper and prepping my tools...
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    Another “how to reduce coop smell organically” question.

    Ahh! Yeah, we might be busted here lol. Okay, so: • Location: near to middle of Middle Tennessee • Growing Zone: 7a • Birds: 11 total, ~8 weeks old, 5 Easter Eggers, 4 LavOrp hens, 1 LavOrp Roo • Coop: it’s actually closer to 5’x10’ inside • Ventilation: is on my to-do. I bought a 4”...
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    Another “how to reduce coop smell organically” question.

    Oh, we’ve thought of stirring new pine shavings in but we’re new at this… we do realize that this may work but primarily I’m a bit concerned that they’re in the coop all day until we complete their run.
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    Another “how to reduce coop smell organically” question.

    We have 11 birds in their 8x10 coop/shed. Due to a family emergency we have yet to complete the construction on our run (18’x18’), so all the ladies and their dashing young gent are confined in their coop. Every day I go out (if it’s warm enough) and open the main door so they can get a good...
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    Quick question on new chicks re Start & Grow

    Howdy all! Okay so the girls (and young man) came in this Wednesday. Audie and I have been feeding a mix of boiled eggs - yolks only - with some finely ground oatmeal and cornmeal which they munch down eagerly. I’ve explained to them that they shouldn’t stand on it and to line up in an orderly...
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    This may be ridiculous, but I have a question about protecting chickens during free-range days.

    We have a 5’ fence around the back of our yard (~2/3 acre). When we’re fooling around in the garden or during any other time we let the birds out of their run (the run will be covered completely in 1/2” x 1/2” HW cloth), do I need my husband to keep his shotgun on him and watch for hawks...
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    New members (Middle TN)

    Hey there! Well, since I see you’re in Smith County, I’ll come clean. Mike used to live on the border with Smith County, on the Wilson County side on a cattle farm (closest little ‘city’ was Grant TN). This was back in the late 80’s/early 90’s. Point being is they had just a few wild...
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