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This is a silly question, but I'm new to chickens. My chicks are 5 weeks old. Tonight one of them (buff orp) stood on top of the feeder and kept opening her mouth wide, like she was yawning. Not a sound came out though. This happened several times. All the chicks are *supposed* to be hens...

I just posted that I was going to do something similar in a different section... I should have read this first. We had a lot of gravel where our garden is now. We built a big raised bed for the garden with 2x4 welded wire fencing around it. Then we went back with 24" strips of fencing, bent...

Thanks for your posts. Speckledhen, I wondered if it might be just natural scratching. I got all the chicks at the same time from Orscheln's, but some were obviously a few days older than the others. And they are the ones doing the scratching. They don't scratch all the time, but when they...

Great ideas! Pat, I had thought about putting black plastic down to help thaw that section of ground so we can get started sooner. I thought the solar gain would be better. I am curious why you said clear plastic instead? And Jdypat, the plastic sheeting on the coop floor is a great idea. I...

Some of my chicks are scratching like crazy at times, like they have fleas, mites or something! I can't see any crawlies, and have been changing the pine shavings daily since I first brought them home. They are about 1 and 1-1/2 weeks old. Can I put DE in the shavings? I have some, but it's...

Luan (sp?) is fairly thin plywood-type wood, maybe 1/8" or so, that comes in 4'x8' sheets. Besides what is listed on Kaneke's post, it's also called 'door skin' in our neck of the woods. Hubby put a 1x2 support lengthwise under the larger luan floor to help support it. We currently have the...

My husband and grandson are currently building a larger brooder for our 8 new girls. It's 2' x 2' x 5' long. It's standard 1x2 and luan construction with hardware cloth and a 2 section hinged top. My 12 yr. old grandson came up with the idea of building the floor area up and putting a large...

OSB will start to degrade when moisture is involved. How long it would last here, I don't know. It's pretty humid here in the summer. I'm not a big fan of it, but it does have it's use and right now it's pretty cheap. I guess I'll go back to the vinyl thought. I have a small roll here, 6 x...

I'm new to the forum, but have been lurking for some time now. Has anyone tried using linseed oil, used peanut oil (from the deep fat turkey frier - eeek), or similar cooking oils painted on the coop floor? I knew a guy years ago that 'painted' his used motor oil on his coop floors and ramps to...