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Sounds good. I am exuberantly happy myself some strange nights...see you at the YMCA. ;)

LOL whatevs. So many things wrong with this post I am not even going to waste my time with it. You sound half drunk or something. Have fun in that competition by yourself macho man! :smack

No one is competing. Everyone's opinion that keeps birds is valid. And mayble clue your family in to the fact that animals are not Easter toys? If you're accepting random easter chicks, the fact that your family handled them first doesn't mean you aren't accepting biorisk onto your farm. Also...

@Croco Rico nice. Henlady said those don't work for her though. So I recommended something different that works for me.

I use a 5 gallon bucket with horizontal nipples year round. In winter, just add this stock tank de-icer. It requires electricity but works great. Only kicks on below 40* and turns off above. Safe with plastic buckets. I highly recommend...

I think this is deep bedding that you are doing. Seems like semantics but for discussion purpose I think deep litter doesn't have a dirt floor, and doesn't really compost in place. Deep bedding is typically done on a dirt floor, allowing the bedding to compost in place. Requires less, if any...

I have only really found that to be a problem the one time I used regular old straw for bedding. The straw cakes were THICK. I would imagine the irregular shaped additions only help aeration/anti-clumping. For me, it is a non-issue.

I use deep litter in my 10x12 layer barn which houses 25 birds. To me it is a no brainer. I totally clean my coops 2x a year, in fall and in spring. All the shavings go into my compost pile. When I add all the fluffy new pine shavings, I also add leaf litter, small sticks, wood chips from my...