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Your chicks are so cute! No problem with replying whenever it works for you - we get that life stuff is keeping people busy. To me, BYC is a place for chat & sit back, wait and enjoy the conversation. Unless it’s an emergency & it seems then everyone pitches in no matter the time! The...

That makes sense to do a combo with pine flakes to soften the bedding…was thinking of that initially (half pine shavings - half pellets) because one can never be sure if their chickens will react to new stuff like bedding well :) I figured with us getting a decent snow (and really cold) this...

Oh my, the straw turning stuff into a layer of brick…that’s no good 😞 Thanks for sharing about your coop & run! Things are slowly enough melting around here & cleaning their coop out was necessary after they had been inside for the worst of it. Will keep in mind to use our grass clippings and...

Thank you! I took a look at her coop setup and pretty sure she mentions they had some linoleum down on the floor of the coop, that would work good with those pellets if they puffed up after absorbing wetness. Our coop floor is wood, so that probably isn’t a good option inside if they happen to...

Yes, this helps a lot, thank you. Seems to be the opinion around that the pellets are mainly for soaking up liquids/puddles..I’ll keep my bag of pellets for the rainy season to maybe change their dust bathing pot holes from swimming holes (when rain fills them) to a pine sawdust bowl ;) gee...

That makes sense with the pellets used in the wet spots. Raised horses as a kid, but we only used straw in a stall when a mare was going to foal :). Otherwise, our horses were out on plenty of pasture. Did have a family friend who had their horses in stalls/runs attached & mucked them daily…...

Yes, I did just come across a comment that said "mushy" and that didn't sound good at all. With the snow drifts melting there is going to be enough mushy mud in their run, so maybe those pellets will come in handy for drying up a spot or two outside if it turns into a pool! And we may also...

Hi everyone, We've gotten over a good dump of snow in Nebraska here the last 2 weeks and very cold temps (some days were -20 degrees F :eek: and very windy making the snow drift right back over places). Reason for posting this discussion is I have been searching all over BYC forums for what...