ammonia

  1. Aprilxoxo

    Quail pen flooring?

    Hi everyone my quail pen is open to the natural earth but now a year has past the the dirt is very bad quality and is starting to effect their feet. After some heavy tropical rain and the fact that the soil is very clay like, it stayed damp for quite a long time, which led to them getting some...
    • Aprilxoxo
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    • ammonia bacteria cleaning dirty run pen quail run maintainence run material
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    • Forum: Quail
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    Stinky, Stinky birds. Smelly Sand!

    I decided to raise quail this year. I have 30 healthy jumbos I hatched from eggs out in a hutch. They are nearly four weeks old now and fully feathered. Anyway I'm a little worried. Half of the hutch is on wire and the inside part I have a pull out tray (little over two inches deep) that I...
    • FeatherSmith
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    • ammonia quail sand smell waste
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    • Forum: Quail
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    Ammonia Smell

    Hello friends! I have 7 chickens and 3 guineas who all sleep in the same coop every night. The guineas poop a lot more than the chickens and I am having trouble keeping the ammonia smell under control. The coop is lifted, has a door for them to come in and out, and two windows higher up for...
  4. D

    Chicken laid in my garage

    I let my chickens out so I can clean the coop. One just dropped a egg that was soft in the garage and now they are trying to eat it. Is this normal these are my first chickens that are laying they have been laying for about 2 months. Could just not like how dirty the coops is this is late in the...
  5. AquaDuck

    Dust allergy and coops

    I write "allergy" since "what to do when you have a bad reaction to coop-stuff" sounded a bit long winded. Not sure where to post this, but since it's housing related, I try here. Anyone struggle with reactions to dust etc? Any tips and tricks? Have you tried different beddings to see what's...
  6. benkelssmith13

    Deep Litter Questions w/ Ducks

    We are new to owning ducks & have 3 Pekins. We live in the city but were able to get a permit to keep them. We built them an open pen in our ginormous concrete garage. The indoor pen is roughly 5' x 6' just built with 2x4s & chicken wire. Then they have a little duck door that leads to their...
  7. Chickadooo

    Ammonia in coop?

    So I've read about how dangerous it is to allow ammonia to build up in your coop and how proper ventilation helps but how in the world do you test the ammonia level? Is there even a way?
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