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notinoz2007 said:
many pages back someone mentioned a local person who made the chicken saddles or aprons. i have only 5 hens between my 2 roos and they are all completely barebacked now so i thought i would give those a try. *plus i am getting more hens
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would you repost that link or contact info? please and thank you.

all you who raise chicks without a broody, where do you buy your heat lamp bulbs? or am i the only person around who still uses those? (i would like an ecoglow but no extra resources at the moment) RANT - - i used to buy lights at the pet store for $10-12, but they dont last long at all, and i am buying the right wattage for my lamp too, i've double and triple checked that. my friend bought some at the restore for $1.99!! and gave me one, but i loaned it out *sigh. i went to turn the light on in the brooder this morning because i had babies in the incubator but it wouldnt work, so had to use a white light, until i got home from work and went to THREE stores looking for heat lights!! finally gave up and bought red flood lights at ace. i know its not the right kind, but i have my thermometer in there and i just hope it gives off the warmth they need.

another random RANT - blast frys supermarket for carrying fresh sushi now. i cannot leave that store without buying at least $20 in sushi, and i can go to a sushi bar and spend less than that!! i cant shop at frys more than twice a month now because of my horrible lack of self control! arrggghhhh.

those of you fermenting feed in az, do you have it outside in the heat? i let mine get all gross and stopped but i only have 1 week of school left and plan to get back into it. if i have to i'll clean out a spot under the kitchen sink. what about mealworms, how do they do in the heat?
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Check the reptile section of Petsmart. They have several different infrared heat lamps in varying wattages. Pay some attention to the labels, because some of the bulbs focus the heat in a narrow area and others have a wider spread. I got several ranging from 60 to 150 watts. Kept changing out to lower wattages as the chicks got older.
 
MaddBaggins said:
So, now I have to put together an ash bath for them besides the DE I toss into their coop. is that what you're telling me? :p
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LoL. Sort of, from my understanding, the two mostly replace each other. If you sprinkle ash in the coop, it will still help with the parasites, but a dust bath is always recommended. Whether it's plain old fine dirt, fine sand, DE or ash, it will help. I catch mine alternating between regular dirt, dirt with rocks and the sand box.

The DE in the coop keeps parasites out of there, but they can still get them while free-ranging or in their run. The dust bath gives them a way to smoother and kill those external life and mites.

Besides, it gives you a reason to break out the hardware again! Power tools for a wooden box or garden tools like mine. In the name of Tim Taylor... More power! ARRR ARRR ARRR!
 
Demosthine said:
Alright folks, step on up! Step on up! The hole is dug and the planter is planted. The wood ash has been added and the clan is ready for community bathing!

Umm, I mean to say that the bath area for the flock has been added. I dug a hole and put a large plastic planter buried halfway deep, adding a bucket of wood ash to the inside. It gives the girls a nice area for them to take their baths and it's easy to maintain. It's amazing how such a large pile of wood gets burned down to such a small pile of ash. It was three fires worth of wood and barely puts a dent in the bottom of the planter. I figure I have six more fires to go before I'll have the amount of ash I need. Oh, and I need a large planter base to use as a lid for foul weather. I'm not sure where I'm going to find a base that will cover my 24" diameter planter, though. I may end up just having to go use garbage lid and weight it down somehow.

How else do you all have your bath areas set up? I'm curious to see some photos.




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This is a cool idea. Our girls received a state of the art low sided wooden box my husband made.
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It was filled with sand and DE.
The girls used it for sunbathing and it ended up looking like a kitty litter box so I did away with it for now. I also
thought the sand was getting too hot. Whenever they are let out of their tractor, they head first to
our compost pile. That seems to keep them busy and happy most of the time. They also have found a spot under
one of our yellow bells plant. It is so cute how they kick all the small landscape rocks right into the bottom of the deep end of
the pool (NOT
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520farmer said:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/713334/growing-fodder-for-chickens/1960
 good thread about growing your own fodder, thought with our lack of greenery some people may be interested in this, Im not sure what type of seed we should be sprouting out here with our high heat most of the year but just thought id pass along something that I found interesting....
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I have little problem on greens
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There is always something, I have to pull out or put in, 3 types of kale still doing fine. In a month it will be a different story I know.
 
My friends im concerned! Where do i find my broody hen??? I literally have been looking for days around the yard. And im worried she might be in the heat
 

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