Hi All, love all the chick photos that people are posting. Congrats on your hatches!
I have a quick question. The new perch I have constructed for the coop is made out of treated pine. Upon reading some posts on BYC regards treated pine I am now worried that it won't be good for the girls to perch on. :cd Am in a bit of a flap about it. When my husband asked me why I used treated pine, my answer was I was just in auto mode cause that's the wood I use for outside projects. I really didn't think about it
It took me two days and a few choice wordsto make, so am reluctant to chuck it and do it again. I painted it yesterday with a mix of surface spray, small amounts of eucalyptus oil and tea tree oil. Left it a few hours then painted it with linseed oil. It all has soaked right in and wood still looks dry.
So should I go ahead and use it or should I paint it over with some paint?
Any thoughts or advice are most welcome.
I wouldn't paint it. I think even though its treated, the linseed oil and stuff you have used should cancel that out. I have just remodelled my coop - wish I could share pics from my phone, maybe the kids and animals will let me get on the computer later! - to put in new perches. Years ago I set up a nesting area for ducks, and the australorp is hell bent on perching precariously on its edge. I have since put in a 'drake run' on the other side, which my broody scovy has claimed. So, I moved the nesting area over and made a new nesting area, and set up new perches where the isa's and australorp like to perch. I used some big gum tree branches. They are happy....But the Trude and 3 baby lorps have moved over to perch on the lip of the nesting areas!
