Clean your brooders!!

[runarounbrown]

Has anyone used the sawdust pellets that you add water to with chickens. My sister-in-law uses it in her horse stalls and she says it is dust free??

Seems like it might be worth a try. We have nine babies and twelve grown up chickens. I just thought it might get in the sinus cavities, but it should not be a problem if it is really dust free. Would this work for the deep layer method?

 

[shelleyd2008]

That is why my brooders don't stink, but you aren't supposed to add water to them. You can, but I think that would be an even bigger problem with dampness. It works very well, I use it solely for ducklings and mix it with shavings for chicks and quail.

ETA: I also add water to some and let it dry out, and use that in my button quails' pens.

 

[SunshineSilkies]

That is why I love BYC!!! Always brings something to my attention. I just hatched some seramas that will have to be brooded longer because of their size, so I'll be extra sure to keep a good eye on the brooders from now on....It always amazed me how fast algae can build up on the waterers...Thanks for sharing even through your loss.........