Hatching Eggs / Paypal CHAT Thread

[WVstruttin]

I have been using pine shavings and DE in the coop as a deep litter method. How do the pellets do for maintaining heat? I am not using any heat in the coop and so far they seem fine. We have been using a roof deciding cable to keep the water from freezing, which is also working great (I was skeptical at first, but daily morning checks have proven that it works). The pellets are the same as the wood stove pellets? How convenient is that?

been using what to keep the water from freezing???

 

[Thespoiledchicken]

I use the PDZ in the poop trays under the roost and scoop them out daily like a litter box. Since we put those in the shavings on the floor last at least 3 times longer and the coop smells nice all the time too!

 

[CasieD]

Quote: roof de-icing cable.... is that like a heat tape?

Did you wrap it around the waterer?

 

[Lilwanis]

roof de-icing cable.... is that like a heat tape?

Did you wrap it around the waterer?

No, it is a cable meant to be installed on rooftops to prevent ice and snow from sticking on rooftops. We have it inside the waterer.

 

[Lilwanis]

It's a self regulating cable, but would be similar to an aquarium heater, I would imagine, just less likely to break since it is intended to used for keeping water from freezing.

ETA The cable we are using is actually intended to be in rain gutters, that's how hubby convinced me it is safe. He works with this type of stuff for a living, so I trust him there.

 

[caj1985]

WHAT???? really?

Just make sure you get the kind without extra chemicals.

 

[pysankigirl]

I was just going to ask if the wood heating pellets would be the same. I'm heading to the feed store in a few minutes to get a couple bags of Sweet PDZ and now I'm going to get some wood pellets too. They should be cheap here as there's a plant that makes them just a couple miles from us. I think around $4/40# bag.

I use the PDZ in the poop trays under the roost and scoop them out daily like a litter box. Since we put those in the shavings on the floor last at least 3 times longer and the coop smells nice all the time too!

That's what i do too, the sweet PDZ in poop trays. I love it!!!

I am going to get some ducks and I was wondering what to use for them...sounds like these pellets would be good?

 

[WVstruttin]

pysankigirl, sent you a pm

 

[pysankigirl]

pysankigirl, sent you a pm

Cool!!! hey y'all from Virginia! you can claim from WVstruttin, too!!!! Woot!!!

(I wrote "you guys" first but changed it to "y'all" because that's how they talk here and I should get with the program!)

 

[kraftyladies]

Crystal i accepted the pp sry about that

Got pp from ajduncan she is cleared to swap again