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Dodger Dean

Dodger Dean

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6 Years
Jun 29, 2013
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Milwaukie, OR
Lori and I went temporarily insane after the Tulip Festival down in Woodburn (OR), stopped at the Wilco on the way home, came back with a pair of chicks ( RI Reds, Thelma & Louise), a bag of feed, pine bedding and an infrared bulb ($20 and counting). After a month in a cardboard box, then an old dog crate, now evicted to the back porch (with a hardware cloth run, $20+10=30) everyone is doing fine. Even the dog (Yellow Lab, Hannah) has become protective, if not entirely thrilled, with the idea...

Would love to post a picture of the girls but the attachments button sez, oops,.. never mind, there they are
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Evil looking critters aren't they?

So, are Cedar chips really a no-no or what? Pine? We've heard and read different things....

Grass clippings and fennel stalks seem to be working out. Expect I'll just pick up a bail of hay.

Thanks for having us, Later,

Rod & Lori
 
We use pine, heard the cedar smells can be hard on the lungs. works great, and as long as the shaving are DRY there is little to no odor. We also add DE (Diatomaceous Earth) to hopefully prevent mites (kills ants in the coop too)

I don't care for the hay as it seems to matt down too much and it's hard to scoop out of the pen

but you will need a bigger space, chickens are ADDICTING!!!

RobertH

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Thanks Robert,

Oh yeah, we're working on more space. The girls get the run of the (fenced) yard for a few hours each evening. I'm pondering putting the crate in our little greenhouse for the winter, got good control over the vents and temp.

And addictive, oh boy! Way better than an aquarium or the bouncing Miller balls down at the tavern.

Spoiled? Buggers got ice cubes in their waterer during the heat this afternoon. And they seem to have developed a taste for Black Forest Ham, just a bite, off my sandwich. (hey, they eat worms, snails and millipedes).

Thanks again,

Rod
 

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