Idaho?

[Kalalyn21]

I was in Id Falls yesterday, wish they would have come last week, I had several people along the trail I could have taken them to. Where are you? (love your coop )

I'm in Freedom,WY on the Idaho side of the road. Thanks turned out pretty cute I thought.

 

[IcyOldHen]

If you use grass clippings, be sure to spread them enough that they don't develop mold. Mold is BAD for chickens.

Thanks! I typically use less than one push mower catcher in the 10x10 run per week. The smaller runs get a hand full. The chickens spread it out immediately. It doesn't take much to make clean up a breeze. I may be a little OCD as I clean my coop/runs 2 or more times a day.

 

[Jesusfreakmir12]

Yep! From North Idaho!

 

[Mo5C]

In the summer I use lawn clippings in my coop/run. The chickens eat it. It makes the coop super easy to clean. The coop is much harder to keep clean in the winter without the lawn clippings.

I will try that, and the chickens will love it too.

 

[Mo5C]

My chickens love rabbit pellets, it's rather funny and I hung a cabbage in the run today, we shall see what happens with it.

it finally feels like spring is here.

 

[Daloorashens]

Wow Lisa, I had no idea you were getting so many chicks! Cuteness gone mad! And hey, you came to IF and ddnt even say hi?? I'm going to cry...

Mo5, you know Michelle over in Burley has the blue wheaten amers, very nice birds (pawtraitart, qcupoultry.com). You should get on her waiting list for a started pullet...

I like using straw in my coop, during the summer I occasionally gave them the grass clippings, which they also love... they scratch the straw and break it up into bits, which makes it then perfect for the compost bin, especially with all the poop mixed in...

Icyoldhen, what are those chicks looking like now?? Do you still think they are girls?? The olive egger I have that is older is a pullet yay!

 

[Mo5C]

Wow Lisa, I had no idea you were getting so many chicks! Cuteness gone mad! And hey, you came to IF and ddnt even say hi?? I'm going to cry...

Mo5, you know Michelle over in Burley has the blue wheaten amers, very nice birds (pawtraitart, qcupoultry.com). You should get on her waiting list for a started pullet...

I like using straw in my coop, during the summer I occasionally gave them the grass clippings, which they also love... they scratch the straw and break it up into bits, which makes it then perfect for the compost bin, especially with all the poop mixed in...

Icyoldhen, what are those chicks looking like now?? Do you still think they are girls?? The olive egger I have that is older is a pullet yay!

I will definitely look her up. I am waiting for anymore hens until I can get my other coop over from my sisters house, it has taken forever for the muck and mud to dry out at my parents place (that is where my chickens are at. I finally got to the feed store and got some lice spray and poultry dust and a container to make their dust bath in. I am waiting for an unwindy day to make the dust bath so I don't get a cloud of DE in my face. I got the DE from Zamzows in 3lb bags for $10 each, so I got two bags.

 

[Mo5C]

I also mucked out the coop/nesting boxes and sprayed the whole thing with the lice spray, let it dry and then dusted the nesting boxes and floor of the coop and put fresh bedding in. In the summer my dad said he would save some grass clippings for me to use in the coop and yard for them.

 

[BeccaSmith]

I will definitely look her up. I am waiting for anymore hens until I can get my other coop over from my sisters house, it has taken forever for the muck and mud to dry out at my parents place (that is where my chickens are at. I finally got to the feed store and got some lice spray and poultry dust and a container to make their dust bath in. I am waiting for an unwindy day to make the dust bath so I don't get a cloud of DE in my face. I got the DE from Zamzows in 3lb bags for $10 each, so I got two bags.

Does Zamzow's sell food grade DE?

 

[thebirdguy]

So I finally got my eggs set in the new incubator tonight... took over an hour to get them all in... LOL 25.5 dozen in all