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[leslea]

Yikes go to petsmart, petco.. they carry aspen shavings.

I switched to sand...turns out it is the chicks, themselves I am allergic to. Now that I know it, I will prob go back to the pine shavings, because sand is *stinky*.

Taking an Allegra + a Zyrtec and so far still have itchy eyes and runny nose. It'll be better when I move them from the mudroom to the garage. Already better than when I had them in the living room. I'm sure I'll be fine once they're outdoors forever, but gee whiz.

 

[CRSelvey]

I switched to sand...turns out it is the chicks, themselves I am allergic to. Now that I know it, I will prob go back to the pine shavings, because sand is *stinky*.

Taking an Allegra + a Zyrtec and so far still have itchy eyes and runny nose. It'll be better when I move them from the mudroom to the garage. Already better than when I had them in the living room. I'm sure I'll be fine once they're outdoors forever, but gee whiz.

If you use a kitty litter scoop to clean the sand, its not bad. You can also use the Sweet PDZ additive to help with any smell. I changed from the shavings to sand because it was less stinky at our house. I'm sure it all depends on the other variables in the setup as well. When I changed from a standard waterer to a water bottle with a nipple, the smell went way down from the reduction in water spillage.

I'm really sorry you are allergic to your chicks. The amount of dander they can produce is amazing! I hope you feel better soon.

 

[CRSelvey]

Looks really good!

I'm sure if you're going 24" deep with your raised beds, you'll want rock on the bottom for drainage. Other than that...I'm sure Mr. Google will help! Let us know what you find out.

Your backyard looks great.

I couldn't have a houseguest for 7 days, let alone 10. Most folks get worn out after 3 hours with my kids.

Thank you! I'm pretty excited about the garden. Next year it could look pretty good. Three hours is a good amount of time, but when she flies from Washington, it would get a little pricey for a 3 hour stay, lol.

 

[Minminme]

Looks really good!


I'm sure if you're going 24" deep with your raised beds, you'll want rock on the bottom for drainage. Other than that...I'm sure Mr. Google will help! Let us know what you find out.


Your backyard looks great.


I couldn't have a houseguest for 7 days, let alone 10. Most folks get worn out after 3 hours with my kids.

She's right it looks Fab!!!! As we age our noise and disorganization tolerance goes down...BIG TIME! Lol. My Mom is eighty now and anytime she comes to "Family gatherings" she does does the "I hate t eat n run" thing. Lol everyone expects it now. (And welcomes it. Hehehe

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

If you use a kitty litter scoop to clean the sand, its not bad. You can also use the Sweet PDZ additive to help with any smell. I changed from the shavings to sand because it was less stinky at our house. I'm sure it all depends on the other variables in the setup as well. When I changed from a standard waterer to a water bottle with a nipple, the smell went way down from the reduction in water spillage.

I'm really sorry you are allergic to your chicks. The amount of dander they can produce is amazing! I hope you feel better soon.

You can get the Sweet PDZ at Rural King, right? I forget and I am getting some sand this week and thought I should probably add some.

 

[CRSelvey]

She's right it looks Fab!!!! As we age our noise and disorganization tolerance goes down...BIG TIME! Lol. My Mom is eighty now and anytime she comes to "Family gatherings" she does does the "I hate t eat n run" thing. Lol everyone expects it now. (And welcomes it. Hehehe

Thank you!! If she lived closer, we would definitely encourage the eat and run! I really love my mom, but it turns out that all the habits I have that make my DH crazy, I got from her. So, when she's here, he gets my greatly reduced version (he's been working on training me for awhile now

)and her completely undiluted version at the same time. Can you imagine never getting to finish a sentence because two people are constantly interrupting you? My mom wonders why he's so quiet when she's here

. She just doesn't understand that its all for the best that he's quiet.

You can get the Sweet PDZ at Rural King, right? I forget and I am getting some sand this week and thought I should probably add some.

I'm not really sure. Our town only has a TSC, but I found it there in the horse area.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Thank you!! If she lived closer, we would definitely encourage the eat and run! I really love my mom, but it turns out that all the habits I have that make my DH crazy, I got from her. So, when she's here, he gets my greatly reduced version (he's been working on training me for awhile now

)and her completely undiluted version at the same time. Can you imagine never getting to finish a sentence because two people are constantly interrupting you? My mom wonders why he's so quiet when she's here

. She just doesn't understand that its all for the best that he's quiet.

I'm not really sure. Our town only has a TSC, but I found it there in the horse area.

Ok, that works too. The town I go to Rural King also has a TSC, so no big deal to have to go to both. Thanks!

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

My BBS "baby" Ameraucanas turned two months old yesterday. Here are some very poor quality pics. The splashes are looking really good, you just can't tell in the pics since the glare took away the splashes, splashes.












Production red




Starting to get a variety of eggs. The middle row is actually a bunch of really pretty blue eggs, no white or green like it looks in the pic.

 

[hoosiercheetah]

Final chicken count is ten. Two EEs, two GCs, two Black Orps, three RIRs, and one mutt - who looks like a Welsummer/RIR to me - whom we call Queen Penelope the Great and Terrible.


I've reached the maximum limit of my WAF so there will be no more than ten. I can't wait till they're all laying!

 

[Leahs Mom]

We are 99% of the way done with a growout pen / breeding pen. But DH had to call it quits for today as we need more chick started and that sale is ending today at RK.

I want photos

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I don't think it is on this one. There is only one bird doing it and they all get raw meat in addition to ranging and eating lots of bugs at this point. I would think so if more were doing it. I have watched her on the roosts at night. I finally moved her so she isn't roosting with the others.

Quote: Be careful using the sand with the "littles". They don't understand what is food and what isn't and they will eat a good deal of it. Sand can cause gizzard damage as it can abrade the lining of the gizzard.

I have littles right now without a mamma. I just use paper towel ONLY for the first week or so, layering a new layer of paper towel over when they are soiled. That gives them a chance to learn what the food is without all those shavings in there.

At about 1 wk (actually a little sooner than a week) I brought in a hand-full of litter from the hen house (I use pine shavings and some peat moss was in there too) then a little clean pine shavings. Not much needed. The area I have the food and water I keep using the paper towel. It works very well and the brooder isn't overwhelmed with shavings in water and feed as much.

And...with the paper towel maybe no allergies?

Also brought in a plug of sod from the area the adult chickens range...and change it out after they use it up.

That way they get exposed to the environment to which they are going and can build immunities gradually before they go out...which will be soon.