"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[topdog24]

Oh Pam! I'm so sorry for your loss.

Sorry for your lose Pam, prayers of comfort coming your way

 

[timbowsr]

Hi all, semi-new to BYC ... i'm right outside of Lake Charles. Very small flock. Started with 9 ... ended up with 1 roo, 3 hens and 5 gumbos. I just finished building my first incubator and have eggs on the way. Transitioning our small flock to all Delawares and will hopefully build up to around 10 hens and a roo. Love the site and have learned a lot!!

 

[campingshaws]

Hi all, semi-new to BYC ... i'm right outside of Lake Charles. Very small flock. Started with 9 ... ended up with 1 roo, 3 hens and 5 gumbos. I just finished building my first incubator and have eggs on the way. Transitioning our small flock to all Delawares and will hopefully build up to around 10 hens and a roo. Love the site and have learned a lot!!

Welcome! I'm in LC all the time. I have a flock of 14, and I'm transitioning into Speckled Sussex. Glad to have you!

 

[LemonMeringue]

Wondering all the ideas you may have for chicken yard ordor. I had some PDZ and just ordered more. If I put a lot will it kill the ordor? Any other ideas? I put some straw and could get more. Does straw help or sour to make things worse. I can use small gravel that works sort of like sand. I could get more of that. The ordor got really bad after all the rain. Since I'm in a subdivision so that has to be addressed right away.

The sweet PDZ is awesome! A combination of that sweet PDZ along with the wood chips should really help a lot. I do find that hay does sour and smell bad if its too wet. I can sometimes use it if I know that the weather is going to dry out. It can cover a slightly muddy area to give a dryer surface for them to walk on. But I don't like to use it in a really muddy area. If you fee like the wood chips smell after awhile, if the weather is dry you can rake them out and spread them so they will dry.

Hope you are doing well

 

[campingshaws]

Where do y'all find the pdz? I saw some on amazon, $40 for 40 lbs, which didn't seem right. Is it really that costly?

 

[LemonMeringue]

Where do y'all find the pdz? I saw some on amazon, $40 for 40 lbs, which didn't seem right. Is it really that costly?

That is high! I get it at TSC. I think it's $8-$10 per bag.

 

[LemonMeringue]

Oh Pam, I'm so sorry to hear of your Father passing away. Hugs and prayers for you and your family.

 

[PrimroseMom1]

The sweet PDZ is awesome!  A combination of that sweet PDZ along with the wood chips should really help a lot.  I do find that hay does sour and smell bad if its too wet.  I can sometimes use it if I know that the weather is going to dry out.  It can cover a slightly muddy area to give a dryer surface for them to walk on.  But I don't like to use it in a really muddy area.  If you fee like the wood chips smell after awhile, if the weather is dry you can rake them out and spread them so they will dry. 

Hope you are doing well

Thanks, Lemon. I'm glad to know about the hay, I won't put any more out. I put sand and pine shavings today and going to get more pine shavings tomorrow. PDZ is on it's way and should be here in a couple of days. Amazon had it for $37 for 40 Pounds the other day with free shipping. I'm fine. I hope you are, too.

 

[mrflock148]

Welcome! I'm in LC all the time. I have a flock of 14, and I'm transitioning into Speckled Sussex. Glad to have you!

Wow didn't know some of you lived so close. We live in Vinton. I have a question. We have 40 chicks that have been moved to an enclosed pen outside. They are four weeks old. They look like they are a little warm out there and I would like to put a little tray with water or something out there that way they can cool off. But im worried that it might make them too cold. I have a heat lamp out there for nighttime, but wanted something to cool them off during the day. Any suggestions?

And Pam, sorry for your loss.

 

[topdog24]

Hi all, semi-new to BYC ... i'm right outside of Lake Charles. Very small flock. Started with 9 ... ended up with 1 roo, 3 hens and 5 gumbos. I just finished building my first incubator and have eggs on the way. Transitioning our small flock to all Delawares and will hopefully build up to around 10 hens and a roo. Love the site and have learned a lot!!

Hello TIMBOW, welcome to our world, hope your incubator works well, LC from Jena