Mama Heating Pad in the Brooder (Picture Heavy) - UPDATE

[dyorto]

So your egg comments prompted me to check out the forum on here of people posting pictures of their colored eggs. Now I'm even more IMPATIENT for my babies to be layers! They are soo cool to see!

 

[perchie.girl]

So your egg comments prompted me to check out the forum on here of people posting pictures of their colored eggs. Now I'm even more IMPATIENT for my babies to be layers! They are soo cool to see!

how about these


NOT chicken eggs but eggs from the Tinamou

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...american-bird-that-lays-shiny-iridescent-eggs

Yep they are real the shine is no touchup or paint...

deb

 

[mamatink7]

Sorry, that one's a nope.  Mine all have very green legs and lay very blue eggs.  

thank you!! That's why I wrote it-just cause we read something doesn't mean it's like that in every case. I thought only Ameraucana lay true blue eggs? Or they lay only blue eggs and EE lay various colors? Thx for specifying...I've learned so much already

 

[dyorto]

how about these NOT chicken eggs but eggs from the Tinamou https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...american-bird-that-lays-shiny-iridescent-eggs Yep they are real the shine is no touchup or paint... deb

Those are amazing!

 

[dyorto]

Lazy day....

 

[FlyWheel]

DE is fine to use in the coop. It just depends on how you put it down.
Here's how you do it. First clean your coop down to the floor. Everything off the floor. Now take your feed grade DE ( not pool grade) and sprinkle it over the floor just until you can't see the pattern (whatever it is) in the floor. A thin film you can't see thru a bit deeper in the corners. Not a heavy layer. Wear a simple face cover when you put down the DE..
Now get your bag of Sweet PDV stall sweetener you got at the tack store or Tractor Supply. Sprinkle a layer of it oiver the DE in the same way, at the same depth being careful not to disturb the DE so the DE remains a solid film, smile.
Now carefully lay down your 3-4 inches of dried hardwood shavings ( the white bale, not the yellow bale) you got at Tractor Supply. Viola! You are done.
The DE lays on the bottom and scratches the exoskeletons of any bugs you don't want in the coop so they dehydrate and die. The Sweet PDZ cuts moisture and helps eliminate any ammonia and bad smells in the coop. The shavings make a nice bed for the birds and are deep enough to make thing comfortable for them.

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I do not use De in dusting boxes, there are other formulas which work better. I don't dust the run with DE.
Best,
Karen

That's basically the way I did my coop. I first cleaned out the old cedar bedding, scraped any wet clumps off the wooden floor then dumped a few handfuls of DE onto the wood and spread it around. I topped this off with about five inches of wheat straw (basically: Dried wild grass clippings). I didn't use any sweet PDZ as I didn't have any at the time. I don't put any into their run, and as the entire north side of it is built up of composting oak leaves anyway they don't really need a dusting bin.

 

[Blooie]

So your egg comments prompted me to check out the forum on here of people posting pictures of their colored eggs. Now I'm even more IMPATIENT for my babies to be layers! They are soo cool to see!

I have some that are a kind of blueish green...more blue than greenish though, and Aggie lays the prettiest blue blue eggs. Sometimes it's hard to get the blue to show up in photos, as anyone who has tried it can attest, but I don't have any green layers out there. Hope that the Olive Egger in the incubator hatches.




Got this iddy biddy one last month...it was blueish green but next to an Agatha egg you sure can't tell. It looks all green!









Edited to add the link to my original 5 Easter Eggers....4 of them are still with us!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/the-easter-eggers-of-oleo-acres

 

[Blooie]

Oooh, Deb.....them's purty ones!

 

[beautifulpirate]

seems the same in Ohio as with WY. All 4 seasons in one day..helLO allergies

We once had a 100 degree temperature change in less than 24 hours. I kid you not. We were shoveling 3 foot deep snow drifts in our drive and within 48 hours, you couldn't tell we'd had a blizzard. Oklahoma is the drunk weather capital of the world.

 

[FlyWheel]

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Those are amazing!

+1! When I first saw that pic n the sidebar I thought Those have GOT to be ceramic!