Mama's Flying Penguins and Ramblings

[WhoDatChick]

I can't wait to see how it all turns out. I love the creative solutions part of chicken ownership. Please share what you do along the way.

I started using sand in the coop under the roosts.. and I LOVE it! It is so easy to clean everyday.. takes three minutes to scoop and dump..

 

[MysticUniKitty]

Oooohh, right, right, right... Mustard ...

Your good... i have to count to remind myself

 

[MysticUniKitty]

I started using sand in the coop under the roosts.. and I LOVE it! It is so easy to clean everyday.. takes three minutes to scoop and dump.. View attachment 1767846

I love your set up!!!

 

[BY Bob]

So true! And it is nice! Cuz i thought she might hate me too so now i know she likes me and accepts me

She doesn’t just accept you, you (and ONLY you) are a trusted vital partner to her. When you think that serving others is what makes life rewarding, what better feeling can there be then knowing that this hen has made you a vital part of her existennce?

Now having said that, you really need to get her to share that trust with others otherwise yesterday will continue.

 

[BY Bob]

I started using sand in the coop under the roosts.. and I LOVE it! It is so easy to clean everyday.. takes three minutes to scoop and dump.. View attachment 1767846

I am going to follow this. I am a straw guy right now and I compost everything and turn it into fresh garden soil but maybe there is an application for this sand method. Not saying I’m converting but I will be watching to see how this goes.

 

[WhoDatChick]

I am going to follow this. I am a straw guy right now and I compost everything and turn it into fresh garden soil but maybe there is an application for this sand method. Not saying I’m converting but I will be watching to see how this goes.

I do throw it into the compost.. some sand sticks to the poop so you will have a little sand in your compost.. don’t know if that matters or not ... if it affects the composting at all.. I don’t know...
It doesn’t matter to me.. I was using deep litter before and was finding it hard to keep fresh and smelling nice... especially with our hot humid weather! Plus, I found that left tons of hiding places for mosquitoes.. whereas with the sand.. not so much. I also have cats so I am very aquatinted with “scooping”... and the chicken poop is MUCH easier to scoop!!

 

[WhoDatChick]

I love your set up!!!

Thank you! We just added all of that and enlarged the whole run... so I could fit more chickens

 

[MysticUniKitty]

She doesn’t just accept you, you (and ONLY you) are a trusted vital partner to her. When you think that serving others is what makes life rewarding, what better feeling can there be then knowing that this hen has made you a vital part of her existennce?

Now having said that, you really need to get her to share that trust with others otherwise yesterday will continue.

Totally agree!!
Yes I'm going to have the boys start luring her to the coop with mealworms... every chickens weakness! Hoping that helps

 

[MysticUniKitty]

I do throw it into the compost.. some sand sticks to the poop so you will have a little sand in your compost.. don’t know if that matters or not ... if it affects the composting at all.. I don’t know...
It doesn’t matter to me.. I was using deep litter before and was finding it hard to keep fresh and smelling nice... especially with our hot humid weather! Plus, I found that left tons of hiding places for mosquitoes.. whereas with the sand.. not so much. I also have cats so I am very aquatinted with “scooping”... and the chicken poop is MUCH easier to scoop!!

This is the truth!! It easier! All poo and shavings and such all go to one spot on our property since we have so much. I have a compost bin and add as needed. But otherwise I just leave be so the new sand stuff just melds into the old now

 

[MysticUniKitty]

Today's weather is pouring, lightning, and thunder that shakes my house! No free range today! They're pretty ticked off with me right now but I don't want them sick or hurt.