Michigan

[dianaross77]

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That's a bummer. I hate wasting a trip somewhere.

 

[M.sue]

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Congrats on the eggs and welcome to the thread!! Chickens don't care where they live as they have the bare necessities.

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

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& I love the song, gonna have to try to remember that one

to FiFiFeather too

Bethany, so sorry for your loss

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

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I have sand in the run, not the coop. I use pine shavings in the coop and nest boxes. I don't really care to do the deep litter method but depending on the weather in winter sometimes I don't have a choice. I also sprinkle DE in with the pine shavings.

 

[NovaAman]

I have pine in the coop too... I was just wanting to know if anyone had the sand in the coop. There is a whole thread devoted to using the sand in the chicken coop, but no one would answer my question on that thread. I think I will just stick with pine shaves. Atleast I can turn it into my gardens come fall and again in the spring.

 

[M.sue]

I'd stick to pine shavings. So easy to clean out, absorbent and coop smells good. I think sand inside would be a mess and difficult to clean. Plus I'd be afraid of ants when the weather is hot & dry. Out side would be OK....but them I'd fear the ants. Just my thoughts.

 

[NovaAman]

from what that thread was saying, is you clean it just like you would your little box. Just as some sweet pdz and/or DE. I be more worried about the cold, not helping to generate any heat like the pine would do... I am just going to stick with pine. Maybe I'll try it in the chick coop next year, so its a small scale testing, not in my big coop..

 

[dianaross77]

I use pine pellets in mine. I like them way better than shavings. I think they are cheaper in the long run because they last longer. As for the sand, I wouldn't know but I do think it might be cold in the winter.

 

[NovaAman]

I was looking at the pine pellets, and thought "what if my pea brains eat them?" so I didn't get them... The lady at TSC wasn't helpful when I asked her about it, well she was, but I don't have horses, so she wasn't... LOL.

OK, my Buffy laid her first egg yesterday. Well today she's been constantly laying down/squatting in position... she will get up and walk around a bit, then lay right back down in position, eating and drinking no problem, but no more eggs. I put her in her nest box, I thought maybe she's was getting bothered because Jace keeps getting in the coop to see if she's left another egg yet... I do not know if she has one stuck, I don't know if I should check just yet, or how to check, but am going to look that up... But when she gets up to walk a bit, she's takes kinda short steps, hasn't run, and when I went to feed them left over spaghetti noodles (plain) she walked over, and laid back down and ate that way... What ya think?

 

[Chickmate]

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Well you are definitely part of THIS group! I love the song! Thank you for translating, I'm not fluent in chicken yet. There are so many different dialects to learn: Easter Egger, Rhode Island Red, Silkie, Black Copper Marans, Barred Rock, Leghorn, Australorp, etc. I have several EE's/Americaunas who make so much noise when they're laying you would think a fox was in the coop. Now whenever I listen to them I know what they're saying and will sing along!