ohhh DARN! I finally talked the GF into letting me have a few breeding pens at my roommates tow shop and I really want sweds and brahmas. So pencil me in for some babies!!!!
and it might be Moonshine! HAHAHAHA if you couldn't tell by the joyous look on my face
I know there are products that I have seen at TSC for deodorizing coops and compost, but I can't say it works any better than just cleaning it out. The bottoms in each of our boxes are removable to make cleaning better, and we just use food grade wheat bales... then sprinkle with DE. I think our coop would not be the best example... there are a lot of pooping birds roosting in there at night, and I don't think I would want to go that long between cleaning. Ours has a drain at one end to hose/wash everything out to start with fresh after it dries up. We use low-dust pine shavings in brooder boxes, and another coop. A light mist is good to keep dust down as long as the bedding does not stay wet. I even mist the birds and tree canopy when it is too hot out. It helps them preen feathers. We leave it dry in some areas for dust baths. I do think that many on here have unique set ups, and they may all have some information that will be helpful.The babies are getting their feathers in on their wings or "armpits" as my 7yo daughter would say.
I'll need to take a few more pictures and see if you guys recognize any of the 'unnamed' breeds.
Anyone have thoughts on straw/hay? There is another thread about "experimental" bedding, where someone bought Lucern High Fiber Gold chopped hay (w/ no molasses) ~ mixed with oil. Claims to keep the dust down to almost 0 and smells great - even after 3-4 months.
I can't find anyone that sells it around here ~ I wonder if I lightly spray it down with oil (maybe even infuse it with something, maybe lavender) if that would have the same effect???
Glad to hear your girls are doing well. I am not sure if we actually had the pox or not. No one else came down with the weird spots and just my 2 buffs had the spots on their combs. One was the rooster and I suppose it could have been from asserting his dominance over the youngsters ... the other is the alpha hen, so I guess the same could be said for her. Not really sure, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it was a fluke!!
Haha...I just saw that NC is up to 17,000 signatures. Texas already had close to 70,000...will be interesting to see what the "official" statement is re: the issue as I doubt anything can come of it...then again, there have been states to secede before without "permission" from the government oh...250 years ago or so...then again government back then wasn't as big as it is now. LOL I did tell a friend that NC was on the list and if we successfully seceded that I wanted to be made queen...she actually responded, "Really, you can do that? Wow!" I shook my head in utter disgust of how little people know.
Quote: He looks happy enough about having them, SO just mabey so
Scott
