NY chicken lover!!!!

[featherz]

just got back from the poultry congress.. Was HUGE! I wasn't expecting to see that many birds at once. =)

 

[rancher hicks]

just got back from the poultry congress.. Was HUGE! I wasn't expecting to see that many birds at once. =)

Did you take pictures? Why do they call it a Congress? Is this a political thing?

 

[County Boy]

Beautiful ! this is my favorite .. The hen saying what ya got there Roo ?

Thanks, this is Peanut Butter and Honey.

 

[cracrzy4chicks]

Does anybody have a " recipe " for a dust bath for inside the coop. I bought a plastic container 26" x 26" x 12" today, just need to put something in it for the girls to bathe in

 

[stonykill]

Does anybody have a " recipe " for a dust bath for inside the coop. I bought a plastic container 26" x 26" x 12" today, just need to put something in it for the girls to bathe in

I just use wood ash mixed with regular old dirt

 

[cracrzy4chicks]

Thanks. I have the wood ash, but no dirt............................everything is frozen here.

 

[vmdanielsen]

I use the material from old jeans and double it. It's qiute thick & durable

I have had good luck made from legs of old jeans too!!

 

[stonykill]

Thanks. I have the wood ash, but no dirt............................everything is frozen here.

pick up a bag of play sand

 

[rancher hicks]

Does anybody have a " recipe " for a dust bath for inside the coop. I bought a plastic container 26" x 26" x 12" today, just need to put something in it for the girls to bathe in

When I clean the coop and put new wood shavings/chips in, I toss about two large cans of DE on the top. Then when they roll around they dust themselves and spread the DE too. In my covered runs I have a square of two by sixes that I fill with sand and DE.

 

[rancher hicks]