Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[Bettacreek]

Yup!

We just got our tickets for this year. Didn't go last year though. Know anyone from the Rockview side?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: oh no did he buy that stupid hot water heater thermostat!!

NO, He bought TWO stupid hot water heater thermostats!!!!!!! Now that I think of it, I haven't SEEN what he bought today, so it may be THREE! I keep begging him to let me order the cheap wafer thingy y'all get online, but NO, he's got it all under control!!
oh they are horrible to get working right and ours never did so I wasted all that money on two and then ended up buying a wafer anyways!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I am from Dover, PA. I am new to the site and chickens. Still in the preparation stage, finding a coop and that kinda thing. Love this site.

N Berks here! welcome!

 

[missydcpc]

Welcome!! You are in the right place if you have any questions... lots of traffic on this thread so be prepared to take notes till you get to know us! LOL Sweet! Looks like a great set up! We did sand in our coop, actually a mix of sand and chain saw 'dust'/chips. The sawdust was just to aid in moisture absorbing until the sand dried out completely though. We got the 'construction grade' sand which our local supplier keeps inside, so it wasn't soaked. The construction grade is just a bit coarser, play sand would also work but is a bit more money. We put in about 2" of sand, and mixed in about a kitchen garbage bag worth of sawdust to help fluff it up. We sift it about every other week using a snow shovel that we cut out the center of and replaced it with 1/4" mesh. It is a dusty job but only takes about an hour or so (about a 10x12 area). Each cleaning I usually would add about 15lb of sand back in to replace what was taken out. Haven't had to add sawdust for past 2 months because the coop is so dry it doesn't need any moisture absorbed! OMG, if I gathered up all of our leaves right now and put into the coop we wouldn't be able to find our birds for a week! Love having all of the shade in the heat of summer but am so sick of dealing with leaves!!!

Yup, they think there's corn hiding in the leaves....and the leaves get mulched.

ME ME ME! (now to figure out how to get it that far

) The CL are 3 week old chicks & eggs in the bator due the 12th. I can sell some extra chicks but need to keep some for my breeders for next year. These will be my 1st. Now I know what to do with the 7 tons of leaves from all the trees on my little acre+.

Precisely.

 

[fisherlady]

Laugh as you may you 2 just know I am the smart one!!! Hehehe I don't get run over with chicks

hehehehe it is my way of controlling myself! And no I haven't bought any eggs but from what I see not all eggs would be good anyway hehehe see I'm still on top

plus I have broody hens and too many that I don't know what to do with!!

I'm just chuckling because actually we don't even have an incubator at all!

We have hatched with out broody, but not by incubator! But that doesn't mean I can't get someone else talked into a bigger 'bator!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

ONE WHO NEEDS another COOLERBATOR was just given 20 ameracauna eggs to hatch, good thing another cochin is broody, will she get the marans or the ameras? lol

 

[MButerbaugh]

Note to self...... NEVER wait this long to clean out chicken coop..... Not sure when it was done last, but it was too long!!!! My sinuses will never be the same

 

[rinlareine]

Hey, Pennsylvanians! I'm new to the site, but definitely not new to chickens. We have a small backyard flock, but I think I've been able to convince my mom to double it. We're getting 8 or 9 new chickens, starting with some Ameraucanas (I'm pretty sure they're just EEs though) tomorrow from the local feed store. So excited!

 

[fisherlady]

Note to self...... NEVER wait this long to clean out chicken coop..... Not sure when it was done last, but it was too long!!!! My sinuses will never be the same

I bought a pack of surgical masks/ dust masks. They sell them in hardware stores and woodworking supply stores. I wear one when I clean out the coop now. It doesn't fix the problem completely but makes a heck of a difference.
If you don't have any masks handy a hankerchief folded and tied around your face 'robber style' helps too.


BTW... hoping Mr Green Jeans is behaving himself! No more attitudes?

 

[cskotek]

I throw leaves in the coop for the girls to play with during the winter....

It was alot....... We left some in the pen for the duck.. regretted that idea today loll. 150-200 feet of yard by about 25-30 feet wide... lots of raking.. my hands are semi blisterd .. gah.