Poopy butt?

[happyhens1972]

I've been reading your post this week and just now realized you are not holding two broadswords...

Lol!!! I thought EXACTLY the same thing!!!

 

[ShrekDawg]

I wash my waterers in the dish washer every day.

It works for me.

I thought about doing that but I don't think my parents would approve lol I think I will get a bucket or something and some soapy water though

 

[Chullicken]

Lol!!! I thought EXACTLY the same thing!!!

So I'm not cray cray!

 

[Chullicken]

I thought about doing that but I don't think my parents would approve lol I think I will get a bucket or something and some soapy water though

I'd kill this can of soda for a dishwasher. I live in a slight 'off the grid' situation and have no running water, I fill jugs up every week. Chickens are unique... there is nothing they can't figure out how to poop on or in!

 

[happyhens1972]

So I'm not cray cray!

Well, only as cray cray as me!!!!!

 

[ShrekDawg]

I'd kill this can of soda for a dishwasher. I live in a slight 'off the grid' situation and have no running water, I fill jugs up every week. Chickens are unique... there is nothing they can't figure out how to poop on or in!

That sounds awful. :/

And very true lol

My oyster shell/grit dish (double bowl) they get completely covered practically the second I fill it so sadly I kinda gave up filling it :/

I gotta get a new one or get another cinder block and raise it up.

Cause within a day or few they'll have it totally covered in dirt etc. And you cant even just wipe it off the top

 

[rebrascora]

If you attach the grit and or oyster shell bowls to the coop.... I use cable ties round the framework in one of the internal corners of the run, it is almost impossible for them to poop in it when it is tight into a corner and you can fasten it 10 or so inches off the bottom so that it doesn't get dirt scratched into it. I use empty yoghurt pots and have two that fit one inside the other snugly. Then I secure the outer one permanently with the cable ties and sit the other inside it, so that I can lift it out, clean and refill it as required. Drainage holes in the bottom of each pot are helpful if your run isn't covered.
That said, I also just throw a handful of grit and crushed egg shells down in some of my pens for them to scratch through and eat as needed, much like they would naturally scavenge for such things or for scratch. It is funny that we worry about it getting "dirty" in a container but less so when we throw it down in the dirt.... so it may be our human perception of dirt being bad when it's not really.

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

Some used a tsp. of bleach per 5 gallons. Didn't post it as I felt the people of the earth would just set this post ablaze with pitchforks and torches. I'm sure there are other methods such as low dose iodine. Think the focus though was on cleaning out food and water dishes regularly. I've used well water most of my life and I don't treat it for my animals, just clean their containers a lot. Seems to work just fine.

Ah. Ok. I clean their water container when I change it. We get some algae, but nothing murky. I have added acv, but not every time.

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

Some used a tsp. of bleach per 5 gallons. Didn't post it as I felt the people of the earth would just set this post ablaze with pitchforks and torches. I'm sure there are other methods such as low dose iodine. Think the focus though was on cleaning out food and water dishes regularly. I've used well water most of my life and I don't treat it for my animals, just clean their containers a lot. Seems to work just fine.

We also shock treat our well once a year or so. Hopefully, that takes care of any bad bacteria.

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

If you attach the grit and or oyster shell bowls to the coop.... I use cable ties round the framework in one of the internal corners of the run, it is almost impossible for them to poop in it when it is tight into a corner and you can fasten it 10 or so inches off the bottom so that it doesn't get dirt scratched into it. I use empty yoghurt pots and have two that fit one inside the other snugly. Then I secure the outer one permanently with the cable ties and sit the other inside it, so that I can lift it out, clean and refill it as required. Drainage holes in the bottom of each pot are helpful if your run isn't covered.
That said, I also just throw a handful of grit and crushed egg shells down in some of my pens for them to scratch through and eat as needed, much like they would naturally scavenge for such things or for scratch. It is funny that we worry about it getting "dirty" in a container but less so when we throw it down in the dirt.... so it may be our human perception of dirt being bad when it's not really.

Will mice be attracted to crushed eggshells? Sometimes, I empty their dish into the run, but then wonder if mice would want eggshells.