post your chicken coop pictures here!

[NanaNeen]

Thank you all so very much!!!

 

[cabinchicky]

sweet pdz is made of clinoptilolite  which has an affinity towards ammonia.

http://www.sweetpdz.com/our-products.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinoptilolite

It may or may not be good in the compost pile....  I have to do more research

deb

Hope I haven't boo booed by putting it in my pile.

 

[TJordan]

I saw an idea for a DIY brooder cave. I'm going to try it tomorrow. I have some hardware cloth and I'm going to make a cave setup. Then drape a simple heat pad from Walmart over it and place a cover over it. This will keep babies from climbing on it and direct the heat down. Open ends will give them a safe exit from both sides. Well I'm going to try it. If it works I'll make a bigger one and start brooding OUTSIDE!!!

If anyone has pictures of anything similar please post for me.

 

[MeepBeep]

I posted it, I'll get the link in a bit...

http://www.yourchickens.co.uk/care-and-advice/the_perfect_perch_1_2842822

TY!  Yes, your post was one of the excellent ones and I made certain to Bookmark it for reference!  There was another post I was thinking of that showed diagram/illustrations of the chicken's legs/feet showing the way the toes worked on perching/standing - that's what I get for not bookmarking immediately!

I believe I read the same post, but I don't remember if it was specific to chickens feet, it more so described how perching birds feet by design latch a perch so they don't fall off when they sleep... It's a built in tendon reflex, as their 'elbow/knee' bends their toes curl and latch, thus when the bird lowers itself down on the perch the toes naturally grasp and will stay in the grasping position until they stand back up and straighten the elbow/knee... But unlike a true 'perching' bird chickens also rest a great deal of their weight on the keel bone when sleeping...

BTW if anyone is interested in the complete perch study referenced in my previous post, here is the full text...

http://ps.oxfordjournals.org/content/90/4/715.long

What is interesting is the perch design they found the best, it was basically a squishing 48mm foam rubber sleeve over a 27mm steel perch, that allowed the foam rubber sleeve to distort to best fit the bird...

It looked like this, a 4mm foam rubber sleeve slid over a 27mm steel pipe and secured only he bottom of the pipe, creating a 20mm vertical air gap on top and whatever on the side...

 

[Penny Hen]

I started with two Bantam Silkies and my DH has totally taken over their care and feeding. Says he can't imagine the backyard without a couple Bantams in it. I have to plan everything around those 2 little hens because he won't give them up. Had to re-home a lot of large fowl that didn't play nice with the Silkies but finally have a couple LFs that are great flockmates for the little hens.

OUR SILLIEST BANTAM SILKIE WITH DEBRIS IN HER HAIR:


THE TWO LITTLE SILKIES AT THE WATERER.


ALL 4 GIRLS CHOWING DOWN TREATS.

You might want to try some Breda. They are sweet and nice to docile breeds and they lay white eggs. They are one of the few laidback white egg layers. They also have feathered legs and feet. They make me think of the old hippie bell bottom jeans, especially the blue ones. They come in Black, Blue, Splash and Mottled.

 

[perchie.girl]

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I dont think so still havent found data but absorbing ammonia would seem to be a good thing. Though part of the composting process is the biologic deconstruction of waste materails and celulose. I jsut got back from an errand so will dig some more to see the impact.

from Cornel:
http://compost.css.cornell.edu/odors/ammonia.html
article from Prarieswine.com
http://www.prairieswine.com/pdf/3251.pdf

Zeolite is another name for Clinoptilolite.
http://www.prairieswine.com/pdf/3251.pdf

So .... it would seem its good to go....

deb

 

[peastix]

can it be used in compost? I don't really compost I just throw the wood chips and pooh into the garden to decompose and fertilize.

It can be put in the compost or spread on bare soil- both are fine.If it is mixed with fresh poop it is better put in compost fresh chicken poop can burn plants.

 

[cabinchicky]

I dont think so still havent found data but absorbing ammonia would seem to be a good thing.  Though part of the composting process is the biologic deconstruction of waste materails and celulose.     I jsut got back from an errand so will dig some more to see the impact.

from Cornel:
http://compost.css.cornell.edu/odors/ammonia.html
article from Prarieswine.com
http://www.prairieswine.com/pdf/3251.pdf

Zeolite is another name for Clinoptilolite.
http://www.prairieswine.com/pdf/3251.pdf

So .... it would seem its good to go....

deb

Thank you!

 

[NanaNeen]

It can be put in the compost or spread on bare soil- both are fine.If it is mixed with fresh poop it is better put in compost fresh chicken poop can burn plants.

whoops I may have just killed a new flower...

 

[bruceha2000]

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I don't know why you would want to put a poop board over the nest box bottom after removing the dividers, it is already a board, no???

Poop boards and scooping PDZ is fine, if you want to scoop poop every day. I have deep bedding (pine shavings) and just run a rake through it under the roost areas every morning. Takes 2 minutes and no "bucket o' poo" to get rid of. Of course it depends on the size of your coop. Since yours is big enough to walk into, I think the same would work for you.

The cat box in the house for the 3 indoor cats, that I HAVE to scoop

I saw an idea for a DIY brooder cave. I'm going to try it tomorrow. I have some hardware cloth and I'm going to make a cave setup. Then drape a simple heat pad from Walmart over it and place a cover over it. This will keep babies from climbing on it and direct the heat down. Open ends will give them a safe exit from both sides. Well I'm going to try it. If it works I'll make a bigger one and start brooding OUTSIDE!!!

If anyone has pictures of anything similar please post for me.

Just now TJ??? If you were not directed to the Mama Heating Pad brooder thread after your coop fire, I apologize. I tell everyone about it. NO chance of a coop/brooder fire, WAY more natural method of the chicks getting heat when they need it instead of living in an overheated space, natural day night cycles, impossible when using heat lamps.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/956958/mama-heating-pad-in-the-brooder-picture-heavy-update