You can get them at East County Feed in Santee. I betcha Bonita Corral can get them it seems to be a pretty big place.Anybody in the southern San Diego (South Bay, like Bonita or more south), know of a local feed store that sells rice hull bedding?
Dont be upset when they go through all the hulls to pick out bits of rice.... LOL. When I bedded Katee down in her 24 x 24 Pipe corral I started with five bags piled in the middle. She went through the pile with Great interest eating little bits here and there effectively spreading it out for herself. Then all I had to do was add to it about once a week. It got to the point where the black birds would line up on the pipe corral and stare me down till I was done. Katee finally figured out that the hulls werent worth the effort to eat, but the Black birds Claimed her corral as THEIR territory....
The nice part was when it rained the water went straight through leaving the top nice and dry..... Katee wont lay down if she doesnt have a soft bed and for Draft horses thats not good. I am sooo glad I have her home now. She has sandy scoops she lays in for her REM sleep.
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The ridgeback only wanted to be outside because my daughter and I were out there with the trampoline I'd just built (an xmas present) but once out both dogs got a hold of my top hen. I managed to get them off her and back into the house, and I was sure I was going to have to euthanize her. Instead, she's in the garage and while she has some wounds I think she'll make it as long as we can keep infection at bay. She's eaten some yogurt and chatted with me. Thank God the dogs were more interested in plucking than going for the kill, or she'd be toast. She's from my original batch of 3 chicks, and I'm terribly fond of her. Such a stressful afternoon. I have the hen in a dog crate in the garage, and I peek in every 30 min or so.
