Surviving Minnesota!

[Rhetts]

This is the bedding I get from the local L&M at about $5 and it really lasts a long time.

 

[duluthralphie]

KK,

Can I ask where you get your shavings and how much they cost?

I get them at TSC, they are cheapest place I have found around $4.50 a bale/bag.

 

[duluthralphie]

Does anyone on this thread have Appenzeller Spitzhauben? I am searching for some to use in a project, and if I can find them close to home it would be good.

My brother use to have a Schnauzer, It was a horrible little mutt, barked all the time, only think it was good for was Schnauzer Ball. On a good kick off you could get 30 yards or better.

 

[holm25]

This is the bedding I get from the local L&M at about $5 and it really lasts a long time.

This is what I use and it smells so good!

 

[KlopKlop]

50 CXs have been ordered for the second week in April! I'm going to have chickens coming out of my ears

 

[Rhetts]

50 CXs have been ordered for the second week in April! I'm going to have chickens coming out of my ears

Awesome!!!

 

[Cebarmlds]

This is what I use and it smells so good!

I use the same one, get it from feet farm

 

[Cebarmlds]

I came home yesterday for a break. Found the dogs had rolled in something so I gave them a bath. In my line of thinking, once they were clean I could take them to see Tim at the hospital. This being we would be gone I could open up the WestWing girls to free range. When my son closed up, Chuckie got left out. This morning I let the dogs out then 10 mins later I realize that I didn't close the coop last night. Yes I forgot that my son was here. I ran out the door to find Chuckie being plucked by Rio. No blood no injury to Chuckie just getting his feather pulled out by the juvenile delinquent.

Good you got a break!
Sorry Chuckie got plucked!

 

[Cebarmlds]

My wife seems to think that we need to clean the coop once a week (using a $6 bail of straw). I was just going to throw some new straw (about 1/4 or 1/2 bail) down on top of the old stuff and give them a fresh layer on top. But she had talked to someone who said they cleaned their coop twice a week to avoid mites, etc. I think they can go a couple of weeks or longer between cleanings. Am I wrong?

Since I removed all the old straw last night and swept out the coop, it was a good time to work on the roost. There was only one roost at about 40 inches from the floor. I only ever saw 2 chickens using it. All the other chickens either sat on the floor or in a nest box. So I removed the existing roost and moved it further away from the wall and then added a new lower roost closer to the wall. In other words, they were staggered so the hens on top weren't dropping poo on the hens below. I also figured they could hop from the low roost to the higher roost. Well...I saw the same 2 hens on the roost afterwards and the others on the floor. I'll watch to see if anything changes.

Can you turn those roosts so the wider side is up? I think they may have an easier time roosting on the wide side.
I also agree weekly cleaning is too often.

 

[holm25]

These chicks are so cute!!! I love them so much! The Blue Cochin is Gizmo and the Aussue cross is Scooter. Yes we did name chicks who will be sold but they were named when they were put in the incubator at egg stage!