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[itsren]

LOL, am I the only one who gets this or did the "other" replies get deleted? Check out the username and the "grass" in parentheses. Plus the original post was edited. LOL, looks like he's in the "club" already.
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Sorry guys. Can't say I'm in that club. That one TOTALLY went over my head.

 

[JennS]

Quote: Thank you for the offer! Hmm, I don't normally get down to your area, but next weekend is the Pet Expo at the Puyallup Fairgrounds, and I'm thinking of going with my son. I would love to stop by and see your coop if you are available that weekend.

My coop will be sitting on treated 2X4s for a bottom plate, and I'm worried that I won't be able to get all the poop out from underneath it. *sigh* I guess I'll just have to see how it works when it's set up. The patio has a French drain, so maybe if I spray a lot of water I can break it up and wash it out from underneath.

I am planning on making poop boards to hold Sweet PDZ under the roosts. I like the idea of quick, easy cleaning with a litter scoop!

Jennifer

 

[JennS]

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The run has some cement, but more than half of it is dirt. I was planning on scattering straw around the run. Hmm, I could get a couple of extra large cat litter pans, put sand in them and slide them under the coop. They should stay fairly dry. Thanks!

Jennifer

 

[Chickielady]

Firewood sculpture to bring tears of joy to the eyes of firewood stack aficionados:
http://www.alastairheseltine.com/index.htm

There is a house we go by on 101 on the way to Montesano that stacks his wood in ways like that, he also makes round topped passageways so you can go through to the other side of the stack...I always have to slow down to see how he has stacked his wood every year.

 

[JennS]

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Hrm, I'd love to raise the floor level, but then I'd lose a foot of coop height and it might be hard to fit poop boards under the roosts.

I'll have to dig out a measuring tape and try to visualize how it'll all go together.

Thanks!

Jennifer

 

[Chickielady]

Only four? Alas!
Yeah, they're zippy little things!

No, there is 6.

 

[Chickielady]

That's a Sitka Spruce, right? That's the wood they made B-17 airframes out of (and the Spruce Goose). It's HARD, and the grain spirals around the trunk so splitting it is... strenuous. The coastal tribes made wedges to split other wood out of the lower part of the limbs; I've handled one out of a wet site and it felt like iron.

The coastal tribes also have made whole totem poles and solid 1 tree canoes from these trees.
This one however...is laying here and no one can move it.

 

[Chickielady]

You have to move all that political BS somehow.

Good point !!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[KMHunter]

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The run has some cement, but more than half of it is dirt. I was planning on scattering straw around the run. Hmm, I could get a couple of extra large cat litter pans, put sand in them and slide them under the coop. They should stay fairly dry. Thanks!

Jennifer
The only reason I mention Alfalfa instead of straw is that 1. straw is heavy to clean out and takes longer to break down alfalfa breaks down faster. 2. the vet/poultry expert some of us have met says Alfalfa is great for them and makes the yolks really orange. And 3. I figure if they eat half of it, there is less for me to rake out! Lol.
A couple of years ago I had to rake out the run from the really cold time when I put the straw down to keep them up off the snow and ice. It was wet and extremely heavy! Just my experience with it.

 

[Chickielady]

For dessert tonight:
I top with a squirt of whipped Cream~~~~~~~~~~~

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/chollys-world-famous-gingerbread-cake-10000000659279/print/