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Ooooh.. love warm fresh baked pretzels ... never had em with choclate:drool
We always do melted garlic butter or mustered.....:D

now I am hungry. .. because yes! I like the fresh soft ones both ways... a bucket of butter to soak up... or mustard.

A local bar here makes fresh pretzels and donuts... :drool
 
Good Morning Pond!! So I have a question do any of you use the deep litter method in your runs?? I want to do this for my ducks..my run is not covered..but I’ve seen where people have still used this method...I have a ton of leaves laying around that I can use just gotta let them get dried out rained pretty good last couple days..I also have a lot of sand from winter had 6 bags of it in the back of my truck...I live right on the river as well so I have natural material source there as well..I also have access to straw..and have wood shavings left from when they were in the brooder..I have no mulch type but could if would be better...my babies free range all day but I leave their run open and they go in and out all day.. a lot of their time is spent by my front steps watching me if I’m not outside lol they also beg for treats :lol: pic below.. I just realized that’s first pic I’ve shared with y’all and I LOVE taking pics of them!! Anyways I could probably make up some type of tarp roof to help with rain..not really worried about covering whole run yes we have predators I live in NW Ohio and on river but we’ve trapped and gotten rid of most except deer and I have a dog who won’t even let a squirrel in the yard..plus they pretty much have the run of the yard anyway..so with the materials I mentioned what would or do you use?? Rain will be slowing quite a bit here I’d rather not mess with a tarp roof and be able to keep it open but not sure how well it would work?? I’d be turning it daily as ducks flatten and mess everything quickly..oh and their names are Zig and Zag ..Zag being on the left a deal bigger too..I thought may be boy not so sure now..have a video wanna share with y’all but I can’t get into my YouTube new phone can’t remember password and wants me sign in thru Google..and I can’t get to the info working on it though..I’m starting to think they are same sex and I believe females..
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That's a nice quote in your signature; I've always liked it. Where's it from?
Me... lol
Thanks... it just sort of came to mind.
Good Morning Pond!! So I have a question do any of you use the deep litter method in your runs?? I want to do this for my ducks..my run is not covered..but I’ve seen where people have still used this method...I have a ton of leaves laying around that I can use just gotta let them get dried out rained pretty good last couple days..I also have a lot of sand from winter had 6 bags of it in the back of my truck...I live right on the river as well so I have natural material source there as well..I also have access to straw..and have wood shavings left from when they were in the brooder..I have no mulch type but could if would be better...my babies free range all day but I leave their run open and they go in and out all day.. a lot of their time is spent by my front steps watching me if I’m not outside lol they also beg for treats :lol: pic below.. I just realized that’s first pic I’ve shared with y’all and I LOVE taking pics of them!! Anyways I could probably make up some type of tarp roof to help with rain..not really worried about covering whole run yes we have predators I live in NW Ohio and on river but we’ve trapped and gotten rid of most except deer and I have a dog who won’t even let a squirrel in the yard..plus they pretty much have the run of the yard anyway..so with the materials I mentioned what would or do you use?? Rain will be slowing quite a bit here I’d rather not mess with a tarp roof and be able to keep it open but not sure how well it would work?? I’d be turning it daily as ducks flatten and mess everything quickly..oh and their names are Zig and Zag ..Zag being on the left a deal bigger too..I thought may be boy not so sure now..have a video wanna share with y’all but I can’t get into my YouTube new phone can’t remember password and wants me sign in thru Google..and I can’t get to the info working on it though..I’m starting to think they are same sex and I believe females..View attachment 1388997
Cute ducks! :love
I have no idea about deep litter methods.. i dont put anything in the coop but mine come and go day and night at the moment. Once i get my barn redone into individual coops and runs I'll have to put something in them but not sure what direction i'll go yet..
 
Cute ducks! :love
I have no idea about deep litter methods.. i dont put anything in the coop but mine come and go day and night at the moment. Once i get my barn redone into individual coops and runs I'll have to put something in them but not sure what direction i'll go yet..
Thank You!! I sure do :loveem...plan getting couple Welshies soon as well..mine get locked in at night and if I have to go somewhere during day I put them in their run..in their coop I’m doing sand and straw..working pretty well though I do clean it often and once it gets any warmer I may just go to sand till it cools off again not sure...
 
Good Morning Pond!! So I have a question do any of you use the deep litter method in your runs?? I want to do this for my ducks..my run is not covered..but I’ve seen where people have still used this method...I have a ton of leaves laying around that I can use just gotta let them get dried out rained pretty good last couple days..I also have a lot of sand from winter had 6 bags of it in the back of my truck...I live right on the river as well so I have natural material source there as well..I also have access to straw..and have wood shavings left from when they were in the brooder..I have no mulch type but could if would be better...my babies free range all day but I leave their run open and they go in and out all day.. a lot of their time is spent by my front steps watching me if I’m not outside lol they also beg for treats :lol: pic below.. I just realized that’s first pic I’ve shared with y’all and I LOVE taking pics of them!! Anyways I could probably make up some type of tarp roof to help with rain..not really worried about covering whole run yes we have predators I live in NW Ohio and on river but we’ve trapped and gotten rid of most except deer and I have a dog who won’t even let a squirrel in the yard..plus they pretty much have the run of the yard anyway..so with the materials I mentioned what would or do you use?? Rain will be slowing quite a bit here I’d rather not mess with a tarp roof and be able to keep it open but not sure how well it would work?? I’d be turning it daily as ducks flatten and mess everything quickly..oh and their names are Zig and Zag ..Zag being on the left a deal bigger too..I thought may be boy not so sure now..have a video wanna share with y’all but I can’t get into my YouTube new phone can’t remember password and wants me sign in thru Google..and I can’t get to the info working on it though..I’m starting to think they are same sex and I believe females..View attachment 1388997
I have a few DL pens - I use straw, pine chips, and hay. Most of my pens free range or alternate free range days, so they're not spending a whole lot of time in them. So, I turn the litter in with the soil, kind of like I'm composting. My birds churn it up too, but can't quite get the dirt to mix, so I do that. We have ugly, hard, red clay soil, and now (in the pens is at least) it is a rich, dark brown with lots of earth worms.
 
Thank You!! I sure do :loveem...plan getting couple Welshies soon as well..mine get locked in at night and if I have to go somewhere during day I put them in their run..in their coop I’m doing sand and straw..working pretty well though I do clean it often and once it gets any warmer I may just go to sand till it cools off again not sure...
Welshies are pretty... i have Calls..:love
I may opt for sand here... just not sure yet..:th
 

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