Sorry, I missed that.I don't have electric to the temporary pen. I will have it in the permanent coop.
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Sorry, I missed that.I don't have electric to the temporary pen. I will have it in the permanent coop.
Ehhh....might, might not...more likely if anything is damaged it would be the vessel not the nipple itself.BTW -- I know that horizontal nipples work with heated water, but do they break if they freeze in an un-heated waterer if one gets left out too long by accident?
Nice set up, and I really like the hay bale idea. I would like to get some hay, but I’m afraid of bringing back mites and who knows what else to the coop.
It seems like I always come across some post that starts out like “I bought some hay (or something)”, and ends like “now I’m stuck with mites forever”. I know dealing with vermin and such is par for the course, and that all types of things are already in my coop whether I know it or not. I don’t have or want to create a sterile environment, just want to maintain harmony.
I probably just need to research the topic more and learn how to select good hay.
Thanks for the information. I knew there was a difference, but I didn’t know what the difference was exactly. I’ll look into which one I’d like to get, and make sure to weigh the pros and cons when determining where to place, and how to use them.Just making sure you know, hay and straw are two quite different things.
Hay is grass (or clover, or alfalfa), cut green and dried to make a nutritious feed for grass-eating animals. It's a feedstuff and not generally used as bedding.
Straw is the leftover stems of mature grains. It's non-nutritious and is commonly used for animal bedding.
Some people *do* use hay rather than straw. I do not personally know how it's absorption capabilities compare when used as bedding. IIRC, hay breaks down more rapidly in a composting environment.
Thanks for the information. I knew there was a difference, but I didn’t know what the difference was exactly. I’ll look into which one I’d like to get, and make sure to weigh the pros and cons when determining where to place, and how to use them.