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Question: How many of you have Poop trays under your roosts? Do they help? Pain in the neck? worth building? Don't the chickens just get in the poop trays and dig? Let me know what kind of experience you all have had with them. Thanks!
 
I don't use them, flower.. I wouldn't think they'd play in them though. :idunno

Papa Mal is breaking my heart. :( Mama Mal has been MIA for more than a day and I have a sinking feeling. She's been trying to nest all season and kept either losing her eggs to something or abandoning her choice of spot.

I'm fairly certain I saw her Monday evening, but not at all yesterday and it's not looking good for this evening. He's just sitting.. In the rain.. Staring into the pasture. :/

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HOWEVER, I do wonder.. If she was killed, I would think he would have heard it? And I wouldn't think he would be waiting on her like this. Wishful thinking, but I'm holding out hope that she just didn't come off her nest for whatever reason last night.
 
Lady Who said:
How's everyone's eggs they got at the swap?


I'm a nosy bugger but I've had nothing but unluckilyness with my hens today (they are all ok) my only bantam is laying thin and rubber eggs for a few days and I'm just upset about it)
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So far so good! I'm bringing mama and eggs in tonight for "lock down" and I'll candle everyone then and let y'all know for sure. I'm so excited!
 
Flowerbh said:
Question:  How many of you have Poop trays under your roosts?  Do they help?  Pain in the neck?  worth building?  Don't the chickens just get in the poop trays and dig?  Let me know what kind of experience you all have had with them.  Thanks!
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I put a poop tray under my roosts in the coop with the floor. Sand and sweet pdz in it, no smell at all, a kitty litter scoop and a bucket every few days scoop it out and add to the compost.

Yes, they will get up there and scratch around in it. Who knows why....
 
carcar80 said:
I don't use them, flower.. I wouldn't think they'd play in them though.
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Papa Mal is breaking my heart.
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Mama Mal has been MIA for more than a day and I have a sinking feeling. She's been trying to nest all season and kept either losing her eggs to something or abandoning her choice of spot.

I'm fairly certain I saw her Monday evening, but not at all yesterday and it's not looking good for this evening. He's just sitting.. In the rain.. Staring into the pasture.
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HOWEVER, I do wonder.. If she was killed, I would think he would have heard it? And I wouldn't think he would be waiting on her like this. Wishful thinking, but I'm holding out hope that she just didn't come off her nest for whatever reason last night.
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OH i hope you find her, let us know,
 
I hate to post this right after carcar's troubles, but I just have to share, I have been missing a hen for several, several weeks her and her man roost in the cedar trees across the road and I figured something got her. The neighbor came over and said are you missing some chicks, I looked puzzled and said no.... well she said I have chicks in my barn, I went in got a clothes basket and we went over and looked, looked, saw egg shells and most looked eaten by something and found her nest and figured something got her and the babies, went to another shed saw some more broken egg shells, and then I just happened to look down in the tall weeds by the door, yep it was her so she was down for the night and I gently reached under her and kept pulling babies out and more babies and more babies and finally got her after she put up a fight, 12 babies under a banty and I almost stepped on her she was that still. So she is now in a house by herself with her babies all snug as a bug in a rug.!! Oh after I got all her babies and she was pitching a fit, her man came over to see what the fuss was all about, between her and 12 babies they sure are loud. No I didn't get pictures, was busy making a clean house for her
 

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