wood chips

I have 7 chicks that are just about 2 weeks old. I had them in woodchips but I noticed they were eating them so I moved them to paper towels. I have tried going back to wood chips multiple times but they go crazy pecking and eating the wood chips. They know their food and eat well from it, but...

I have week old baby chicks, I noticed them pecking and possibly eating their wood chips, I changed to paper towels for a week. I just put large shavings from tractor supply back in, and the go right back to pecking at the small pieces. I can’t tell if they are eating it or not, not sure what to do.

Question, I cleaned all the wood chips out of my coop and put them in sealed garbage bags in the sun. Will this kill ALL the mites? It's been in the 90s here, ad the bags have been out there for a month. Anyone do this?

So, I have to drive 2.5 hrs tomorrow to get our chicks. I wasn't ordering enough to be shipped. I'm concerned about keeping them warm on the ride home. Then I just found out that it's going to drop into the 30s Friday. I have a kiddy pool set up with a heat lamp, wood shavings (horse bedding...

Well, the coop is almost finished, and I have a brooder full of chicks! I need to get flooring material down next. I was planning to line my coop with sand, and line my covered run with mulch (mixed size wood chips from a local tree guy). I was going to try to find suitable sand/gravel fines...

Hi! I brought four random chicks to take care of. The first week we brought them in we brought kingsford wood pellets (it’s a brand used for cooking naturally but, it’s only ingredients are hickory/oak/and cherry.) anyways, we used that bedding for a week and these baby chicks had runny poop...

Hey guys! Just ordered Chipdrop for the first time... We had TWO days of rain last week and the run is a mucky mess that the ducks are loving.. but my hennies - not so much lol. I wanna know how ya'll use the chip drop for your runs!! And if anyone has any issues with water/rain holding in...

Hi! I'm really frustrated at the moment trying to figure out what to do. I switched my run flooring to river sand this spring after reading a number of posts and articles touting it, but two of my hens got sick with coccidiosis since and after reading some critiques of sand I'm thinking I should...

We are planning to use sand in the coop for ease of cleaning but I’m concerned that the girls will get bored in the run with just sand. Thoughts? Add a raised bed with something else for variety? Small composting pile/bin? We are planning to do at least one grazing box. We need something...

We have a mixed flock of laying hens, mainly Rhode Island reds as well as some guinea fowl and a turkey. We have access to teak wood chips from a friend who has a carpentry company. Had anyone had experience using these and just wondering if they are safe to use in our roosting house and...

There are a lot of threads on bedding when older. I was wondering what about chicks. Is it better to use wood chips which I used for my first set of chicks. Or can I use straw which I have a lot of.

I will soon be a first timer with laying hens. From what I have learned, I think the deep litter method would work best for me in northern Minnesota. I also have a 20X30 foot garden with raised beds. In zone 3b, our growing season is only about 4 months (June - September). I am thinking ahead of...

I've posted a thread like this one (it went dead and nobody was replying!) so I just quickly need some help with your chicken coop substrate. I dont normally have any trouble with lice or flee's and some people say they flip every week and others say they flip every year(I think its something to...

Hi yall! In Independence, KY & planning for a flock sometime later this year or next. Trying to get infrastructure in place first -- greenhouse, garden with raised beds, temporary or permanent netting to protect garden (probably poultry netting so it can be dual purpose later on when we do have...

Hello all, I had an idea hit me yesterday after watching a Justin Rhodes video. Right now I have 10 chickens over a 1/4 city backyard. I use 4x12x12" raised garden beds in my back yard to grow vegetables. I want to place coops over two new raised beds and slowly add hardwood mulch over the next...

LONG POST / REALLY NEED HELP ON HOW TO COVER POSSIBLE BOTULISM IN DIRT And I can't spray it off (gravel) and I need it to be affordable but the best solution! Our coop is seperated into 4 roosting rooms with feed and water all with a connecting run plus I have a main feed room I keep my...