I definitely wear an N95 if Im going to town cleaning out the coop. Im afraid what may grow in my lungs if I don’t. Too much poop dust and dirt flying around in there with the sweeping and the scraping.
thank you so much for the great article! Im going through that now, i think half my flock is going into retirement i think there about 5yrs the eggs have definitely slowed down! Im would like to get some more chickens to add to my flock. Im wondering if anyone has any suggestions on what type of...
Thank you. I had heard so much with the feed I wasn’t sure if I should be adding. I’ve heard meow mix crumbled up is good also for extra protein? I also give them straight egg layers Pellets in the winter also sometimes bread oatmeal flakes and meal worms and sometimes crushed corn. I’m...
Thank you for the tip. I grew a lot of cucumbers in my garden this year I had no idea that I could give them as a treat or grapes and apples. How about bananas? I always end up with over ripe bananas that no one ends up eating in the house.
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I have had chickens for about three years I feel that I’m still new in learning a lot I was wondering if I should add to my chicken feed or is it ok to leave as is. I give my chickens organic egg layer pellets only. Im wondering if I should be mixing that with something else or is...
Awesome. Thanks. I have not tried that. I just put 2 jugs of white vinegar to try and alter the ph. I will try the lime. We’ve gotten a lot of rain with never ending humidity it looks like the water does run down hill a bit but everything has been so wet. Thank you.
Hi. Thank you. I think I’ll try to turn it over. I love the wood chips idea but my outter run is so big. I just have bird netting over it. The inside dog pen is covered with tarp for rain protection. It’s the weirdest thing and it smells so pungent.
The outer run is under some trees. The area catches some sun. It has been so humid I’m hoping the humidity will break to dry it out. I’m not sure if it will die off it looks so green.
Hi everyone. I’m new to the backyard chicken. I was wondering if anyone has seen this before. At first I thought something died under my coop and couldn’t find anything thougt maybe something got stuck in the walls of the coop. Went on for about probably a month, stench still strong I figured if...