Comments on: Chicken coop tractor updates

By: TheOnlyKateslate

TheOnlyKateslate — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 08:04:13 +0000

At first, could not make out what you said you add to the sand box for dust baths….diatemacious earth? …..and then I google what I think I heard…. and find it is diatomaceous earth….used as a marker in livestock nutrition experiments.

Great information. Thank you very very much.

By: Grub Gizzard

Grub Gizzard — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 07:39:20 +0000

I have 10 hens and all of them use one of the 3 boxes. Yes, it is brighter in the buckets than the rest of the coop, but it doesn’t make a difference. At least not with my girls

By: Grub Gizzard

Grub Gizzard — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 06:54:53 +0000

The coop is not heated or insulated, so the buckets didn’t make much or any difference. They huddle together in the winter and did great. It was a normal Michigan winter with a few days below zero, but not many. As for moisture – not a problem at all.

By: Grub Gizzard

Grub Gizzard — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 06:09:13 +0000

Update: I built the dusting box in hopes that they would use it instead of digging up the yard. No matter what I placed in the dusting box, they still prefer to dig up the yard and I’ve never seen any of them use the dusting box for its intended purpose, so I turned it into a crushed granite box.

By: Grub Gizzard

Grub Gizzard — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 05:57:47 +0000

As a friend who raises show birds tells me, there is no official type of chicken called an “easter egger”. I don’t know – I’m not a purist nor show birds, so call them what you’d like. The official name for my blue-egg breed is ameraucana.

By: MrFakit

MrFakit — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 04:59:28 +0000

filmed with a 5 gal bucket