I use the lid to one of those 33 or so gallon plastic garbage cans, upsidedown, and mix maybe a cup of DE into a bunch of sand poured into it. You can also use wood ashes if you have any.
I love DE - has never failed yet for anything I've used it for.
Kate in WI :-)
<< Posted by: "Rebecca" luckydog23@msn.com rsjeffery23
It's been so wet lately that the girls have been trying to dust themselves on the floor of the chickenhouse in the hay leavings. what I would like to do is given them a tray of diatomaceous earth to dust in instead. does anyone have any thoughts about this? how big should the tray be? my girls are about 3 lbs each but my big boy is easily 7 - 9 lbs. Can I use a large plant saucer as the dusting tray or will that be too deep? what about the chicks? they're about two months old. should anything special be done for them? >>
It's been so wet lately that the girls have been trying to dust themselves on the floor of the chickenhouse in the hay leavings. what I would like to do is given them a tray of diatomaceous earth to dust in instead. does anyone have any thoughts about this? how big should the tray be? my girls are about 3 lbs each but my big boy is easily 7 - 9 lbs. Can I use a large plant saucer as the dusting tray or will that be too deep? what about the chicks? they're about two months old. should anything special be done for them? >>
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