Saturday, June 22, 2013

[CHICKENS-101] Re: wet days and creepy crawlies

 

I use a drywall tub with play sand in it, the girls have a blast.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_19251-1569-AT2606_0__?Ntt=drywall+tub&UserSearch=drywall+tub&productId=1054711&rpp=32

--- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, "Rebecca" <luckydog23@...> wrote:
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> 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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