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RE: Daily chicken August 12
I'm discovering that the deep mulching probably isn't best for these little birds. They make a big mess in that little box lol
I'm discovering that the deep mulching probably isn't best for these little birds. They make a big mess in that little box lol
Yup, the depth will add up quickly if the space is small. We have 90 in a 6' x 8' enclosure and the bedding gets to nearly a foot some years, in just 5 weeks.
You will find that they outgrow that box fast and they do make a mess. I elevate their water and feed. Helps to keep the mess down. Just make sure that they can reach it.
They got a bigger box today that's got about double the space. I put the water on top of a weight, as I had seen recommended elsewhere. It makes a small porch around the water dish and elevates it a bit.
Their tummies were a bit wet when I changed their bedding and enclosure, I assume that's from the water spilling into the bedding. Do I need to wash them or will it dry out safely with the better housing conditions?
sorry, I just saw this. I am assuming this is solved. I always took out wet bedding and never had to deal with a wet chick. But I would use a towel and dry them as much as I can.
I ended up with pretty deep bedding for them, just kept adding a bit all the time when I felt it was looking like too much poop.
Oh yeah. I changed away from leaves to pine shavings which absorb better and are less dirty. The chicks are puffing up nicely and the baby adds bedding all the time. Right now, it's getting changed about every two days. I just dump the old bedding into the big composting chicken run and it disappears in the pile. The big chickens are awesome at mixing all that stuff!
I just left it in and added as needed. Get them used to scratching and less work :)