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How To Build A Chicken Coop, DIY-Guides
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You keep saying hay. Do you mean straw, or are you using hay in your coop?
Just curious as to how your getting so many worms! Great idea!
I love your videos!
Thank you 🙂
livin the dream bro! good stuff!
thanks i was not sure how to spell it but i know they are m dads favorite
birds
They are Muscovy, and Muscovy are classified as a Duck.
those are moscobies not ducks
We have had predator problems before, which is why we tried the coop. We
would love to have a pond and a nice outdoor area to have them where they
can be safe naturally, but we just are not there yet. However, it is
encouraging to hear about your results 🙂 Thanks for watching!
We would love to have a Great Pyrenees. Two, actually – We have heard they
work best in pairs. Just have to raise the funds to get them first 🙂
Thanks for watching!
hmm i was just curious as this is my first time raising ducks. I have a
concrete floor in my duck house though so Im not sure if that changes
anything.
Oh yeah – We’re pretty excited about having this particular machine. Thank
you for watching and subscribing!
my muscovy duck lay in winter and set there eggs and they hatch every
single egg they lay. I don’t like to mess with them. I even have 1 white
pekin hen that will set her eggs as well and they usually won’t lay in a
nest they just lay were ever the urge hits them.
Wood chips are awesome! Have you thought about a Great Pyrenees for your
predator problem? They are great protectors of almost any kind of flock.
It is rare for us to change, or remove, anything. You see, the worms eat it
and make some great soil. I suspect we will do the same thing with the wood
chips, but since this is our first time, I cannot rightly say. We do change
out the chips in the goat pen about every two weeks, but that is because
the manure does not break down as well in there. Instead we dump it other
places and let the worms work on it there. Call it a compost pile if you
like. Thank you for watching!
Feed them. That’s not a smart aleck reply, I mean it. We have a game feeder
– you know, like a deer feeder, with pellets in it (we use Purina Flock
Raiser). It goes off every so often, and the ducks stick around. They are
just like any other animal, if they know where to find easy food, they stay
there.
I got several loads of wood chips from local tree service companies for a
back to eden yard this year, so for the sake of economy I also used the
chips to fill my new hen house and run to about 4 inches and have been
amazed at how clean, dry, and relatively odor free it remains after three
months of use, I go in every couple weeks and turn it over with a rake, as
of today still dry down to the floor! First year with chickens so I’ve
never tried anything different but don’t plan to either now
Don’t know about the wives tale. In Asia ducks eggs are part of the regular
diet. That said certain breeds might be very sensitive to it so research on
best laying ducks would be in order.
Thanks Crochet Baby 🙂 The worms compost the duck coop right where it
lays, but we do clear out the manure and wood chips from out goat pen and
put it in a pile where the worms are extremely active. Thank you for
sharing!
Haha, Thanks! I recorded those birds by setting my digital voice recorder
in our woods one early autumn morning last year. Got a few hours of
recording, and that is one of the really nice clips that came from it 🙂
Thanks for noticing 😀
I think your going to like the way the chips work for you. Great idea.
at $5 bucks a bag at tsc, that chipper will pay for its self pretty
quick…plus u have all that for your compost bin when u clean it up…
The wood chips do look much better. It will interesting to hear if it works
better for you.
That is a great set up. LOL.
Sounds great! Thanks for watching and letting us know about your
experiences!
We are thinking of getting ducks. We live on a pond. How do you keep the
ducks from leaving?