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Well, I guess this pretty much sums it up..

I am NOT sure they have worms. The bloody stools that i have seen along with diarrhea would most likely indicate cocci. I read a lot of stuff that claims DE will eradicate worms in your chickens. Is that just folk lore ?

I shut down the 56 gallon waterer last night after they went to roost and hung 4 waterers with 10ml of corid in each one. Im also going to go to TSC and get some food grade DE and add it to their food and try and cover the cocci thing and worms at the same time.

thanks for the advise on corrid. But i dont know how to prove coccidiosis other than just treat for it. I was not aware that adult chickens got it until i started reading up on it. I go out to the house every day nd clean the poop boards with a reptile sand scoop and throw the poop over the...

Everything i have read so far indicates that the dunks are safe for ALL animals. From the manufacturer Mosquito Dunks Kills Mosquitoes before They’re Old Enough to Bite! The Mosquito Dunks are one of America’s best selling home owner mosquito control products. A product with BTI, a bacteria...

Anyone have any thoughts about feeding them 20% medicated food for a week or so ? They are all adult laying hens.

Update on something that never crossed my mind. I noticed one day the poop boards were about 3 times worse than normal. Below the roost boards are flat table like things that i keep filled with sweet PDZ. Its so bad that its killing the PDZ in about 2 days. They all appear to have diarrhea and...

Thanks for the advise. Im going to wait and see what happens. if it indeed freezes from sitting on the ground, i can raise it off the ground. BUT i think if you raise it, it would freeze faster as now the cold air has access to the underside. Not unlike a bridge freezing before the roadway...

OK, Im adding water to this thing every day just to keep it topped up during the non freezing weather. It appears that these 50 chickens in Kentucky summer are drinking about 7-10 gallons of water a day. I cant tell you how happy i am that i did this as i dont have to mess with cleaning and...

Great job ! Mine was not really a lot of wood sawing with a cordless small circular saw. My cuts were unmeasured and brutally guessed at. It was not really hard at all.

WOW TG it does not get that cold here !

I had reef tanks for 15 years before i called it quits. the money you need to do big reef tanks right is CRAZY. $2k just in lighting was nothing abnormal. I have ZERO trust in any aquarium heater. I had a top line titanium tank heater go bad while i was gone out shopping and it killed every...

I think I'll just get a heater in case. its cheap insurance.

I think I'll just get a caged heater to CYA. The bottom of the rubbermaid trough says caged heater only.

Makes me wonder if i even need a heater. I could wait and see if i have a freezing issue and then add a heater if so. Its warmer in Tennessee though.

thanks for the link. according to rubbermaid it has to be a caged heater. i'll see if they make that in a caged type.

should i get a floating heater or a caged bottom heater ?

you are correct. and it is downhill to the chicken house and run

i was going to buy a heavy duty hose reel and just let the water run out of the hose as i rolled it up and then unhook the hose reel from the hose bib. hopefully i can avoid hose freeze. im going to get a stock tank heater to eliminate any freezing issues.

I contend that using a spud bar or hammer to bust up the top layer of ice is going to be WAY easier than carrying heavy water in multiple 5 gallon buckets 200' to refill normal heated waterers EVERY day. I'll take the bust ice method over the carry 40+ lb buckets to the run every day .. Im 65...