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The Porch
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24 more days of darkness and The straw was a good call, I put down a LOT!!! but with the rain it so packing down,, the hens feet are much cleaner.My silkies have little houses. The large fowl have a dirt floor. I toss shavings in occasionally. It stays dry on top even though we have a high water table. Run is 15x35 and I put 3 to 4 bales of straw out there every 3 months to prevent it from becoming a mud pit. It's just bare dirt and rock come summer so they can dust bathe to their hearts content out there. There are a lot of worms.
I unhooked all of mine 11/1We hit 30 around 2am, it warmed back up several degrees by 4:15 when hubby left. Ive never had the hose still connected this late in the year. I feel I need to unhook it soon. I best do a final water bowl deep clean this week.
Mine are unhooked at the faucet, I just hook it up when I need it and unhook it when I am doneWe had ran so unusually warm all November and I prefer the hose to hauling water.