{"id":111,"date":"2009-05-21T10:12:04","date_gmt":"2009-05-21T20:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/washedashore.com\/eggsntea\/?p=111"},"modified":"2009-09-09T00:46:40","modified_gmt":"2009-09-09T10:46:40","slug":"chick-brooder-reclaimed-materials-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ahualoa.net\/eggsntea\/2009\/05\/chick-brooder-reclaimed-materials-day-3\/","title":{"rendered":"chick brooder, reclaimed materials (day 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have plenty of ag chores this fine morning. There’s blue sky and bright sunshine in Ahualoa. We’ve been getting days of overcast, wet, rainy days. I prefer the drier weather and I think the adult hens do, too.<\/p>\n

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  1. DA BABY CHORES:<\/strong> remove the paper towel litter & replace with newspaper litter<\/li>\n
  2. scrub out both 1-gallon waterers, add 1 TBS organic, unfiltered apple cider vinegar<\/a> (ACV) per gallon<\/li>\n
  3. scrub red trough feeder, air-dry<\/li>\n
  4. fill galvanized metal feeder, give to chicks under brooder<\/li>\n
  5. DA BIG HEN CHORES:<\/strong> fill 2 quarts of dry lay rations for the adult hens<\/li>\n
  6. scrub two 5-gal. dirty feed buckets, air dry<\/li>\n
  7. scrub one 30-lbs. metal tube feeder, air dry<\/li>\n
  8. bring down 5-gal. bucket of Diatomaceous Earth<\/a> (food grade DE) to hen house<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I reclaimed various materials from different locations to build the “Baby Chick Condo 2009.” Building the brooder pen took me about 3 hours over the course of a weekend.<\/p>\n

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    1. black shade cloth to cover dirt floor (around the homestead)<\/li>\n
    2. two-ply cardboard box from a color laser printer (my ex-office)<\/li>\n
    3. one-ply cardboard boxes (Costco)<\/li>\n
    4. Gorilla brand duct tape, twine (Jim’s toolbox)<\/li>\n
    5. clear packing tape (my craft tool box)<\/li>\n
    6. four fence posts (from Hillery’s homestead)<\/li>\n
    7. paper litter (old newspaper from library, old paper feed sacks)<\/li>\n
    8. twine (our homestead)<\/li>\n
    9. clothespins (our laundry line)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Materials that I purchased<\/p>\n

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      1. red plastic trough feeder<\/li>\n
      2. two 1-gal waterers<\/li>\n
      3. green shade cloth (6′ x 6′)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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