I took a gallon water jug, stuck it in the freezer, then put the frozen jug in the foot bath. There is still room for one chicken to get both feet in, and they all enjoy laying around the foot bath. And the ice lasted for hours, then I used the cool water to rinse refill the foot baths (because, ew, they get dirty fast).
What with the ice cubes, ice packs for the cooler AC, and jugs, we had to start up the large freezer in the garage.
When we opened the third run, I put long sticks through the wire (no swings in this run). The chickens approve!
And because my youngest is getting the AI assistant to tell her jokes, I leave you with this:
I’m thinking of starting a social media network for chickens. But not as a full-time job, just as a way to make hens meet.
Since we have new run doors, we were able to open up the third run for the chickens! They loved having fresh new grass to nibble! The seed I sowed three weeks ago sprouted and was a few inches tall after having no chickens for three weeks.
I love making pocket holes to assemble the screens doors for the coop runs! I setup a kind of assembly line to drill the holes for the doors using a Kreg mini jig.
So after drilling the holes and assembling the frames, I covered them in poultry wire and my eldest helped me hang them. We can now rotate the chickens through three runs! Yay!
On my Mom’s suggestion, I took the dust bath mixture and put it where the chickens were dust bathing. I scooped it out and spread it over the dirt. This area of the main run is almost always in shade and most of the time has a breeze going through. It is one of their favorite spots when it is hot. And it has been so hot!
Critters and Craft 