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I did some research on bumble foot. I never heard of it before. Looks like some birds can get it from the wire floor. I'll put something down on a portion of the floor that they can go on. It'll need to be cleaned, but that's no big deal.Originally Posted by fitz19d
Thanks for the heads up!
Cut some 55 gallon drums longways for the bird droppings ?
Not a bad idea, but the stench would be horrendous after a few days of it piling up. The poop tray needs to cleaned out every day or two.
Some large metal trays would work great if I could find the right size.
I'd line those trays with newspaper or pine shavings or something. Bird poo is tenacious stuff to scrub.
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+1 to above. Something scoopable or easily replaced ideal. Even just saran wrap better than a surface needing scraped.
I found oil drip pans at Autozone for $10 that will fit nicely. Can you compost plain black and white newspaper? I'd use that as a barrier if so. I'm a composting newb and still not sure if I'm doing it right.
Newspaper is compostable. Plus newspaper not the shiny stuff has to be printed with natural ink by law. White ink on other products has some really bad stuff in it like heavy metals and stuff.
Came across all this info when I was researching using shredded paper soaked and pressed into briquettes. Decided against st using anything g but newspaper for this purpose. However I do not have a newspaper subscription so I can't do that. And adding grass clippings to the mush made everything g stink.
Last edited by rbeau30; 09-07-2015 at 17:40.
Bear scare. My wife called me right before left from work this morning saying that a big ass bear is going ape shit by our garbage box and shed (now the quail house) as we spoke. She's freaked out and I'm pissed thinking that he's gulping down my birds one by one. I do 100 MPH getting home. Luckily he only did a number on the garbage box and left the birds alone.
The funny thing is that I was thinking of making some bear "unwelcome mats" today for the door and windows of the shed to keep them away. I definitely am now! I got lucky as hell.
I'm not so much worried about bears smelling and wanting the birds, but there's a tray of feed in there at all times. That would be candy for them. The 50 lb. bag of feed is kept in our house. Glad I thought to do that or it would have been irresistable to a bear and I'd be building a new cage today.
Last edited by GilpinGuy; 09-08-2015 at 06:08.
I heard rubber buckshot works well on bears...
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Update: the oil pans from Autozone are working awesome. Really no need for newspaper or anything else. The poop really comes off easily. It's like pea sized balls for the most part, not a "splat" like you get on your windsheild. A simple rinse with a hose after a week and the trays look new. Didn't even really need a rinse yet, but I wanted to see how hard it would be to get totally clean. It just came right off with a good blast of water. Sweet.
I have 2 sheets of plywood waiting to made into unwelcome mats for bears tomorrow. The bears are bulking up. Gotta get these layed down asap.
I should have first eggs in a week or so. I can't wait.
Last edited by GilpinGuy; 09-16-2015 at 21:27.
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