Recent content by fat brown hen

It is a clever solution. I especially like the last suggestion of hanging gutters on the edges as bumpers/rain collection. Although, after thinking about what I would need to make the roof decapitation-proof, it seems like a regular wood+shingle roof would be the least amount of work. Same with...

I'm not opposed to metal roof, but I don't have a way to cut it. And this might sound stupid, but my coop is at about face level, and I have this irrational fear that one day I'll move too quickly and slice my head open on a metal edge.

Thank you for your input. I certainly don't want something that will mold and rot, but proper shingles are beyond my skill level. Like, I would probably put them on crooked. Yes, I was looking for something just like that! Peel-and-stick roof, sounds so simple. Just wanted to get a second...

bump... anyone have ideas on how to reproduce this roof?

Egg prices are downright cheap in the current year. I never got around to completing this project (sigh) but that's a great idea about the seramas. I'm surprised to hear that seramas are hard to breed and hatch. Aren't they basically like quail? Come to think of it, quail might be a good...

If you have a tractor and a winch, maybe. https://www.zarebasystems.com/learning-center/installation-guide/ground-rod-installation

Electric wire needs to have a good grounding rod, so it does not work well for a mobile tractor. Electronet with alternating hot/ground wires would work.

Why don't do that? It looks nice, and (hopefully) is not too hard to do.

I built a small 4x8 box coop/run, but it still needs a roof. I really like the looks of the cheap-o mini coops at Tractor Supply, and I'm wondering how I can recreate this at home. Is it just thin plywood wrapped in some sort of roofing paper? I have zero roofing experience, so please explain...

I rehomed the chicks to a friend for the original hatchery price. He's a good guy, picked them up right away and the chicks are happy with a lot more space. I let the original neighbor know that the chicks were gone and that I would be returning the money. Well... apparently their mother was...

This person already has many chickens, I know they are capable of taking care of chickens if they want to. They are colorful egg layers… I’m positive they will sell once they are off heat. I don’t want to eat them :b Random question(since this is a random rambling post): I’ve seen posts where...

I try to be a nice neighbor. I don't know if their children had to go to the hospital, or their brooder burned down, or some other disaster struck. The first three times they rescheduled, I was impeccably polite and said no problem. The most recent delay has me flabbergasted, since they offered...

I wonder if it would be reasonable to return half of the original chicks as coop-ready pullets, and sell the rest. This way the neighbor still gets the breeds they wanted and there's no bad blood. If they ask about the other five chicks, I'll say they died of natural causes.

I am not a member of such groups. I will look into it, thanks. If I keep the chicks for another 2 weeks, they will basically be coop-ready (the weather is warming up here) and much easier to sell.

Of course I am too nonconfrontational for that. I'm too much of a pushover, which is why I'm whining on the internet instead of on my neighbor's doorstep :b Seriously though, I made it very clear that I wanted the chicks gone, and I said there were other people waiting to buy them (a lie)...