I have:
3 years old:
1 Columbian Wyandotte
1 Saphire Gem
1 Americauna
1 Lavender Orpington
2 Blue Laced Red Wyandottes
1 Midnight Marans
2 years old:
2 Black Austrolorps
3 Cinnamon Queens
4 California Whites
They are all hens. Out of the 16 birds I get about 8 eggs /day. I suspect that the...
I have a silver-laced wyandotte rooster that I got from Rural King. He is 14 weeks old and just started crowing today. He hasn't been handled a lot and isn't especially friendly, but he isn't aggressive either. He currently lives in a flock of 14 chickens of various breeds. West...
I'm going to build a wood-and-wire hutch. I have several options of where to locate it, and I'd like to hear the popular opinion.
Options are:
Next to the Garage. It would be an Eastern Exposure, so they'd have sun in the morning and shade in the afternoon.
Pros - Sheltered from rain...
I have this idea... it would be really easy to pick up a small used window a/c unit (I just found several on CL under 50 dollars) and duct the cold air into a rabbit hutch. You'd want the back, sides, top, and part of the front of the hutch to be wood, and only have wire on the bottom and front...
I've read several threads and seen a few websites about this. The mechanicals are pretty straightforward, but I have concerns about the electrical circuit. These are my thoughts.
When you hook a motor up to power, there are two things going on at the same time - volts and amps. (There's...