California-Southern

[froggiesheins]

We are friendly and almost anything is discussed within reason.  susan likes to talk about beer and having beer kegs at the meet-up but she is just jossing. Some one on the thread makes home brew !

YUP, we all be krazy on here... BUT good clean fun...

 

[hemet dennis]

YUP, we all be krazy on here...

BUT good clean fun...

Except me I'm the "bad boy"

 

[darkfox907]

haha this sound like a fun group to hang out with.

 

[hemet dennis]

haha this sound like a fun group to hang out with.

It just seems that way, we just fake it and make it look fun.

 

[froggiesheins]

It just seems that way, we just fake it and make it look fun.

TOO FUNNY Dennis! e

 

[hemet dennis]

Sometimes all I get is a

 

[darkfox907]

I have another question, Where would you suggest getting a resonablely priced coop? or would you suggest building one from scratch?

 

[flower]

My suggestion would be to try to visit folks and inspect their set ups and think of what you like and do not like about them. I have been building my own and continue to adapt them as I find and learn improvements. You see what you like after you use them. But if you can not wait that long you can start out with just a little some thing like a clean doghouse and fencing.

For me dog kennels work good and I like my coops small and about 3 1/2 feet off the ground. So my coops are easy for me to reach with bending (my back) is worn out. Also I use a wire floor which works here due to the weather. It is more easy to keep free of poop. JUst once I imported a hen from folks who were moving. They kept their birds in a coop with a floor with heavy bedding and the birds never got a chance to range and take dirt baths. Although I kept her separate we had one of our famous wind storms, the fences got knocked over and that hen went over the fence and infected my entire flock with mites.

Moral of the story, birds need a fenced in run so that they can take dirt baths and get away from heavy bedding etc. Also a coop needs lots of ventilation and last point that I learned. Since birds will roost in the nesting boxes and therefore poop in their nesting boxes, I removed the boxes from hanging off one side of the coop. I now have the nesting boxes on a separate platform to discourage them from staying in the boxes unless they are laying eggs.

Look on Craigs list and check our Helmet Dennis web site, he makes coops.

 

[darkfox907]

thanks for the advice!!

 

[hemet dennis]

check our Helmet Dennis web site, he makes coops.

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