Helpful hints for building coops

[Sally PB]

The nice thing about using a paver is you can stack another on top of it as the chicks get bigger.

 

[ChicFil- A]

I have been working on cleaning up dead pine trees on our property. Hubby cuts them down , then chops them into chunks. I have been piling up the logs in a burn pit and adding branches and limbs to get the logs burning. We have 13 acres, mostly treed. Thanks to pine bark beetles, we have loads of dead treees.
Today i worked in the original goat pasture. And we put the raised beds together behind the studio . I am quite tired tonight.View attachment 3438454

I’m impressed with your garden beds… brilliant!
and they will last forever!!

 

[CapricornFarm]

I was doing paper towel for the first week and today there hemp bedding came in and I was so excited for my chicks to get there first real bedding until not even an hour later I look down and see this View attachment 3472665

Well put the waterer up on a thick board. Feed too, from the looks of it.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I’m impressed with your garden beds… brilliant!
and they will last forever!!

Thank you, hubby saw the idea on homestead rescue. Then he built them. Goes with our log cabin.

 

[ChicFil- A]

Thank you, hubby saw the idea on homestead rescue. Then he built them. Goes with our log cabin.

The way he fit those poles together is very impressive! I sure hope you appreciate hubby he’s a keeper

 

[linguini]

I was doing paper towel for the first week and today there hemp bedding came in and I was so excited for my chicks to get there first real bedding until not even an hour later I look down and see this View attachment 3472665

Be prepared to upgrade the setting weekly or every few days! They love to scratch, kick and stand on the highest spots they can land.
Here are some of our improvisation - to provide entertainment, avoid (or reduce the probabilty of) poops in the waterer and the food tray!

They love to hide in the nook, stand on the make shift perch. Will need to connect a bigger box, raise the perch, waterer and make a new nook for them today! Ours are about 9 days old or so. (the waterer has been raised three times already in the last week)

 

[CapricornFarm]

The way he fit those poles together is very impressive! I sure hope you appreciate hubby he’s a keeper

Yes, he's the best! We met in 1974, been together ever since.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Be prepared to upgrade the setting weekly or every few days! They love to scratch, kick and stand on the highest spots they can land.
Here are some of our improvisation - to provide entertainment, avoid (or reduce the probabilty of) poops in the waterer and the food tray!

They love to hide in the nook, stand on the make shift perch. Will need to connect a bigger box, raise the perch, waterer and make a new nook for them today! Ours are about 9 days old or so. (the waterer has been raised three times already in the last week)

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They grow like crazy! Nearly time to move mine to bigger quarters. They are all outside until the next ones hatch.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Going to go pick up a truck load of hay tomorrow. Will be 3 hours of driving during that trip. Then going to Danville, i need T posts, and go to ceramic classes in the evening. 2 more hours of driving! Going to be spending quite a bit on gas. Last time i bought it, it was $3.09. Who knows this time?

 

[Freedomfarmer420]

How old is the feed? My local big box feed store is selling feed made in June of 22.
After grain is cracked, it starts to lose nutrients after 6 wks.

I went to Scruggs the other day and found some more chick feed with a much better date. It was made late March so much fresher so thanks for the idea