Posts by Hawgon

I made this with a 225 watt Incukit from Incubator Warehouse and some stuff I had around the garage and alot of spare time...lol   It has worked really well so far and I am working on a double front door model that I am going to...

Quote:Originally Posted by Time-Out Very neat job. I'll have you round to fix mine up :-) You didn't get rid of the perches that are just off the floor?I did but I kept finding broken eggs on the floor of it and I thought if I put...

Revised coop pics after cutting old roof off and adding on to it.  Right side nest boxes became poop board.              

Quote: Originally Posted by Time-Out  That's quite spectacular! I have a coop/run combo, same sort of style as the OP (with apex roof and the house is higher off the ground, but same size), and made loads of...

Sorry took pic at night so kinda dark but I think you get the idea of what I did.  It is the same coop as the one the girls are in front of but I just took roof off and added to the top and removed the right side nest boxes and...

Quote: Originally Posted by brierose3  thank you!! Also is it possible to add onto the size of the prefab coops? And we will only be getting 3 hens now You can add on very easily to the prefab....But as some...

I think if you just had the coop for them to sleep in they would be fine but if you tried to keep them in that run/coop arrangement it is way to small for more than a couple of chickens.  To be honest I did not no any better when...

Xochi16-Thanks-This is all the pics I have of it, hope it helps....Oh, the bigger looking fittings are couplings so I can take it apart to clean and such....Working great so far...      

I agree with HEchicken that mine would rather drink out of the nastiest mud puddle than anything I can provide for em.....I do what I can on keeping the water as fresh and clean as possible and let them choose what they want to drink....

I love sand....Have it both of my coops and runs....I agree with 4 The Birds, just rake or sift it out and add to it if needed.....No organic compounds in sand that rots so it should not go "bad"....Maybe they meant adding to and not...