Recent content by CutlassL29

Thanks for the pics Fishburne. I just bought a fitting that will work similar to what you used and I have leftover rubber roof material to use for gaskets. I may even use some silicone with the rubber to be on the safe side. I love the sight gauge idea but I'll do that down the road a bit. I'm...

Great idea with the level sight gauge! I'm looking to do the same thing but not sure what to use for parts on the bucket itself. What did you use to go from bucket to the 1 1/2" PVC to seal it up? Got a closeup picture of it? Also, how high should the water nipples be from the floor? Thanks

We have 2 Dixie's that we got from TSC along with 2 Comets and 2 Barred Rocks. The Dixies are twice the size of the others and they're about 4 weeks old now. We took a chance and hopefully they're hens. If not, on the table they go. Definitely a meat bird. Sometimes we see one of them peck at...

We picked out 2 Dixie's along with 2 barred rocks and 2 golden comets. I was out of town for work a few days and came back last night and was amazed how much bigger all the chicks got! The dixies are a little more hefty looking than the others and they're almost 2 weeks old now. I'll try to get...

We had that problem a little bit when we got our chicks last week. We put a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar in the water with electrolite and probiotic and haven't had that problem since then. There's a video on Youtube that shows how they take care of the dried mess using cotton balls with...

We just got our chicks from TSC last Thursday and they seem very happy in the brooder. Our brooder is in a 3 season room. I just started to get them to eat from my hand a few days ago and one of them even stood on my hand. A little chick feed on closed fingers, slow gradual movements as quick...

We never heard of Dixie Rainbows either until we went to TSC. We got 2. Looked them up when we got home and I guess they're more a meat bird but read they lay well too (200-250 a yr). Also read that's what Mt. Healthy hatchery calls them and other hatcheries call them something different. After...

Our local TSC had Golden Comets, Cornish Rocks, Barred Rocks and Dixie Rainbows. We got the last 3 Comets, 2 Barred and 2 Dixie. One of your pics looks like the dixies they had. Just a guess though.

We've been prepping for our new chicks and they finally arrived at our local TSC tonight. They have Dixie Rainbows (straight run) and we never heard of them but decided to take a chance and bought 2 (hopefully pullets) along with the last 3 Golden Comets and 2 Barred Rocks. So this is the first...

Think I'll stick with my 250 watt heat lamp for now due to the cold temps outside and the brooder will be in an unheated 3 season room. This morning it was 36F in that room and 12F outside at 5:30am! Yikes! Worse tomorrow. No chicks yet though. I did a little math for cost using the 250 watt...

No heat is transfered to the cross bar. There are other ways to make the lamp safer without welding. To everybody out there. Safety first, for you, your family and in this forum, your chicks!

@DMRippy my parents moved up here when I was a toddler, Maw from TN and Paw from MA. Go figure, my brother and sister live down there with dear ole mom and I stayed up here (because of my job) when the folks split up. Here's the video of the heat lamp mod I did. Hope it shows up here

Did you use the Sketchup program for your drawing? Nice job! That's going to be one fine coop and run!

I'd be more than happy to try and do a short youtube video to show how I made it if you like. It took longer to scavenge thru my scrap than to make it! I see you're from Nashville so I gotta help now because of all the family I have there (I was born in Smyrna too!)

What a great thread! Thought I would add to it. It's not so much an invention but a modification of a heat lamp. I wasn't a big fan of the spring clamp that came with the heating lamp so I decided to make something more secure. So, I came up with this. All the steel parts were in my scrap...