Recent content by junglegms

This is a 14 foot camper that was not road worthy any more. I stripped it fixed a wall that had water damage fixed the roof, and pulled out the carpet and painted the floor with camper roof paint, I kept the rear bathroom to keep the 30 gallon metal trash can for food and bedding. I an going to...

here are some pics of the chicken coop, the outside rune is not done yet, but the wood is in the ground and they will have a outside play area next weekend

I have seen people board over open coops and place blankets over them, got to keep them above freezing but they are farm animals and pretty tough good luck in this next hard freeze we have coming Monday night

I thought that if it gets to cold it would be a good idea to give them a heat source, I light or a small safe heater , depending on how many chickens and size of the area. I am expecting it to be 19 degrees here Monday and I and making my brooder insulated today

my little chicks are almost a month old and they are doing good , Im keeping them warm feeding and watering everyday and they are growing like weeds, I go out and check on them at night and some of them sleep all sprawled out and they look dead and it freaks me out a little every time one of...

Ok, I went and picked up my first chicks today 5 Rhode Island reds and 10 Australorp they were hatched on the 17 th, guess I better tighten and get the coop finished in a hurry, I have them living in a 2 x 4 box on the front porch and I figure I only have a few weeks before they want more room...

Perhaps when the temp drops you will have to put her in a pen with a heat lam, of you can put a small elect. heater in the coop set just enough to keep the temp warm enough to keep her from being cold. you sure don't want her getting sick

Is there anyone on here that is close to Palatka Florida that I could visit and see how you do your chicken and coop and ect.. I have a 14 foot travel trailer that I am going to gut and make a coop out of and build a 12 x 12 pen so they can play outside , I have a nice shady place and the camper...

I have a 14 foot camper that I am going to start to strip the inside out of for a chicken coop, if anyone has any pics of one they finished could you please post a few pics to give me a good idea on how it turned out. The inside of the coop will be about 7 x 14 and I plan on having a 12 x 12...

New to raising chicken, still got a lot to learn, but I am sure I will be up and running in no time, I am spending lots of time reading everything I can and I am in search of someone in my area that has chickens that I can go see how they are doing. I have an old camper that I am going to...