Recent content by philipkrug

Im using solid floors with 4 to 5 inch's of wood shavings. It wouldn't be all winter either. Til november most likely the eastern Iowa show than go in the coop til early to mid feburary to get them ready for spring shows. February is one of the coldest months though

i have a few questions about building pens for conditioning birds to show. im planning on building the pens so they are 24 inches wide by 30 inchs deep and 30 inches tall and build them in sets of 4. i will have the sides all solid. the back ill have so it can open and shut so i can seal the...

Im just half an hour away from Cherokee over in remsen. I've been through Milford a few times. A friend of mine has a condo at the lakes. Hopefully it works out so I can come to the show and meet some of you. With my job helping a farmer I wont know if ill be able to for sure until a week before...

im not sure what i would be bringing for sure yet. but i also need to get a few more conditioning pens built asap so i will have more birds ready by than. i went to the plymouth county fair in northwest ia. there was right around 330 birds that were shown. larry denny was one judge but i cant...

is there anything other than heat lights that you can use. does anyone use any small low wattage pet bowls

are any of you on here going to the eastern iowa show in november? i live in northwest iowa and im planning on bringing a few of my birds as long as the weather and my job cooperate. it would be my first show actually bring birds too. it would be nice meeting some of you. is there any other...

well my problem is im going to have anywhere from 12 to 20 small conditioning pens to individually house the birds. i used the heat lamps in my big coop but i cant really use heat lights for that many pens

me too. im trying to plan a few more cages myself. what does everybody uses for water cups that live where winter stays below freezing for a couple months?

i have call ducks with my mandarins. i have no problems with them gettting along or cross breeding. they both pretty well stick with their mates

that is my biggest concern is the health and safety of the birds. here there wont be one day above freezing for the entire month of january. highs in late december to early feburary is high teens to low 20s. im just not sure if i can make these weather proof enough and have a little ventilation...

that would be awesome if you could get me a drawing. how will they work in the winter. how cold do you get in oklahoma during the winter. we hit -20 at least once every winter and it can sure blow here too but i could always cover it with a clear plastic if i had to

im going to be getting a few more breeds of bantams that i plan on showing next year. my problem is now that im getting more birds i need to build some more conditioning pens to get them ready for the shows. i dont have much more room in my shed to build many more pens. so i was wondering if...

im going to be looking at a trio of barred rock bantams hopefully on tuesday and plan on showing them. is there any common issues with this breed i should check for?

i might have if i knew about it and had birds ready for a show. are there any shows in southwest mn this fall. i live in northwest iowa. im trying to find a few more shows that i dont have to drive along ways for

im slowly getting started in showing poultry. i will be showing old english and feather legged bantams. i would like to show in one more class. so i am looking for any breed in the single comb clean legged class. my favorite is the japanese bantams but i havent been able to find any breeders of...