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  1. Snakeoil

    How do you install PC fan into Hovabator?

    Here is a picture of mine, using a cell phone charge plugin. I got them off newegg.com for $7.50 for a dozen fans. Very easy to intall and you do want your fan running all the time. I bought the fans on a special, now they are $.99 each in a quanity of 8 or more found at this link...
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    Pictures & Advice on Chicken Yards Please

    Well here is a picture of my yard, 5 foot high, never had a predator of any kind, never had a bird fly over (except a duck will every now and again but they want right back in with the other ducks). I live on a farm and have hawks, coons and everything else and never a problem, lock all birds up...
  3. Snakeoil

    Cockscomb flower seeds FREE to BYC members

    I've sent you a PM, did you get it?
  4. Snakeoil

    nesting box materials

    I just use pine shavings, do you have a lip on the front of your boxs to prevent your bedding material from falling out? I've only added shavings once in the past year to mine.
  5. Snakeoil

    Will my birds be ok in this weather?

    I live in Iowa where along with your area gets very cold for a long time. I raise, chickens, ducks, pheasants and quail with no heat other than for the water. I put vasiline on my roosters combs during the dead of winter but thats it. As far as my memory can remember I have never lost a bird...
  6. Snakeoil

    Has anyone seen this and tried it yet - coop heater?

    I live in Iowa where along with your area gets very cold for a long time. I raise, chickens, ducks, pheasants and quail with no heat other than for the water. I put vasiline on my roosters combs during the dead of winter but thats it. As far as my memory can remember I have never lost a bird...
  7. Snakeoil

    Adding a fan to the Incubator? - Added Pics

    This is how I added one, using a phone charger.
  8. Snakeoil

    Ways of Heating Water?

    I use this, or this for ducks,
  9. Snakeoil

    Premier One electric fence not working

    Nine out of ten times its the ground rod as your root problem, you have to have at least six foot of ground rod, and you have to have moisture. If you use a short ground rod you have to keep the ground moist in order for your system to work, this can be done by simply watering around your...
  10. Snakeoil

    Opinions on Fencing Please...

    Kezzie, I used the 2 x 4 wire and have never had a problem, I like you lock my birds up at night. Here is a picture of my run with the welded wire, hope this helps.
  11. Snakeoil

    Freezing water

    Here is a simple way to keep the water unfrozen in winter..
  12. Snakeoil

    Welded Wire for run, can't find 1X2, only 2X4

    I used 2 x 4 and here is what it will look like, I've never had a predator problem, lock birds up at night.
  13. Snakeoil

    nesting boxes

    Yes, you are correct. Here is what mine looks like to give you an idea.
  14. Snakeoil

    I know, I know, I am hard headed.....Chicken wire question

    I lost 11 pheasants in one night to a mother coon and two of her young. I had left a window open, the chicken wire was no deterent what so ever.
  15. Snakeoil

    pointy end pipping chicks PLEASE HELP! URGENT!

    I never "help" chicks to hatch, if they are too weak to hatch they probably won't make it with help. Just be patient and wait.
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