building paradise for the birds

[birdman55]

hello this is the birdman coming in from bird central...here in lovely michigan...home of the chickens, peafowl, pheasants, turkeys,
and soon to be ducks...watch as the building begins..
ive been told that i should start a thread on my coops that i will be building....so i am..hope everyone enjoys it..
they wont be fully done until prolly late summer with everything....hope this will give ideas to many on how to build..
ive seen my fair share of large breeder coops and now its time for me to put what i have learned to the test and make
some nice coops...see the goal is to have it built (walls, netting on top, and wires around the perimeter...today and
tommarow) and then order the thermal bowls so the birds waters dont freeze and install all of them asap...and then
ofcourse seperate the birds for the breeding season coming up and wait for nature to do its part...plan is to install roofing
and a windmill for electricity this summer so everything can run off of the natural powers...then once this is done...a pond and
one large netted area for some ducks and peafowl....so one thing at a time and here we go...hold on to your chickens..this is gunna
be a learning experiance...
hope you enjoy the thread flockers...lol

 

[birdman55]

 

[birdman55]

well how much you want for it....and they came and dropped the wood off just in for a break it is dark now...just moving all the boards where they belong..



you know what these guys were doing....fighting...not cool gotta get them built asap

hey man wheres my coop im sick of dealing with all this fighting

hey man I second that tired of this my other peeps are picking on me

 

[birdman55]

hmmm



I like food


touch me and see what happens


yeah im tame


well up we go


silver goldens legs


pile on the bday boy...

 

[birdman55]

ive noticed myself that sometime you have to get the birds first and that will give you the motivation to do the pens...just have an existing pen available for them and get the others done quick...my males were fighting for the first time today right with me in the coop about a foot from me..it was cool to experience but you def don't want to keep them together cause they I have a feeling just keep fighting...so big day tommarow...so just got done moving the wood to the back...and boy was that heavy..but got it done...and now going to take some pics...prolly do some cutting in the dark...the moon is so bright that I don't need any light...crazy pretty...well I shall be back with the pics

 

[birdman55]

yeah so tired today..been busy doing work all day as you might know...well lets just say i got the outer shell of the first large coop done..
took along time to build them and i tried to get it as level as i can...it will be interesting to see what i come up with for the spots
that are going to have spaces in them on the bottom u know (cause the ground is frozen but i have an idea...lets just see how far i got today...
always a goal but always putting to much on the plate...
here are the pics

 

[birdman55]

Baby bird hatched on 8-1-17

Look at how old gma is her photos are in black n white. Haha

Gpa

A look from the garden

Joker acting like he's got it hard

 

[bigmrg74]

You must be hardy to start a project like this in the winter. Can't wait for more pics. Thanks for taking the time.

He's a born and bread Michigander. We don't freak out over a little cold weather like somebody from down south would.

subscribed.

 

[Trefoil]

You must be hardy to start a project like this in the winter. Can't wait for more pics. Thanks for taking the time.

 

[maranfarmer563]

@ChrysolophusI read on a thread bout rat rocks, they took plaster of Paris and mixed with peanut butter and veg oil. Made into balls once eaten,it reacts with moisture and turns their stomach into a rock