Haha - I think it’s so cute when, after 6 months to a year, my birds manage to get the strings off of a straw bale
I wish mine would last even 6 days.
Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
Haha - I think it’s so cute when, after 6 months to a year, my birds manage to get the strings off of a straw bale
What’s with your silly birds? Is that where your profile name comes into play? They don’t seem to ever do what we want or expect! Maybe the bales I get are more tightly bundled? I get them from a local lumber yard, but the ones from the feed store hold up to my little dinosaurs too.I wish mine would last even 6 days.
What’s with your silly birds? Is that where your profile name comes into play? They don’t seem to ever do what we want or expect! Maybe the bales I get are more tightly bundled? I get them from a local lumber yard, but the ones from the feed store hold up to my little dinosaurs too.
That must be what our difference is! I have 27 chickens and they just got a bale apart today. It lasted a year and then they had a field day for the entire day.Not all bales are created equal . Commercial and high-end balers use very tight plastic ribbon (rather than the blue or orange baling twine) that holds the bale together until those ribbons are cut, and these bales are much more dense. Your homemade straw or hay bale (the ones we amateurs make at the farm) are much looser and come apart much more quickly.
The commercial bales are very dense and heavy - 70 lbs. here. The less dense ones about 35.
I’m asking this because i’m trying to figure out if i need a ramp or not.. But it's important to remember that most chickens fly at roughly a 45-degree angle and need about as much horizontal clearing as the roost is high in order to get up and down effectively.
I’m asking this because i’m trying to figure out if i need a ramp or not.
My roost is about 30 in off the ground, by what you said, they need 30 in horizontally in order to fly down? Is that correct?
How long have they been in there?My newly built shed is only 6x8. I have EIGHT 10.5 week-old easter eggers. So far they don't seem to have any interest in exploring the roosts or nesting boxes, but they are also still adjusting.
I would not keep the goat in that sized shed with the 8 birds, get your goat housing set up before you get the goats.I might get two small goats in the near future and they would probably need to share the shed, at least at first.