Articles by Greenskeeper

My Box Egg Candler After looking at a few I realized I had everything I needed to make one in a few minutes. So I started with an old Sony speaker I had laying around. After gutting the speaker box, I cut it in half keeping the other side to cover the new hole. I used some heavy cardboard...

The Breakfast Nook This coop was created to bring my passion for birds home. I had acquired six Black Copper Marins at 2 days old and wanted them to be here at my house for once. I picked a spot on my oh so level property and here we started. This coop is also a 4x8 design. I'm adding two...

New Page 1 ~GreensKeeper~ Located in Candler, North Carolina Black Copper Marans, Bearded Partrige Silkies and 1 Auracana My story begins with helping mom with her chickens three years ago, now I am an Addict! I have always had a knack for keeping animals, this time I need more than...

The Tractor The idea was to be able to raise and house 10 Guineas. After building it mom got another ten pullets that could also use thie tractor to grow in. I used three 2x4x12 and some 1x4x8s. I also bought 72" Poultry fencing. Thus making each side 72" x 12'. It works really well! But move...

Bower/ Leahy Incubator Wow what a find! This is a model 624 hand crafted Redwood Incubator. Sold with the bower name, produced by Leahy. It has the all the original trays with egg turning wires. Just fantastic! Truly made by craftsman that loved the job. It has 6 trays. Each tray holds 104...

Avery's Springs Disc Golf Course Coop All the wood in this coop was donated from a local man who had removed it from a church. Can we say Free-cycle. I started by building the base using some 2x6's and wood screws, Got a 4x4x12 and cut it into four 3 foot legs and attached them to the frame...