Recent content by Chickenpatty84

Kool. Should it be 20 or 18 gauge? In your opinion.

Hey Y'all, I'm going to be building a detachable chicken run out of PVC piping soon. It's not going to be anything fancy, just a 10x10x3ish run with hardware cloth around the outside of it. It just occurred to me, however, that hardware cloth may not be needed on the top of it, just the...

I agree with yall. I'm thinking that it's going to have to be trial and error. I've read several other places that essentially allude to the same thing - they tend to rest, not eat, at night. We'll see how it goes.. Being in Southeast Louisiana (I'll put in my profile), I'm most worried...

Good Afternoon Y'all, Hope you're well. So my question concerns where to place my waterer and feeder. I've attached a picture below for better understanding. Both the waterer and feeder are going to be 5-gallon buckets. I have a flock of 12 chickens, and I'm going to be attaching a long...

Thanks for the quick response. Sorry, forgot to say that I've been turning it off for a few days now. Just want to say, I'm getting some mixed readings on this site about when to let my chicks go into our coop. About five days ago when I mentioned I turned my heat lamp off in my indoor...

Hey Y'all, I've attached a pic of the upcoming weather in my area. My chicks are 6.5-7 weeks old, are feathered and are getting big. They've been living in an area of the house that has consistently been around 55-60F, with a heat lamp approximately 3 feet above them. I plan on moving them...

A question for both of you if you don't mind. The box you are speaking of, the huddle box/mini coop thing - dumb question but do you have a top on it? I ask b/c I still want to see what's going on in there, but I know that if I don't use a top it defeats the whole purpose of holding in the...

Hey Y'all, I just want to say thanks for all the ideas...fantastic stuff. I'm going to end up making my own feeder and waterer. The store-bought ones just get too dirty and are a pain b/c a lot of it gets wasted. I'll figure something out for the dusty part of the food - a fermenting...

So I'm not so computer inclined. I'll see if I can't post a pic of what type of brooder I've got going on. I do like the idea of that "mini coop" thing. As far as the height of the lamp, to get it that high I'm going to have to take it out of the cage, which is fine. I can work something up...

Thanks for the quick insight. I apologize, but I didn't give enough of the back story. My wife and I have been moving the lamp up since the first week. The light barely provides any heat for them any more...it's actually as high as it will go without us taking it out of the cage. I can't...

Hey Y'all, I know, weird title right? I was trying to make it succinct. So, long story short, I am in the process of "acclimating" my flock of 12 to outside temperatures. They're about 6 weeks old and I want to move them outside to their coop b/c they're getting too big for their current...

Hey y'all, So I'm not playing Devil's Advocate here or anything, just really curious. My wife and I got our flock of 12 about 5 weeks ago, and we were blessed with a coop already on out property. It needs some love, but it'll do for now. My questions are about feeders and waterers. It...

Awesome. Thanks for the quick help. Much appreciated.

Hey y'all, I know this question has probably been beaten to death...so I figured why not ask it again, just to really drive it home. :) So for some background information, this is my family's first flock - 12 chicks. They were hatched on December 12, 2015, so they're about 5-6 weeks old. My...

Man that was quick. Thanks for the advice y'all! The pie tin is a good one...definitely takes a village.