Recent content by mikeinri

cam seems locked by a password

Don't overdesign it. Look at this coop. It's great and simple!!! I went running out looking for a few 2x3s to set mine up like this. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/621363/poop-board-convert-warning-graphic-gross-poop-pictures

Awesome coop. I checked tractor supply. They have bags of Sweet PDZ for 25# bags for 10 bucks.

They don't need heat. As long as they have a dry place and no draft they are fine. If it goes below 20 I close up my coop doors just to keep the drafts out. Mid winter and my ladies are still cranking out eggs. I do have a couple of 60w lights in the coop but that is more for a little light then...

Cheap fence with electric wire around the bottom. One 4000 volt jolt and he won't be back. It doesn't cost much. It will stop anything else in it's tracks too.

Quote: Hatching some eggs, maybe. Yes but he didn't mention hatching I want to hatch my own this spring but have to get a second coop back away from the other houses...and mine!!...lol Then I'll get a big Ed and Rocky

Why do you need a rooster? Unless you like hearing it at 2 am. My 12 hens get along fine with no rooster. I have production birds that give me on average 11 eggs a day. Your hardest question is with 15 hens what you will do with the eggs. I donate them. I plan on going big next spring. If you...

Quote: I've been doing a lot of chicken math for the winter. How big is your coop? The chicken math would say you have 2, 8x40 trailors waiting for the chickens

YAY it works Can't wait to get my live chicken cam on line

The ladies hid inside while the stall was being delivered today. Lets see if the FB vid works. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000294147359&ref=tn_tnmn

I've used this on yahoo and other sites since 98' and people still ask me what state I'm from.

Quote: There is precious little info about these. I googled and came up with nothing conclusive. One reference said sugar snap peas are the only pea and vine that is safe, but that wasn't a great site. I would guess that the pods are not dangerous to human. Chickens probably OK. Back when I...