Recent content by philintheblank

thanks, i gave her another once over, didnt see any blockage but the weezing and heavy breathing seems to have stopped... this was my first "medical scare" thanks for the advice

My easter egger hen seems to be breathing heavy and sneezing a lot... happened fast. she was fine this morning then me and the wife went for a walk. when we came home less than an hour later we could hear her breathing funny and she is sneezing a lot. i have her quarentined right now. she looks...

I got some white chanteclers late in the summer this year, they are a canadian dual purpose breed from quebec. bred to handle the cold winters and lay in low light conditions. when all my other chickens slowed down these, girls are still going stong. they are pobably the cutest chickens i...

everytime i turn around they have found a peice of white EPS (expanded polystyrene) they love it, doesnt seem to hurt them either, they got thier 1st taste of it when i was insulating the coop in the summer time, they would eat as far as the could between the layers, they even ran into the...

I have 9 hens, takes a little less than a week to drain it although i fill it about every 3 days just to make sure they dont run out

thanks for the great feedback! here are some more pics of my coop. theres the coop Roost and poop board nest boxes View fromt he nest boxes

I have 9 hens right now, and there hasnt been any compitition for feed yet. If you want to increase the feeding space you can increase the length of the bottom piece of pipe, however if you make it too long the feed will not reach it and it will not do anything. or you can use double 'y'...

i got the idea from another post on the forum who made a pvc waterer. material list 8 feet of 3" abs pipe 2 'y' fittings 2 45 degree elbows 3 3" caps 1 3" plywood plug i used wood screws to hold it together so i can take it apart if i need to clean it. also the plug is a snug fit made out...

tier is just another word for level and yup, the 1st pic is of the spout where i dump in the feed, it holds about 10 pounds of feed, and so far i havnt seen a single cumb on the ground around the feeder, im stoked about that the last feeder i had the chicks could beak out loads of food if i...

i got the idea from another post on the forum who made a pvc waterer. material list 8 feet of 3" abs pipe 2 'y' fittings 2 45 degree elbows 3 3" caps 1 3" plywood plug i used wood screws to hold it together so i can take it apart if i need to clean it. also the plug is a snug fit made out...

thanks for the replys, they are laying pretty much in two pots on the coop floor, one right by the chicken door, and one by the big door i use. i noticed that there is some light that gets through the small egg door on the back of the nest boxes now, but only on the left and middle, the right...

i have some Buff orpingtons and a couple eater eggers, last year i had built in nest boxes that the hens never had a problem using, but this summer i changed the coop so that they were external, using the same boxes, and now they hardly use them, i find one egg in the nest boxes for every...

this winter i will not be using heat lamps, i hope to have a fully insulated coop this year, so i was thinkign i would give the chicks some hot mash in the morning and evening before they go to bed, just wondering how much per bird i should give a day, they will still have dry food 24/7 but i...

you have the lengths required to make 4-12'' nest boxes, but you will need to find a way to make an extra divider... not sure how your going to do that without making the boxes themselves smaller, which would render them useless, they are pretty much as small as i would make them, also if you...

Use the snares with the cam locks on them, then they only go one way... TIGHT! they cant wiggle out of them then haha, you can buy them on trapping websites by the dozen