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  1. Scraps Tractor

    Scraps Tractor

    ...the 8' pieces I laid in a square on the ground with butt-jointed corners, checked that the diagonal measurements were equal to make sure it really *was* square, then fastened with deck screws. This was the 8x8 base frame of the tractor. Did the same thing to make a 4x8 frame for the top...
  2. patandchickens

    Chicken Blog Pats Chicken Flock

    ...for me; but I have got an almost adult pair of Ridley strain unimproved Bronzes and will get some more next spring, so we can have some turkeys to *keep* as well as to eat. Two thumbs up on the whole turkey thing, though! What else? Um... I live on 19 acres just north of Uxbridge, Ontario...
  3. How To Fix A Muddy Run Chicken Coop

    How To Fix A Muddy Run Chicken Coop

    Pat's Big Ol' Mud Page: How to Fix A Muddy Run When chickens spend a bunch of time in one area, a common consequence is bare dirt, which in wet weather becomes mud. If you confine your chickens to a run, you are quite likely to have a mud problem eventually, unless you live in the desert or...
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    Isa Browns Chicken Breeds

    ...industrial laying strains such as the ISA Brown. They were really great chickens and I miss them a lot. That's our three year old son Harry having his shoe tasted there, shortly after we got the girls, they were probably about 16-18 wks old. Really pleasant and friendly hens! * * *
  5. Chicken Coop Ventilation - Go Out There And Cut More Holes In Your Coop!

    Chicken Coop Ventilation - Go Out There And Cut More Holes In Your Coop!

    Patandchickens' Big Ol' PageVENTILATION Or, Go out there and cut more holes in your coop! Now! Really truly! Why is ventilation such a big deal? Because chickens are amazing producers of moisture, ammonia, and heat, that's why. Small but mighty! (Mighty messy anyhow). 1) Ventilation removes...
  6. Winter-Coop-Temperatures

    Winter-Coop-Temperatures

    ...warmth, make sure their roost is wide enough for their tummy feathers to cover their toes when they roost (the wide side of a 2x4 works well, or a *wide* dead tree limb), and make sure they always have lots of food available, and liquid water. One excellent feature for a cold-weather coop is...
  7. Chickent Tractor Coop

    Chickent Tractor Coop

    Here is the chickens' summer home. The 'run' part is 4' wide by 7' long, 30" high in the tall portion and 20" under the house. The house itself has a 4' x 2'6" footprint and gives the chickens up to 3'3" of height inside. The house is easily detachable from the pen, and the roof is detachable...
  8. patandchickens

    Very cold climate

    We have cold snowy winters too, though perhaps not *as* cold snowy as yours if you're in the U.P. I would never contemplate giving my chickens less than 10 sq ft apiece indoors (plus roofed, 3-1/2-sides windblocked run) and even that's tight, bigger is better (most of mine get 15+ sq ft apiece...
  9. patandchickens

    Metal Roof Panels Question

    Ribs running down the slope is indeed the correct and only useful way to install them. (Otherwise the roof leaks and is not as strong). If you are concerned about dripping back under the high edge -- although IME this is minimal unless you have a very high roof pitch or get large or icy snow...
  10. patandchickens

    ventilation... what to use for roof ventilation?

    For a small coop like that, in a cold winter area, the best way IMO to ventilate it is into a roofed-and-mostly-windblocked run. I realize you don't at the moment have such a thing, but perhaps it'd be worth building one, even a small one, which will also help increase usable outdoor space for...
  11. patandchickens

    Horse experts: Critique this mare? Pretty Please?

    To clarify, my "not excessively athletically constructed" comment was pretty much just reflecting that she is significantly straight behind, with a short femur and straight (open) hock angle. Not that I would expect that to matter one bit for the o.p.'s purposes. As for the rest, what I'd...
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    Horse experts: Critique this mare? Pretty Please?

    Basically, all that pic really reveals is that the animal in question is a bay female horse, not excessively athletically constructed but who cares. What matters to you is not, generally, the things that can be discerned from photographs (although some general guesses about soundness, both...
  13. patandchickens

    Need to find a boarding stable (Update)

    It would help to edit this thread title to put your location in -- that way it may catch the eye of someone who's not otherwise highly interested in the subject, also it will clue readers in to your wanting geographic-specific info rather than general advice. As far as general advice goes <g>...
  14. patandchickens

    Questions about Gelding 7 yr old Mini Stallions

    If they were behavin' their little selves, as Redcatcher's stallion apparently does, I'd say leave them be. But given that they appear to have difficulties with self-control and attention span, and are apparently a bit hard to handle, I'd for sure have them gelded. It WILL help them settle down...
  15. patandchickens

    getting a used fish tank, do I need to cycle?

    Are amphiumas sold in the pet trade? Also, if it were an amphiuma, my experience with keeping them temporarily in tubs overnight before release would suggest that there would probably no longer be 2 zebra danios in the tank with it after all this time LOL Just dyin' to know what a "frog/eel...
  16. patandchickens

    getting a used fish tank, do I need to cycle?

    The valuable N-converting bacteria are all over all the surfaces in the tank, not just in the filter. So, take the old gravel too, if you can (in a separate bucket, NOT in the tank -- trying to move tanks with gravel in them, especially larger tanks, is a good recipe for leaking tanks and floor...
  17. patandchickens

    Can I use coal or DE to worm my goats and sheep???

    If you want something "alternative" for goats and sheep, I would not recommend those things, I would recommend reading up on the various herbal-based dewormers on the market. At least one or two of them have been tested in university research studies and found to be of some use. You gotta be...
  18. patandchickens

    kerosene in soil around coop- UPDATE- Really need some help now :(

    Oy. I hope neither you nor anyone living near you has a shallow well, nor a deep one with an imperfect casing But, here you are now, can't change the past. Quite honestly, IMO the best solution would probably be to hire someone with a bobcat, or tractor with blade on the front, or one of...
  19. patandchickens

    used bricks as a floor for ground level coop

    You would need to lay them as if laying a paver patio -- level the ground beneath them, then put in a good thickness of screenings (making sure that finished height, with bricks, will be slightly ABOVE surrounding ground level, especially important in a coop) and tamp the dampened screenings...
  20. patandchickens

    Tuftex panels

    Quote: Warning, those are pvc NOT polycarbonate. I will betcha if you look at the fine print they carry no hail warranty and are warranted for other things for only a few (like 5-ish) years. You can use them of course. Just don't expect them to hold up well. The polycarbonate really is a LOT...
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