So I’ve been thinking of building a automatic coop door since I’ve lost so many chickens this year. I want to make it out of parts I have laying around and here’s what I have so far. I’ve taken a window regulator out of a parts cars, a piece of 1/2” ready rod and a digital relay/timer.
I now...
ive been having a few chickens go missing lately (30-35) and found some scat today and on my way back to the house my boy found hair by my garage. The hair is coon hair but there is no evidence left behind from a coon. All of the chickens have vanished. I don’t see feathers, heads, or partial...
I have garlic growing in my garden and I am looking to spray the weeds out of it and can’t remember what I can spray on garlic. Can anybody help me out
I’m just wondering if I am doing something wrong when I’m hatching my chickens. It seems like a lot of them have a hard time getting out of the egg shell. I’ve been running a 100° temperature and 50% humidity all through incubation period On this run. I was told to keep the humidity around the...
Here is the start of my pallet coop. Thought I’d turn nothing into something. I’m going to make it 1 more pallet width wider. It is around 7’ tall from the ground.
i feed all of my birds and goats really good corn screenings and they do really good on them. Goats are nice and healthy and chickens lay a lot of eggs. My question is will broiler chickens do well with screenings?
looking to see if anyone has a hen they would think about selling. Might be interested in a pair also. Shot in the dark but let me know if you do. Thanks
Here’s a few pics I thought I’d share. I can incubate 200+ eggs at a time. I just have 1 tray in for test run. Picture only shows 1 fan but there’s 3 in there. Let me know if you have questions on what I used. Thanks!
I’m thinking of raising Temminck Tragopan Pheasants and was wondering what size of pen to have them in? I was going to build a shelter for them 8 x 8 but just would like to see if that would be a good size. How many could I have in that size? Two or three hens and 1 cock?
What standalone timer to use for egg turner in a homemade incubator. I’m looking for a timer for my homemade incubator and I have a timer now but didn’t realize It is in one minute increments. What’s down the lawn timer system do you guys use? I’m looking for a 110 V timer or it could be 12v I...
I have the auto tune set up but it over shoots just a little. I have my target temp at 99.5 and it stays at 100.1-100.2. Any idea how to further adjust this pid to get it closer other than lower my target temp? Maybe that’s what I should do but I was pretty sure there’s a setting I can adjust...
can anyone explain why my pid shows an incorrect temp reading? I have a MyPid T series and when I have the thermocouple hooked up it reads 163 out in the open air and if I switch the wires around it reads 138. I have it set to Fahrenheit on the pid. The thermocouple I have is an exhaust gas type...
I recently bought a mh13001 humidity controller that’s 110v from eBay for my new homemade incubator and in having some trouble hooking it up for some reason. I’m also using a mypid heat controller. So the first thing I have done is take my power and run it to my pid then from my pid I pigtailed...
So I started raising chickens this spring and all be honest its kinda addicting cuz I now have turkeys too lol. I was wondering what it takes and how much equipment cost to start a small scale chicken hatchery. Here's my plans well I don't really have a plan yet lol
Hatch 1000 eggs a week maybe...
hi im new to posting on this forum but ive used some info off of it in the past, great forum by the way. so i am building a incubator and i had an old freezer laying around and thought it would be a good candidate. well i got the light bulb wired up and the racks in place but dont have a...