Search results for query: *

  • Users: Daedalus62
  • Content: Threads
  • Order by date
  1. Daedalus62

    My DIY automatic egg turner

    Hi all, First, a word of warning... Using the motor I used (dish turner motor repurposed from a scrap microwave oven), this it's not 100% perfect... This kind of motor (synchronous) is unpredictable in the direction of rotation (clockwise or counter-clockwise) when it starts running... For...
  2. Daedalus62

    Bumblefoot??... Your advice, please... PICS

    Hi all, Sorry... I've seen this as been adressed a zilion times here, but... Well, I'm noob and I'm a bit lost... Apreciate your opinion please... Before I do something wrong trying to cure a wrong disease. This is a Portuguese White, 8 months old, good appetite, difficulty in walking...
  3. Daedalus62

    Yet another cheap DIY incubator...

    Hi all, Just thought I'd share some photos of my cheap and hastily build incubator, I made last summer... Hastily built because a friend gave me some eggs and... I made this over a weekend, basically using stuff I had laying around the house and workshop... Bought the thermostat and...
  4. Daedalus62

    "Start-it-up-and-forget" incubator project - Some thoughts...

    Hi all, So... After an experience with a hastily made styrofoam incubator, I decided to build a small cabinet one... I already have most of the materials/parts, mainly from my junk pile... My wife reading this would say "Yeah, definitely you're a junk collector"... To what I would reply...
  5. Daedalus62

    Doves... Beautiful, but...

    Not really sure this is the right place for this thread, but... Thing is, ever since I've put up my coop/run (less than a month ago) some wild doves have started to hang around... Today I counted around 8, happily feasting on the chickens feed. Mind you, I think they're beautiful birds...
  6. Daedalus62

    My self-build backyard coop & run

    Hi all, From sunny Portugal, some pictures of my new diy coop (my rendition of the Purina Coop design) & run... Hope you like it. Only 5 girls in it now (resting close to the wall in one of the pics)... Waiting for these little guys to grow up a bit and joint them!! Regards
  7. Daedalus62

    Greetings from Portugal!!

    Hi all, My name is Carlos and I´m from Portugal (Europe) Newbie to keeping chickens I've just build a small backyard coop & run, where I intend to keep a small (about a dozen?) flock. Been lurking around BYC for a while, where I've learned ALOT about keeping a small backyard flock and...
Back
Top Bottom