I built these a month or so ago and thought I would post some pictures. The total base is 2 ft by 6 ft with each cage being 2ft by 3 ft. I made these 30 inches tall to accomodate larger birds with tails and combs. Of course these could be used for bantam breeding cages as well for a pair or...
I have been working on building a LF Breeder Barn for the last few months. It is at our farm and I work on it on the weekends when I get the chance. It has been a slow process but progress is coming along. It is 8x32 with 4 8x8 pens. There will be another 8x32 barn built next to it with 2 8x16...
I have taken on the task of resurrecting an old layer barn that my grandfather built in the late 1940's. It is 22ft x 30ft and needs serious work. This is going to be a long term project to say the least. The foundation is starting to fail on three sides of the barn so I have decided to...
I used the following as a guide to make a double brooder coop with each pen being 4x8x4.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/how-to-build-a-4-x-4-x-8-brood-pen
Its not completely done but is just about there.
For those who dont know we here in Texas are in the midst of one of the worst droughts in the states history, and that is saying something.
I was talking to my dad and he raises cattle, we always have. He was informing me he had finally located some hay(milo stalks at that) about an hour and...
I am in the market for a new cat in the future for the family. I have seen and read quite a bit about these cats and am wondering if anyone on here has any experience with them? I love the look of the long slender faces and bodies of these types of cats...plus short hair is a bonus as well...
If it seems like I havent been around much lately(not that anyone would probably notice), but I have started back to Graduate school at the age of 40..almost 41. I am pursuing a Masters of Education in Counseling and will be done with it by December 2012. This week was my first week and it...
Just flipping thru channels tonight and come upon this show. Just so you know I am non-believer in alot of things but HOLY COW this show is creepy with all of the eye witness accounts and video and pictures of circumstances happening to people.
Thought I would ask if anyone else has seen it and...
For most of my life I have lived on or near our farm. Even when I moved off I lived in a rural area with a big yard, not too many neighbors etc.
Well for the last 5 years I have lived in a large suburb of Austin, TX. We have a nice house in a nice area with anything we need within 5 minutes...
I recently bought some hatching eggs, 54 of them to be exact. They were all packed well when we received them but the problem was the top two layers of packing and the eggs contained within were damp with condensation. They came from the midwest where it was colder at the time than where I...
I have watched this show many times but has been quite a while since I watched it. I have forgotten what a great show this is, so informative and yet so tragic........a horrible time, a wondrous time in American History.
Sorry my History nerdness is showing but I cant help but be moved by the...
Ive been working on it the past few days but here is the gist of it. Its 5 feet tall, 2 ft deep and 4 ft wide with roller wheels on the bottom. Three compartments have wire floor(hail screen) with removable pans underneath each for removal of poop. The other compartment does not have wire but...
As I have been most of the day, sitting here bored because of the nasty weather out, looking up stuff on google books and came across this publication from around 1907 I think. I find it fascinating to see all of the breeds for sale listed in the publication and some of the articles are...
I sit here and read over so many of these breed threads and see great pictures and great information BUT I dont seem to see many people talking about Cornish or Cornish bantams. I have raised the LF and the bantams in the past and loved them. Just wondering if there were others out there that...
I thought I would post some pics of the bantam cages I am working on. I use these for holding pairs or trios during breeding season for controlled matings. They are 3ft x 4ft x 2 ft tall. They will have hanging feeders, pop bottle waterers, roost and a nest box when I put the birds in there...
Here is a picture of my partners breeding bard. Pens are 10x10 with outside runs. Overall size is 30ft wide x 90 ft long. Big barn and big pens for big chickens. She mainly raises LF Wyandottes, Cochins and Marans so she does need the room for those big birds.
I was at a convention the past few days with my co workers and we decided to end the trip eating at a Brazilian steakhouse called Fogo de Chao.
Its one of those places where they bring around large skewers of different meats that have been fire roasted and the servers cut off the meat of your...
I am sitting here bored out of my mind tonight would love to talk about chickens. I have a friend who I usually talk to all the time about chickens but they seem to be a little busy lately and dont have much time to talk.
The wife is asleep but she wouldnt be so interested about listenin to me...
I have noticed there are alot of quilters on here and I am asuming alot of experience in that field.
My question here is, has anyone made a blue jean quilt? If so, how do you go about sewing all of the heavy jean pieces together.
My background with quilting? NONE
So just kind of throwing this...
Just wondering if anyone out there was raising or showing any quality Black, White, Buff, Single or Rose Comb Minorcas? Would love to see some pics of them if anyone has them. Would love to raise some again if anyone knows of any breeders out there.
I have raised Buffs and Blacks over the...