I wanted to share the PVC playpen design I just built. Hubby is about to help me put the chicken wire on it.
Please read more about it and see more pictures here https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=384374
I was going to make this http://www.pvcplans.com/pvc-pastured-poultry-pen.htm But Lowes did not carry some of the connectors like the 3-way, 4-way, and 5-way. I designed my own chicken playpen based on what Lowes does carry. Here are pictures of what I just made. Hubby is supposed to help me...
This 4' X 4' X 4'5" box held rolls of carpet at lowes. They gave it to me for FREE. It had this awesome heavy duty wire frame on it to keep the rolls of carpet up. I use flannel-backed tablecloths as washable/reuseable liners (fuzzy side upwards for traction and absorption) so it stays...
Is it ok to use NO bedding at all? I have 1 week old meat chicks in a HUGE cardboard box. I have four thick flannel-backed plastic tablecloths that I want to use as liners in the box. I want to change them every morning and night. I want to take the dirty one outside and spray it and...
I am about to order chicks. I am converting our shed into a coop and fenceing in a run/lot. I have a LARGE family and we need about a dozzen eggs a day. I plan on having 14-16 egg layers. I also want to have meat chickens. I do NOT want/need a rooster for the layers but I DO want the meat...