^^^hmm, I was saying thanks for the fibro breeding chart from a few pages back, somehow the quote didn't come through. No idea yet if i will ever breed, but learning all i can while waiting to decide.
I've got my feeder elevated on an old milk crate in the center of my run. This puts the bottom of the opening about gullet height to my chickens. And the elevating "base", being smaller than the circumfrance of the (garbage can) feeder itself, doesnt create a "step" of any sort for smaller...
Woo hoo! My 5 month old reds took best and reserve of breed at the Fall Fowlfest in Birch Run, MI this weekend. My 3 reds and someone else's 5 silver greys were shown. We were honored to be judged by Gary Overton who told me afterwards he would have given my cockerel reserve English if his...
Thank you, Bo! Being new is intimidating. But I will always just be 'new' if I don't take steps to become more experienced. Right? The journey to learning more has been an eye opening adventure. Thanks for being willing to help new folks gain the knowledge they need to one day not be so...
I would like to try my hand at showing. Tell me of you think I'd be crazy for doing this, but I have a "nice" pair of 15 month old large fowl blacks I could use to get my feet wet. Though I wouldn't expect they could be winners, they shouldn't be dq'd for any reason. They are built really...
Mine is on a milk crate for height. And the pipes we used are 2 1/2 inch instead of 3". Sorry i didnt remember that in my initial post.
My large fowl Cochins including the roosters, light Brahmas, royal palm turkey tom and Indian runner ducks have all eaten from it with rarely a few nuggets...
Oh and one more thing... When I went garbage can shopping I checked the fit and shape of a lot of different style lids. I chose this one because the lid is strong, doesn't cave in, and forms a tight seal.. Even *I* could sit on this thing if for some crazy reason I wanted to. And it seals...
I have had this outdoors unprotected for more than a year and I've never had the food get wet. Snow drifted into a few ports in the winter but with over 180 inches of snow, we had to shovel for the birds anyway. I just scooped it with my gloved hand and it was gone. I have heavy bodied lazy...
Hubby and I made up a huge feeder with 10 ports out of a garbage can. It holds 100 lbs of food and has been outside in all kinds of weather without the food ever getting wet. Inside the can we have 1/2 of a cinder block to keep the can from blowing away when its low on feed and to help keep...