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To my way of thinking I would be trying a 45deg bend rather than 90 because as I see it I can't see gravity alone feeding that length of feeder tube with the cutouts, then again I may be wrong? Cheers, John

Sure, Here are a couple of links with good explanations, http://www.sgaonline.org.au/?p=7306 and this second link also has YouTube to watch http://www.bitsouttheback.net/p/wicking-bed-ibc-barrel-construction.html. Of course you guys over there may not have the same issues with water that we...

Hi Skip, Sorry buddy I missed your last post so apologies for that. As for recovering my run with hardware cloth, well for the moment that will not happen as the coop / bird aviary which has probably been here for at least the last thirty years is slowly starting to rot where all the roof...

Hi RonC, Thanks for the reply, and yes the hoops are a pretty simple design and perhaps in honesty I should be looking at them. I always tend to over complicate things and end up trying to build the Taj Mahal instead of something simple to put the girls in during the day and back to their main...

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Hi, I have done some reading on coop tractors and seen images of lots of finished coop tractors here at BYC but am struggling to find detailed plans and material lists of the finished items. I have come across one website with what appears to be a good detailed materials list etc which I...

I'm having a huge problems with rats at the moment, I'm infested with them. They are all baby ones and can squeeze through the smallest of holes to get into the cage, when I went out last night to have a look there were at least 20 in there if not more, and I closely watched as to where they...

Yeah Skip, I'm with you, I would like to see in more closer detail how the bottom and what parts are used. Cheers, John

Congratulations Hawgon in solving your moisture problem and also your first Serrama egg from your hens. I still have 14 days to see what my broody hen is going to produce for me, she has a mixed dozen of speckled, silver, and light Sussex that she is currently sitting on. Cheers, John

Thanks for the reply, yes I really must just accept the concept and live with it, but until I actually place the wire in the bottom I'm not going to see for myself. Good tip on having the screen over something else so as not to lose the precious cargo. Hi Janet, Yes as I'm discovering there...

Hi Janet, Yes I to am a bit skeptical, but if that's how they do it who am I to argue . Am looking forward to your photos! I have the three drawer setup but I think I have them setup incorrectly? Drawer 1 has the mealies, drawer 2 has pupa, drawer 3 has my beetles, but I find I'm...

Hi, I still don't get this part of the setup with the screened drawer? What makes the eggs and babies fall through because when I look up at the underside of my box thinking I'm going to see all my darklings crawling around feverishly I see nothing, to me they seem to congregate on the surface...

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Hi, Sure it's not just moisture in the food that then forms into condensation in the air space in the PVC, I dunno just thinking aloud? Cheers, John

Sure, but I may have trouble with that as Amazon will not post that apparatus to me here in Oz. I can buy it here directly but @ $99 + postage it's a bit of a rip off, I'll see what I can come up with. Cheers, John

Yeah, gotta say I'm having the same issues with rats at the moment. I'm also a budgie breeder and the buggas get into my aviary and attack and eat the budgies. My aviary is beside the hen house so there is plenty of food to attract them there, but when they see those tasty little things sitting...

OK, thanks for that. I have been using 4 inch also but with a screw on end cap at the end of the Y that I cut the top half out of so as the feed cannot spill out of it, but I was of the opinion that 4 inch was too small for their heads and so I was looking at 6 inch but the costs escalate...

No they are not dark or black as yet, but having said that after today's inspection I can see that some have now changed to a light brown and their legs have suddenly popped out although they are still laying on their backs and not doing much. I have carefully placed them right side up but I...

I have had my farm for about three weeks now starting of with about 1000 mealies give or take. Over the course of time I have been collecting the pupae and putting them into their own container, I probably have about 150 or so. How long do they lay there all looking dead and before they...

That kinda looks like what I have been playing around with, what diameter pvc are you using? Looks good. Cheers, John