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I used a small fridge with a glass door, next will be a full size with the freezer acting as a hatching room. (Higher humidity) I bought an "incukit". It was complete heater ,fan,egg turner... great customer service setting it up

i bought a kit for $170 and turned a fridge into an incubator with 4 turners, now i need a bigger fridge

I like the idea but you will have to gear it way down

congrats,

just unscrew the nipple end, there is a little ball bearing and a steel water stop on both sides. you might have a little dirt

I agree, add oyster shell

If they leak, just use some teflon tape

I don't paint the inside of mine, the chickens might pick at it (maybe not) I have expanded metal on the floors or dirt and the straw falls out of the nesting/ perching areas and gets clawed into the dirt and then rake out the pens every other month. The perches get messy but when it dries it...

good stuff thank you

I use 1/2 inch pvc and screw mine in all the time and they don't leak, you have to thread the 3/8 hole with a tap and dye or a fine thread bolt

I have misting systems in front of fans. Its been 110 and I haven't lost any.There coops are painted with heat reflecting paint

Mine are attached so probably not much help

The Chicken Tractor is 6x12x5 and is made with 1/2 chicken wire ( keeps unwanted birds out). This coop has a nesting box accessible from the inside by a 6 foot ramp (for the birds) and an easily accessible two foot door on the back, making egg retrieval very easy. It has two 6 foot roosting...

or take a 5 gallon bucket from homedeopt and cut the lid in half, add a couple handfuls of shavings and replace the lid and your done. I haven't added shavings in a year and my leg bars lay almost daily

i put a wire dog cage inside the coop with the new bird for about 3-4 days and when i let him out , everybody was fine. he was a rooster and i had to many hens for one.

several ideas put together

5 gallons of water weighs 40 lbs, mine slipped one time and killed a great bird. I attach pvc to the bucket and nipples to the pvc.

Thats not a bad coop just the way it is, maybe some roosting bars (2x2) from one side to the other and and some nesting boxes just setting on the shelves . I use 5 gal pails and cut the lid in half for nesting, My leg bars won't lay anywhere else

I build coops to sell, semi custom and custom. I would be happy to share anything I have learned so far. One suggestion is to use 1/2 inch aviary wire (looks like chicken wire but smaller) search the internet, its special order. I also think you would be better in the long run to take up the...

They haven't started laying yet but I think its the males that have the red around their eyes. Im not sure though. do you raise them?