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African Ground Parrots! I just about spit water all over my desk.
after living in condo and fighting over how I park my car in the driveway (completely legal they were annoyed my car was small enough to fit.) I'll never do it again.
I thought this one was awesome minus all the stuff to open automatically you could probably get away with a timer and drapery motor.
http://slinkyx.blogspot.com/2010/10/first-closing.html
Here's a video of it working.
and heres one with a drapery motor.
One of the problems I can see with...
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3 things in a coop shelter, roost, protection
PVC can provide for all three just by tweaking the design of it.
Most of the concerns were about protecting the chickens. Now I've got mine in the backyard so my worst predator is a cat or possum.
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Wow I never thought of useing PVC piping!!
Me either when my wife showed me that I shook my head thinking why didn't I think of that before sinking 160+ in a wooden A frame. It came out good it's just hard to move by myself.
We're hatching some showgirls and silkies now (41 if they...
I've got the basics covered except maybe if a bear tried to get the chickens, but I think I'll get gold eggs before that happens in Sacramento.
I'm thinking of putting a solar powered light with a 1 hour timer in the roost as I've noticed some of the chickens hanging outside way after it's...
I currently have 7 in a 4 X 8 A frame ConvertiCoop it's hard to move by yourself and it's heavy. I don't know where you live but you could get away with a PVC tractor. If your worried about weight you could put sand in the pipes to help weigh it down and you can add wheels to it. I'm still...
Most of not all of us on BYC are Do it yourselfers so it go me wondering what kind of gadgets have you used on your coop? (Automatic Doors, Egg collecting, Feeding etc)
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So I made a converticoop and I'm that I really need to add wheels to this thing to make it easier for one of us to move it around the yard. It uses 1X1's at the legs and center(pics below)
Any ideas on how to add some? The one idea I have atm is to get a L bracket, screw or bolt down the one...
A drain would make it a lot easier I'd suggest this type
Then you could use a drainage piping and use direct where the water goes if you hose it out or just stick a bucket under it.
If your worried about something coming through the drain you could put a screw on cap/plug on the end or a 45...