i mounted trailer jacks to the side with a wooden bracket i had to attach to the conduit, got a trailer dolly for the front and moved it about 4 feet until the conduit fitting in the corner came off. re-attached it and it happend again. also the conduit flexes way too much. i just think it's too...
i finished it but it's too damned heavy! The waterer must be close to 100 lb so maybe that's putting it over the limit. Otherwise the conduit and cattle panels should only be 175 lb or so.
worked at it all day again. I used the plastic corrugated board (like yard sign material) for the water proofing of the coop roof under the tarp. lightweight and 100% waterproof. welded up a latch mechanism with some extra conduit, bolts, and a nut. pretty clever if i may say so. This is why I...
finally a weekend without rain. Got the wood backing and floor in. I chose to suspend the flooring with the same conduit and fittings. Angling up from the base, it seems very sturdy. The middle hole will be for them to walk down a ramp to the grass. Getting the hoop lined up with the domed wood...
Someone in my area of the Puget Sound moved here from Ohio and brought them with. So it's from her flock. She's out of Olympia. Didn't show up on an official breeder page, just craigslist
I've got 18 eggs in the incubator right now, set to hatch 2/24. I'm excited. My plan was to keep one rooster with a few hens for re-hatching some next spring perhaps and do this yearly.
i did a "U" lengthwise in my truck bed with the arch up to the sky. One tie down going over to hold it from swaying. Had six in there and had no problem
got the base made up and hoop. That tarp is not the roof, it was just raining as i was welding. I used Makerpipe fittings for the 3/4" conduit bases and I got 1" galvanized chain and cut them in half with an angle grinder to make little half loops to tack weld the cattle panel to the conduit so...
i too am thinking about putting them in an arch in my truck. I have an old ford long bed however so it's more than 4' wide. I would do a strap on the top too just in case.
looks like if I did a hoop style it would be a bit heavier although cheaper. I'm at $500 already with just conduit and fittings. I'm thinking I need to keep the coop elevated. It's not as important for just summer time broilers but the three or more chickens that will live in there year round...
I would funnel the gutters into a tote supported off the ground on a cross pipe, full of poultry nipples. the door on the back would be big enough for me to remove the food tote with bucket hole ports for filling. I'm thinking 6x12. I will have a rooster with two hens for sure with him then 12...
this is what i'm thinking. I decided I don't like the A frame. Makerpipe sells 135 degree conduit brackets which is basically what a farm style shed looks like. I can use those for the roof then 90 and adjustable ones for the rest including T bar brackets for intermediate supports. The panel may...
I don't have a donkey....or an atv. this is why i'm thinking of 3/4 and 1/2 conduit for the framing. Something will have to be wood i'm sure but those pipes are pretty light and strong. I even saw one coop made of coroplast, the plastic sheeting the political signs are made of. I can deadlift my...
Anyone have luck with mail order Bresse eggs? I'm thinking of a meat flock and wondering how they'll travel. I have an incubator from hatching my last few birds
I've got a rooster i need to separate because I don't have enough hens to support two roosters. I'll keep two of the hens with him but this is my chance for a meat flock. My normal coop is stationary with a fenced in run. This one would be mobile and I've thought about it a lot and settled on...
I just went out to feed the girls and found one of my hands barely clinging to life in the run. Eyes clothes and body curled up but I could tell she was breathing. It look like she was scratched and packed the death because her feathers were missing on one side of her body. She was looking fine...