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Thanks. My friend who has a chicken farm in Fife Lake used to be a general contractor/carpenter. He built our house and an addition later before he moved to Fife Lake. I learned a lot from him during the two construction projects.
Come to find out...we don't know him but think he...
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Thanks. My friend who has a chicken farm in Fife Lake used to be a general contractor/carpenter. He built our house and an addition later before he moved to Fife Lake. I learned a lot from him during the two construction projects.
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I really like your setup.
After a terrible winter with a un-roofed run, I added a polycarbonate roof this spring. Here are some pictures of it.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=55498
fifelakelooper:
I do not know if you know a person who has a chick farm in your area.
He was the contractor who built my house and addition and moved to your area about 10 years ago. He raises chickens by the hundreds and sells them to restaurants.
I think he lives on Lund Road.
This winter is toooooo long.
Right now at 8:25 AM, the air temperature is 1 deg F. My lonely adult Cayuga has been in the basement with the two 3-week old Pekin ducklings for a few days now. They share a 300 gallon stock tank. The funny thing is that when I put the adult Cayuga there, one of...
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I have 2x4 welded wire on top of the run now. The run is of Pergola style so the rafters are flat, rather than pitched. I need to find a way to have it sloped a little and then put on polycarbonate panels above.
The rafters are 2x6 spanning 10 ft and spaced around 22" right now...
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Thanks, Pam.
We miss our lost Pekin everyday.
I am going to put a roof on the run (10 x 16) this year so snow won't fall into the pen. Hope that will help them winter better.
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Thanks, Hillbilly Hen. I added a wire and suspended it from above as a secondary holder.
I heard there is a poultry exchange (market) near you but I have never been there. Are there ducks?
Thanks again.
Hi, all:
I have been reading this thread for a couple of weeks (thanks to "Mom 2em All" for pointing me to this thread).
I am in Big Rapids, MI and had two ducks (a female Pekin and a female Cayuga). The Pekin died this winter after laid 165 eggs straight. Then she stopped laying and passed...