PALLETS ~ "Hinkel Haus"

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NICE!
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Thanks! It was pretty fun to build too! We just converted a dog house that was on the property for our two silkies and we are thinking about building an aviary for call ducks and another for quail! ADDICTED now!! lol
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"Hinkel Haus" made of pallets and recycled wood picket fencing
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From PA!

Hinkel is PA Dutch for Chicken btw! DETAILS FOLLOWING Final coop Pics!


Mostly recycled materials for the coop, two paint colors, all we have to finish up is our storage "step" under the door for chicken treats, ACV etc. Plans for using more pickets for the step box!
OH and some more purdy landscaping!

I cant stress enough how CHEAP AND EASY it really is!!!! and by doing the 2nd coop we could make it even more cost effective and functional too and make the adjustments we WISH we had made with the first coop! Pallets are FREE if you look for them!




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Our daughter suggested pricing on the eggs! LOL
NOT selling for that price!!!!
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WINDOWS recycled pickets!!









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More recycled pickets for flower box and a little paint and sharpie made the Brahma hen!




Run opening is a simple pull up slider,
made with picket rails for weight! and an old marble knob! and a shim so bears can lift it up!
& pic of Run Door from inside
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First Day OUT! BELOW!!
LOL they stepped out and ran back in and repeat and repeat and repeat!!





REMINDER...... Use wide enough boards to help prevent FROSTBITE for roosts,
we always use 2x4 on sides! And for heavy birds keep them LOW!
Pic is of roost at both ends





roosting from above





Below is other side low roosts for heavier birds, keep low to the floor to prevent injury and bumble foot!

ALSO I have plans for whitewashing interior in spring!





Note that we added a light so that we can have 14 hrs of daylight year round for our girls laying!
And it will help keep water from freezing in winter

LL



Below is a window of Plexi, what we had on hand....
We need to trim it out and paint it cream and it will be cleaned up! Nosy Girls!!





VENTILATION MUST HAVE front and back roof rafters, wire to keep OUT RODENTS!!







oh and this was our old fence/pickets we used!



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2ND PALLET COOP/BROODER! to show you details!

This one was made for cheapest use of lumber, HOWEVER you can go cheaper by wire and stucco exterior!
4x8 coop

You can use more block for height and add wire BEFORE ADDING the base pallets,
so they have more area under, but I am short so I like to reach everything,
this coop is only one set, but I prefer 2 high!

Find and area, level your block! square it up!





we cut a pallet down to save on lumber this made an exact 4x8 base!
(so we can use 1 sheet of thin plywood, and u can use real thin plywood because pallets are strong
and have the extra support, but get the BEST pallets strength wise u can!

Drill holes and use the above carriage bolts to put it together, you can go shorter on the bolts, but we found these cheap!
Of course you can go thicker but don't go smaller Pallets are HEAVY!



Below is the 4x8 1/4 ply, we have it on a hill so had to level it up better so its off the ground,
Should have gotten another layer of cement block!



drill holes!! we used four bolts for a full pallet, on the floor sides and then 3/4 on the wall sides



Little Buddy had to tighten down with the ratchet!! poor thing, not having a good time is he??
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Square it up little man! Seriously square the corners as you bolt them together!



The front of the coop we turned the pallets the opposite direction to get the pitch / runoff for roof
and that saved some more lumber on this coop as well.

You can see how we cut this pallet down to accommodate a door!
windows and such can be cut out AFTER the siding is on!

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We USED 2x3's this time to cut lumber costs! see how easy???
just put a roof truss on the 48" mark in the center so u have area to attach plywood











Roof is 2 sheets of 1/2 plywood run opposite of the floor! use extra for nest boxes!



Add the tar paper BUT LEAVE ENOUGH ON EDGES TO COVER TRIM!!!
Add drip edge available in the roofing section of bldg supply stores
ADD DRIP EDGE AFTER YOU ADD THE TRIM.... see several pics BELOW!!!



We sided with T1-11 BUT could have gone cheaper with wire and stucco. Total 5 sheets !
PS the back side it runs long wise, to save lumber, cant see it anyway right??







STOP!!! AT THIS POINT ADD WIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1/4" or smaller wire!
NOTE: SEE THE WIRE
(we have weasels, but keeps out rodents TOO!! and they eat MORE FEED than you will ever imagine!!! )

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Door made out of left over picket fencing and rails! hubby made this one flush to my dismay!
I like trim around for a finished look! But he said "you told me cheap" lol
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We used cheap knotty pin for trim along the roof line.













close up of wire


BELOW: We are using this coop as a brooder over winter for our Gold/Partridge Brahma brood! REMINDER if you do this have a back up plan if you loose electric or a light bulb blows! we have two in case this happens as well as a generator and Coal stove in the basement!

LL
Will update in spring when access door is added and window!!

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I think my baby Gold/Partridge Brahma are 50/50 Roo/Hen.. see all the black on the Roos? <3






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Large Dog house conversion for our Silkies
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BELOW~ we live in the mnts so the chickens love to dust bath in the peat moss roots, HOWEVER I do have dust baths available with SAND, PEAT MOSS from Lowe's as well as DE,
plus I put food grade in their food on occasion as well as nesting bxs and throw some around in the coop!

ALSO REMEMBER....Oyster Shells and Grit you need both! Crushed oyster shells provide an extra boost of calcium that will allow your chickens to lay nice, hard-shelled eggs.

To give your chickens oyster shells, just offer in a bowl or cage cup in a separate container next to your chickens’ feed. only laying HENS! Instead of chewing, chickens store grit, or small stones in their “crop,” an area of the digestive system where chickens begin to digest their food before it enters the stomach.


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Here are a few pics and IDEAS from our run!!
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Below you can see FIRST the chicken LOL but do you see that Fire pit, my kids idea... why???
A piece of charcoal attached to the wall inside a coop/run can give your poultry access to a natural substance that will help absorb toxins and help to keep the digestive system in balance. The same with the ASH and they will dust in the ash as well, heard it helps keep mites/lice at bay!



Keep chickens from getting bored prevents ALOT of issues you can have,
like pecking, egg eating, and health issues!!

Most people think we are nuts but we have alot of items hanging, like baskets, wind chimes, bells, (no whistles) yet.... : ) we have plenty of ROCKS AND CEMENT BLOCKS which are EXTREMELY important for beak rubbing and plenty of area for scratching to keep those nails trimmed! My kids love turning things over in the run so the girls can eat all the bugs and follow the kids from rock to rock to stump to stump.

We have plenty LOW roosts, signage they LOVE to sit on, chains hanging from trees, and I even snack the birds with cheap canned corn and take the label off and throw the shiny can in the run, they love to play with them
and it is said to help scare HAWKS away,
hear u can use Cd's or anything shiny!



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Grass is GOOD!!!
HOWEVER: long fibrous strands can get stuck in chickens' crops and lead to sour crop/impacted crop.
Never feed grass that has been treated w/fertilizer, pesticides
Cut grass into very small pcs less than 1"

FEEDING station.... LOL or should I say SNACK SPOIL station?

we cut a bunch of logs from the woods and set up a train of tree benches for all the kids to sit on with the birds.... but we noticed that they prefer my stool!




Yes they have a favorite.... WARM Oatmeal with raisins off a SPOON!!​


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Meet Stripe, our easter egger!!



Meet our hen turned roo SLW Melvin and our Light Brahma hen Ducky Girl



Below is Half of Romeo and Juliet White Silks



Below is "Harley" GLW



Below is Sketch for obvious reasons Dark Brahma



Below is Fluffy girl blue cochin
(she had to have bumblefoot surgery a few weeks ago)
and just after had a bout of pasty butt, aka VENT GLEET...
but with some Epsom salt yogurt wheat oats and also some Epsom salt soaks is MUCH BETTER!!



below is Black Betty cochin and she wasn't wanted as she had a black comb and not show quality poor girl



below is Pepper, Raven and Salt on sign out of a PALLET the kiddos made!



below Ducky Girl is running for president!


Barnyard Candidate:
Ducky Girl
Candidate Species:
Light Brahma Hen
Campaign Speech:

Bigger cages! Longer chains! Full dinner pails! Serve thy Master! Life Liberty and
BELIEVE IN AMERICA!!


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Silly Harmony Ann "scolding" our chickens, one at a time she says! We have spoiled them so rotten they all want to sit on your lap at the same time. In this pic I was trying to get a good shot of her holding her chickens and ended up with a GREAT picture! She was scolding our Roo "Melvin" for jumping on top of her pretty "Ducky" light Brahma hen! As you can see, she also has the "addiction"! We make oatmeal with cooked raisins at least twice a week for them and the kids started a meal worm farm! Everyone even my older sons love the chickens!! Little Lucas just has to feel feathers on his face at every turn!



Update on chicken girl......she is making a homemade bator this weekend with her daddy.... she says she doesn't like mine! She read how to make a bigger better one. So I bought the parts for her... I am going to let her do a member article on its making, incubation, and the life of the chickens..... she will be 8 and already read so many books and read on-line... she says its a documentary!!! This morning she said she is working on a drawing of body parts lol so much for Barbies!!
















Meal Worm Farm!!











True Chicken addict... when your kid comes running into the coop w/o shoes and you give your flip-flops "up" for them!

Teaching chicks to JUMP for raisins!! 4' yup yup jump 4' we measured!!



Well They did it!!!
Harmony and Daddy made the Cooler bator!! Hatched 25+ Chicks too! 100% on local eggs! 1st hatch too!
Need to clean up the info, but its there! https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/incubator-incubator



This is WHAT A BROODER that is too small looks like!!! Since I am on light duty (ugg) I need to enlist hubby to make a HUGE brooder out of anything he can find tomorrow!! Oh My Brahma love!!! and a few odd balls!





LOOK bator station ready! Bators all cleaned and bleached packed and running for new serama eggs!! I am to get a batch today and then the other person said next monday... ugggg, two bators AGAIN, but they are up and holding well!
DID ANYONE SAY ADDICTION? Harmony was like "Mom sterilize the candler too"
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really? Miss Messy 8 year old !!





Bigger Brooder CHECK!!! with some supervision our daughter Summer 12 and little guy Lucas 5 made it, (mom had to do the cutting of course)
But they did awesome, and actually had a great time building it, they wanted to color the brooder with markers, they only have the top finished,
I said no when they went to start coloring the inside, LOL..... Dont want those peeps drunk on fumes! ITS HUGE 4.5' x 3'





Below is a pic of the one half, they venture over to the other side too!






Brahma lover first ...................................

I cant BELIEVE HOW HUGE they are getting.... Harmony was like "Mom holy Bleep Bleep" .when she picked one up!! .......ummmm dearest daughter, daddy has a potty mouth You, dearest DO NOT!"
She said that his hands are bigger than hers!! LOL QUESTION: these are 6 months old, how much bigger will they get???????














My BABIES (Sept. 3rd) BELOW are growing FAST and OMG they are HEAVY and wonderful TALL!!
This is just a few until the run is finished, dont wanna have to catch them...

RUN is getting enclosed this weekend!! YAY pretty sure its a 50/50 hen roo
Better pics then!! Not sure where all the brahma in th pree brooder are going! LOL





















And My HUGE ROO... Love him...... Any Name suggestions???????????




My misfits LOL just kidding, My layers and Broods, just a few of them, as my batteries started to croak : ( I swear Canon has stock in energizer!!!

Say hello to my Talker, always bak bak in!! Red is her name of course!


Below is Harley our GLW and first to lay! here she is found with a corn can,
pssss I throw the empty corn cans in after snacking them, to help deter Hawks.



Below is Smart Eagle, our Blue Egger!!! and also the DOG TORMENTER!!



Below is my Cochin gang... Black betty, Blue (Heathers Roo) and of course Fluffy Girl




MY FAV gals next to my LIGHT BRahama and Buffs.... Salt and Pepper, and yes I can tell who is who!!
this is pepper!



This is Tink from Mama

LL


Romeo & Jule tbelow <3 They hate me the brats! went running into the coop, hovering while I hold CANNED CORN!! WTHECK!!


Thanks for letting me share them, my Facebook friends just Do NOT understand!
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Stay tuned for Springs Pallet breeder pens!!
and
Double rabbit hutch turned serama coops!!
and
Serama eggs come Next week!! YAY
Here is the link to the Hatching 101 Article! https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101
 

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