trench a line with a shovel. some ground protecting wire has to be 2' in most areas, but if ran inside pvc conduit it can be only 6" deep. that's easy to dig and lay. I connected power to my shed off an outdoor outlet. We already had a breaker for the patio, so now the shed and patio are on the breaker together. It's not much power pull unless I'm running power tools, but haven't come close to popping the breaker yet. just a 120 amp is fine. It's relatively simple electrical work.
How are the babies?
We have hawks, owls, eagles, osprey, falcons, foxes, coyotes, mountain lions, neighbor dogs, and most critically, hungry black bears, the highest concentration in the entirety of the sierra nevadas.
Atm I have golden layer, italian speckled, roux dilute, charcoal, rosetta, tibetan, blue/silver, german pastel red, silver italian, and falb fee, but I have another hatch planned for late spring for a few I'm missing like snowie/pearl-fee/pansy(US version, not UK/sparkly). I have a rainbow coturnix addiction.
.You do have a rainbow of colors! And with those predators roaming around I'd probably keep my birdies indoors too.
There was the 1 more hatch this morning along with the 1 more death, but in the brooder this time for unknown reason overnight. While I have been at work, another chick did hatch. My wife has since moved it to the brooder. She says that all the chicks in the brooder are doing well. I am worried about the few with badly splayed legs. I do not want to cull them this early if they can live. I will likely cull them at 8-9 weeks though or give them leg bands to mark them as non-breeders just in case there's any genetic causes.
8 or 9 weeks seems like too long if they can't walk good, doesn't it?
Wow
I don't know what all mine are for sure. I had a couple of silvers that had mobility problems so we had to dispatch those. I have the wild type, speckled golden or Italian golden I'm not sure, plus some I'm unsure about with white bodies and a dark stripe near the eyes. Haven't been able to find a pic online like it.
The yellow complex (manchurian, golden layer, italian, italian speckled, etc) in particular is a bit tricky as it's obviously made up of a locus of genes. I can probably tell you the common name(s) for what you have but even that varies widely from breeder to breeder.
Well, unfortunately it took a mass mortality event re: bear to learn that :/ Even the garage wasn't quite safe enough, but the *electrified* garage with spring-tensioned locks hopefully will be.
Post pics and I'm happy to help (poorly) guess
Please please post them here.
my hatch from last week has several of those colors....myshire farm is source of my eggs.....really looking forward to seeing the different colors as they mature! the owner of the farm gave me a good idea of colors from chick pics.... I’m hoping to get decent weather to have tuxedo assortment of eggs shipped for valentines hatch!We have hawks, owls, eagles, osprey, falcons, foxes, coyotes, mountain lions, neighbor dogs, and most critically, hungry black bears, the highest concentration in the entirety of the sierra nevadas.
Atm I have golden layer, italian speckled, roux dilute, charcoal, rosetta, tibetan, blue/silver, german pastel red, silver italian, and falb fee, but I have another hatch planned for late spring for a few I'm missing like snowie/pearl-fee/pansy(US version, not UK)/sparkly. I have a rainbow coturnix addiction.
