A frame vs hoop for breeding pens

[sdm111]

Plywood and electric fence for predators

 

[sdm111]

Animal Rights Activists.

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It would be very hard for me to care less what they think about. My games are cared for extremely well.

 

[Krugerrand]

Animal rights activists. Think PETA etc

A good time to watch the first 1:48 of the Dharma and Greg's 1st season Thanksgiving episode:

"Well, he had a brief taste of freedom."

 

[miss heny]

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It would be very hard for me to care less what they think about. My games are cared for extremely well.

Yeah, it just some if they find breeder locations will come and harass or take birds. Have had our fair share of them with our dairy goats.

 

[sdm111]

Yeah, it just some if they find breeder locations will come and harass or take birds. Have had our fair share of them with our dairy goats.

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Also have cameras from each way recording. It's nice to be able to see all over from my couch

 

[miss heny]

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Also have cameras from each way recording. It's nice to be able to see all over from my couch

We got fencing and multi gates so wish them luck.

 

[sdm111]

I'd suggest 4' wide x 5' deep x 4' high dome pens. For an actual breeding program. Like said before you're gonna have to be able to separate. Then your show birds I've found do best on wire to keep thier tail right. Put wheat straw in the domes to keep them off the ground too. Works well to wick water away from them

 

[sdm111]

Due to several factors that limited my ability to construct my own coop/run last spring I ended up buying an 8x8 enclosure from TSC.
That they do deliver.
BUT
if you don't have a loading dock and/or forklift, you are better off opting for store delivery. They send that thing on a semi that could not get into my neighborhood. And it didn't have a lift gate. I like it though. I do need to add more tarp to the roof though. this damn rain makes me wish I had gotten ducks!

I had to take into consideration that I only had a short bed truck. Each pen takes 1 8 foot and 1 ten foot 2x4 for frame. 10' section of 2x4 welded wire 5' tall. If you're gonna have numbers I'd also suggest a watering system so you don't have to go in each pen. I use gallon milk jugs cut so they can drink from it with it outside the pen. Have a pile of them so you just have to fill the appropriate amount of jugs and swap out the old ones so you just have to go to each pen once.
I've thrown a few pics in.
Waterers made from jugs
Buckets made into nests. I take the cut out part and screw it to the top as a lil canopy to help with rain
And some cheap round growout pens for the young ones as they grow and are kept as prospects to keep without messing with each other and can be culled as needed.
I can't emphasize housing and misc. Stuff enough.

 

[miss heny]

I'd suggest 4' wide x 5' deep x 4' high dome pens. For an actual breeding program. Like said before you're gonna have to be able to separate. Then your show birds I've found do best on wire to keep thier tail right. Put wheat straw in the domes to keep them off the ground too. Works well to wick water away from them

Yeah, I been digging around for what alot of the larger operations are using. I don't want wire bottom but I realized them on grass may not function long term. So figuring sand, straw and doing a fodder system so they'll have greens. I am very blessed with a boyfriend who father works in construction and has lots of left over supplies so I been expanding on potential pen designs that could be multi purpose like this:

With the ability to put in dividers for breeders, or remove for grow out etc. I got till fall to get everything situated but I prefer to over research.

 

[miss heny]

I had to take into consideration that I only had a short bed truck. Each pen takes 1 8 foot and 1 ten foot 2x4 for frame. 10' section of 2x4 welded wire 5' tall. If you're gonna have numbers I'd also suggest a watering system so you don't have to go in each pen. I use gallon milk jugs cut so they can drink from it with it outside the pen. Have a pile of them so you just have to fill the appropriate amount of jugs and swap out the old ones so you just have to go to each pen once.
I've thrown a few pics in.
Waterers made from jugs
Buckets made into nests. I take the cut out part and screw it to the top as a lil canopy to help with rain
And some cheap round growout pens for the young ones as they grow and are kept as prospects to keep without messing with each other and can be culled as needed.
I can't emphasize housing and misc. Stuff enough.

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Yeah I was look into pvc gravity feeders and those cup waterers attached to like 5 gallon buckets. I am beyond over those crummy plastic or metal feeders and waterers