Arizona Chickens

[noodlegirl]

Gallo is the Master - what he says works!

I got the screw in type, they have a small o-ring type seal but I used teflon tape on the threads anyway.

If they start to leak, the body unscrews (without un-threading it from the bucket or pipe) and you can clean them and put them back into service.

I even put two in a small Tupperware container with a lid and used it in the brooder for the fuzzy butts.

Nipple waterers came in the mail today! I have my homer bucket & float too! After I drill the bottom of the homer bucket, do I insert the rubber grommet from the buttom or from the inside? I need some handholding here. I'm trying to find a step by step for us blondes on the internet.

 

[Mikey D]

Hooray!!! We got our first egg today!!! Only for days in their new home! Looking forward to many more!!!

Congrats john!

 

[Mikey D]

Quote: Screw it in from the outside (bottom of the bucket)

It says you do not need Teflon tape but I used it anyway.

Be sure to drill the correct size hole - that part is critical.

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Wait! Rubber Grommet?

What rubber grommet?

Did you get the screw in type?

or is rubber grommet implying push in?

Grommets can be installed from either side as long as the cross section is symmetric.

Be sure not to nick it on a sharp edge of the hole.

The hole diameter is still critical to getting a good seal.

 

[kevs-chickadees]

That sounds interesting. Pics please.

I haven't put up my misters yet either. Lots of panting, but nothing out of the ordinary yet. I did discover that the grape leaf skeletonizers found my vines. I lolly-gagged about treating them and it seems I lost a good quarter of the leaves in just a couple days. I sprayed Bt yesterday and today and now the chickens don't seem to want to hang out in the run. Don't blame them, that stuff stinks!

What is bt? I haven't seen any of the buggers on mine yet but I'd like to be prepared. Last year I just cut individual leaves off and stuck them in the sun to squirm and die.

 

[noodlegirl]

Screw it in from the outside (bottom of the bucket)

It says you do not need Teflon tape but I used it anyway.

Be sure to drill the correct size hole - that part is critical.

************Edit************

Wait! Rubber Grommet?

What rubber grommet?

Did you get the screw in type?

or is rubber grommet implying push in?

Grommets can be installed from either side as long as the cross section is symmetric.

Be sure not to nick it on a sharp edge of the hole.

The hole diameter is still critical to getting a good seal.

Thanks! I got the push-in type... When I asked Honeyman the question, he said "You REALLY need to go to bed." I was up too late last night. I did find the youtube video too.

So, tomorrow or whenever my brain isn't stuffed with fluff, I will be installing this to the irrigation system.

 

[Mikey D]

Quote: Yes but did you find the youtube video to "Where's my cluckers?"

 

[AZBootsie]

I get a email called the Healthy Chicken Bullenton. On it today was about hatching eggs and it said that candling and removing unfertile eggs and[ I would assume dead embryos] is important to a good hatch. Now why would that be? I think messing with them would be more likely to make you have eggs fail!

Because eggs are porous and incubator temps are perfect for growing bacteria. So far I have been lucky, but a rotten egg explosion is one of my fears. I hear they are really nasty!!

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

Nipple waterers came in the mail today! I have my homer bucket & float too! After I drill the bottom of the homer bucket, do I insert the rubber grommet from the buttom or from the inside? I need some handholding here. I'm trying to find a step by step for us blondes on the internet.

Yep, turn the bucket over and stick the rubber grommet into the hole. Grab the nipple with pliers and push it in. Sometimes it's a pretty tight fit depending on the size of the hole.

 

[Gospel Birds]

5/24/2012 I live in Tucson, AZ. I'm interested in Spanish hens (only) and Viking/Icelandic hens. Not chicks. At least a few weeks old. I'm not in a hurry. I have a great coop and run and good shade. Tomas

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

What is bt? I haven't seen any of the buggers on mine yet but I'd like to be prepared. Last year I just cut individual leaves off and stuck them in the sun to squirm and die.

THAT'S WHAT THEY DESERVE!!!!

Besides being unbelievably voracious, the dang things really irritate the skin too. Next year I'll spray regularly to keep ahead of them. Bt is a liquid made from a bacterium (Bacillus thuringiensis) that is toxic only to certain families of caterpillars. It comes concentrated, you mix a tablespoon to a gallon of water and spray it on. It's eaten by the caterpillars and they die about 48 hours later. It's nice because it's extremely effective and isn't harmful to anything else. It also works great for cabbage loopers, tomato hornworms and corn ear worms too.