Arizona Chickens

[BlueBaby]

Ok, I need another refill of coffee.

 

[CaroleW]

My Chicken Project Of Week CPOW!
To build a chicken pen in a new raised bed in the greenhouse for the 4 Polish and a 10 year old hen. This should simplify my chicken chores and make these 5 much happier. It's also expanding my planting area in a couple months by putting these 5 to work now. I'll update post with finished project pics soon.

Update with pics of completed CPOW!
overall view (below) we used raised bed masonry blocks with rebar at each corner (specialty block about $3 each). Two 16 foot Cattle panels bent in an "L" shaper to form a corner inside the wood frame 6'x12' -so three 2x6 12'long - chop one in half. Cattle Panels covered in chicken wire.
I used some pieces of handi-panel as a divider to make 2 pens and as a top over the middle of divider. We had the shade cloth (salvaged from a contruction site fence wrap for free) to put over the rest of the top with a few wood supports at top.

Detail - cattle panel attachment to frame of raised bed at bottom

velco and zip ties help hold everything together (below)
My 10 year old hen Floppy... she is the last of her flock...
The 4 Polish (you can only see 3 here), and Floppy in the background, finally she's no longer alone.

My chicken TV bench setup for the winter (below)

 

[BlueBaby]

Update with pics of completed CPOW!
overall view (below) we used raised bed masonry blocks with rebar at each corner (specialty block about $3 each). Two 16 foot Cattle panels bent in an "L" shaper to form a corner inside the wood frame 6'x12' -so three 2x6 12'long - chop one in half. Cattle Panels covered in chicken wire.
I used some pieces of handi-panel as a divider to make 2 pens and as a top over the middle of divider. We had the shade cloth (salvaged from a contruction site fence wrap for free) to put over the rest of the top with a few wood supports at top.
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Detail - cattle panel attachment to frame of raised bed at bottom
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velco and zip ties help hold everything together (below)View attachment 2408136
My 10 year old hen Floppy... she is the last of her flock...View attachment 2408137
The 4 Polish (you can only see 3 here), and Floppy in the background, finally she's no longer alone.
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My chicken TV bench setup for the winter (below)View attachment 2408139

Looking good! I hope that it all work's out good for you.

 

[Josh L.]

Update with pics of completed CPOW!
overall view (below) we used raised bed masonry blocks with rebar at each corner (specialty block about $3 each). Two 16 foot Cattle panels bent in an "L" shaper to form a corner inside the wood frame 6'x12' -so three 2x6 12'long - chop one in half. Cattle Panels covered in chicken wire.
I used some pieces of handi-panel as a divider to make 2 pens and as a top over the middle of divider. We had the shade cloth (salvaged from a contruction site fence wrap for free) to put over the rest of the top with a few wood supports at top.
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Detail - cattle panel attachment to frame of raised bed at bottom
View attachment 2408135
velco and zip ties help hold everything together (below)View attachment 2408136
My 10 year old hen Floppy... she is the last of her flock...View attachment 2408137
The 4 Polish (you can only see 3 here), and Floppy in the background, finally she's no longer alone.
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My chicken TV bench setup for the winter (below)View attachment 2408139

Thats looking fantastic, Carole! What an awesome set up!

 

[igorsMistress]

Where are you in the state?

Phoenix pretty much.

 

[starri33]

Hello everyone, I'm sure I've posted here in the past, but I moved up to Golden Valley (north west of Kingman) recently and I wanted to see if any of you BYC-ers live in my area!
I'll be getting quail soon, and have a flock of layers (Barred, Dominique, Cochin, Black Sex Link, and an EE cross roo). Maybe in the future I'll have broiler chickens, though I dont eat meat it would be nice to have an income using the sneaky little loophole in our system-- sell the bird prior to slaughter, deliver to the slaughterhouse for the customer, give the name for pick up, done! Learned that from a local farmer so we'll see how that goes in the future!

Howdy Neighbor , Welcome to the Valley, we've been here for over 5 years now, west end off Egar.

 

[City farm]

Update with pics of completed CPOW!
overall view (below) we used raised bed masonry blocks with rebar at each corner (specialty block about $3 each). Two 16 foot Cattle panels bent in an "L" shaper to form a corner inside the wood frame 6'x12' -so three 2x6 12'long - chop one in half. Cattle Panels covered in chicken wire.
I used some pieces of handi-panel as a divider to make 2 pens and as a top over the middle of divider. We had the shade cloth (salvaged from a contruction site fence wrap for free) to put over the rest of the top with a few wood supports at top.
View attachment 2408140
Detail - cattle panel attachment to frame of raised bed at bottom
View attachment 2408135
velco and zip ties help hold everything together (below)View attachment 2408136
My 10 year old hen Floppy... she is the last of her flock...View attachment 2408137
The 4 Polish (you can only see 3 here), and Floppy in the background, finally she's no longer alone.
View attachment 2408138
My chicken TV bench setup for the winter (below)View attachment 2408139

Awe floppy, happy for her. How much warmer is it in there?

 

[CaroleW]

Awe floppy, happy for her. How much warmer is it in there?

Not really much warmer at night but it blocks the wind. When sun is out probably +10 or +15 degrees. We have a shade cloth over a bout a 3rd of the greenhouse that I need to take off for winter. There's a wood stove which we haven't fired up but once in 4 years. Need a C02 EDIT-- CO detector if we fire it up since there are breathing creatures in there.

 

[Josh L.]

Howdy Neighbor , Welcome to the Valley, we've been here for over 5 years now, west end off Egar.

I'm up off the 93, just off Colorado! Gorgeous place, and the stars are stunning up here!

 

[starri33]

I'm up off the 93, just off Colorado! Gorgeous place, and the stars are stunning up here!

they are beautiful, love it on a full moon, you can almost drive without your lights on. I've got a friend who lives off 93 I like it out there.