building paradise for the birds

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Above Gamefowl is bill Roberts radios

Bill Roberts speangled butcher hen with billy ruble rooster

Gavilan buck stansell line hatch

Judge lacy roundhead trio above two pics

Pumkin hulsey 1 pair

Pumkin hulsey 2 trio above 3 pics

Miner blue pair above 3 pics

Sweater above 3 pics

Bill Roberts spangled butcher pair

Silver Hmong chickens with a baby.

Bill Roberts miner blues trio

Bill Roberts claret trio

Peach goldens above two pics

Bill Roberts radios

 

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Beautiful!

 

[birdman55]

Free range California valley female

Sold today
Above birds.
White hulsey hen, lacy pair, trio red goldens, trio yellow goldens, trio svart Hona, pair of sweaters, pair of lady Amherst. And eggs and meat boxes And dark hulsey rooster to one person.
Other person Red, yellow and lady Amherst. One male and four hens each. So read it people it’s one of those times again when birdman might be forced to surrender for sometime. So wish me luck.

The result of a long day of driving out in about 400 miles today. Still not home another two hours left. But this car was full to the top. I wish I could have taken a picture. Tuesday some birds should be going to a person whom I trust getting some yellows, splash, and cinnamons. We are running at 50 percent less birds now.

 

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Randoms from today

 

[birdman55]

HOW TO MAKE A 4x4 COOP!

#1 is 2 2x4s @ 3’9”
#2 is 2 2x4s @ 48”
#3 is 1 2x4 @ 48”
#4 is 2 2x4s @ 6.5”
#5 is 2 2x4s @ 10”
I used a 3.5” deck screw and pre drilled holes.

U can see I screwed the 48” perch onto the 6.5” and then screwed 2” deck screws horizontally from the 10” board and also into the outside frame.

Next step I eyeballed n marked underneath it and cut it out n screwed them together with 3.5” deck screws also pre drilled.

That’s how two look when ur done

U can see the 1” white screws that I used it has like a rubber washer behind it. Works great n easy to use. When placing the roost I mark out 24” and then place the perch on one side the other is where the pvc will go to fit just right.

Next layout the metal and place the 1/2” pvc pipe onto the middle and fasten with zip ties. I start on the 8th one and skip 3. Then flip it over n place it like about. Also mark on the outsides of the boards 1.5” as this is where u will screw 1” every other one all the way down and do for the other side as well

Next u cut out 24 squares which is 48” and place it next to the other piece. I then take rabbit clips and secure them on the bottom 10 horizontal pieces like picture above.

Then I do the same on the other side and the middle two on the top like in above pic.

As u can see I cut them and bent them to secure them. This is an ok method hard at first but easier as u do more. Also not always perfectly shaped. So I will be posting another way to do the front and backs later

Then u cut a 49” wide by 10’ long piece and staple it on. Works out great.
Hope this was a good learning experience I had fun for sure and I will post a different way for the front and backs. Can’t always get it perfect on the first try u know.
See you guys soon

Edited to add that I am working on a door system and also placement of nesting boxes. And possibly a different design for a 4x4 as I might need a more heavy duty one for the winters we get up here

 

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Happy late Easter everyone

 

[birdman55]

Sorry byc I couldn’t get caught up Mother Nature has made it tough on me n the farm. A lot of work to be done before more building. 12” plus of this lovely stuff and best part snowblower broken so no way to remove over 300’ of driveway of snow.

 

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Here is the bird pictured below spangled butcher from bill Roberts.

A blast from the past one year ago Mom and I went to Vegas and then to Utah to visit bill Roberts and his farm. He’s 83 this year 2018 and still a chicken man. He is an inspiration on how people should be in life... dedicated about something. Great experience and a good man. This guy new every detail about his birds even to the finest detail as what birds went to what guy in what state or country. With records to prove it. If ur gunna do this casually cool but if ur going to breed then u should do it like this guy.

Good informative stuff in about two pics. Below pic is of the spangled butchers I got from him

The above pic and the cage to the right is the same spangled butchers that I got from him.

I sure would love to have that weather right now. 12” of snow u can’t do jack. Be back y’all.

 

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Above two pics are of lacy Gamefowl that have hatched yesterday. There is 4 right now

Over 200 eggs going into the incubator

Above pics are of the redquill Gamefowl.

Back to the Lacy’s that have just hatched.

 

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So totally forgot to post this after the big snow storm but the new 4x4 design as u can see is a no go for my area. So these will be for temp pens and maybe the quarantine pens. Onto a new design. Already have it planned out we’ll see how it turns out