building paradise for the birds

[birdman55]

well got the rest of the peafowl wormed here are some good pics....it was a lot easier to do the females compared to the males....
ahhhh two down...2,700,004 to go....just joking but will be making more for sure after the fridgebators....I cant wait....one more thing to check off the list

temp stabile within the hour...excuse the humidity not being right as for this was just a temp run...not for humidity

single out bird

cover bird

place net like this so bird can jump into net

kneel down and place bird next to body

scoop with one hand

cover with other hand to secure...you can tell there strong based on my facial expression

stand up with bird

and bird is contained

other greenhouse with other peafowl

 

[Book Em Danno25]

Awesome!

 

[auntie mary]

Hey birdman,
We just lost power for no reason,neighbors are all out to,im trying to type with a oil lamp,for light nice job on your coolerbator thats just awesome can you rotate the eggs somehow
Love you auntie mary

 

[birdman55]

eggs are rotated quite often...no set schedule...here and there throughout the day...will be firing up the incubators hopefully this weekend with chicken eggs....so well see how it goes

 

[auntie mary]

Birdman keep us posted still no power there are over 12,500 poeple without power here in the quad cities

 

[mymilliefleur]

Your coolerbators are looking great. How many eggs do they hold? (you've probably mentioned it before, but I forgot)
Good luck catching your birds!

 

[birdman55]

the smaller one will do 30 no problem more if you don't use an egg tray...and the bigger one will hold 45 on a tray but more without the egg tray

 

[birdman55]

well got some work done here are some more pics
the fridge is completely empty now

oh boy...."ITS COOLERBATOR TIME" setting them tonight

brooder part in the freezer viewing door

bottom junk that needs to be removed to make this unit lighter cause it is heavy

viewing door cut and who would have thought that reg bat insulation was in a freezer I for sure thought it would have been foamed..

viewing piece cut out and glued waiting for it to dry and then the other viewing windows go on and the bottom junk gets removed...

work is in progress....now to design the brooders and start...this will take a minute...im going to be building them different then what was planned...so far so good....well see hatch date is march 3rd/4th for the chickens...oh boy the cycle has started...FINALLY

 

[birdman55]

ok update...getting farther...
all the junk on the bottom removed...that's heavy stuff

the top brooder (first stage) viewing window

the incubator viewing window about to be cut out...lexan plexi for anyone wanting to know...

and yes it is in the middle of the kitchen....lol...the lady got home and was like what....the.....how am I going to cook...I said jump around....lol...

 

[bigmrg74]

and yes it is in the middle of the kitchen....lol...the lady got home and was like what....the.....how am I going to cook...I said jump around....lol...

Well, you posted this, so I'm guessing you didn't end up taking a frying pan upside the head. Likely because she couldn't reach them.

Should have just told her that you would order a pizza perhaps??