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Hey birdman. Okay, not sure if this heat style will work, guess we will see. How much watts is your bulbs?

I need the fan still, and a window :)
 
18angovem said:
Your getting Lamonas!!!! Arent they even more rare than cemani's?
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YES IM GETTING THEM THIS YEAR SOMETIME...I HAVE ALOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW...SO IT MIGHT BE AT THE END OF THE SUMMER BEFORE I CAN TALK TO HIM AND SEE THEM AND GET AN UNDERSTANDING ON HOW I SHOULD BREED THEM TO SOP...AS FOR THE CEMANI I GOT BAD NEWS...TWO OF THE THREE BREEDERS SAY THEY CAN NO LONGER PROVIDE THEM DUE TO IMPERFECTIONS...SEEMS TO ME THE CEMANI ARE A HARD BIRD TO GET ALL BLACK FROM....BUT IM ON THERE WAITING LIST....SO IM ORDERING DIRECT FROM THE SOURCE NOW...THE EMAIL WAS SENT ...JUST WAITING FOR A REPLY...FOR EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN LIFE AND I WOULDNT SELL BIRDS TO ANYONE IF THEY WERENT TO MY EXPECTATIONS....SO IN DUE TIME...THERE ARE ALOT OF SOURCES THAT HAVE THESE BIRDS...SO I WILL JUST HAVE TO GET THEM AND BREED FOR PERFECTION FROM THERE...I GUESS ...SOMETIMES IN LIFE YOU JUST DONT HAVE A CHOICE...IT JUST STINKS CAUSE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE CEMANI SOME OF THEM ARE JUST LETTING THEM BREED...LIKE SOMEONE IN THE MIDWEST...AND THEY ARE NOT CULLING TO PERFECTION AND THEN SELLING OR EVEN GIVING THE EGGS AWAY...AND THAT ADDS TO THE SATURATION OF A NOT SO BLACK BIRD ANYMORE...NOT TO MENTION THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BREEDING THIS BIRD WITH OTHER TYPES OF CHICKENS AND SELLING THEM AS CEMANI....AHHH...STRESSFUL...ONE OF THE BREEDERS HAD A COON GET 30 OF HIS BIRDS SO I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT FULLY...I HOPE HE GETS THE BIRDS BACK AND THE LINES QUICK...FOR THIS IS A BAD LOSS..HE IS A GREAT BREEDER

Peep-Chicken said:

Hey birdman. Okay, not sure if this heat style will work, guess we will see. How much watts is your bulbs?

I need the fan still, and a window
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LOOKING GREAT....I WOULD TURN IT SO THE LIGHT IS ON TOP OTHERWISE THE BULB MIGHT HEAT UP THE EGGS IN FRONT OF IT TOO MUCH...I HAVE TWO 60 WATT BULBS...YOU WANT IT TO CLICK ON AND OFF RELATIVELY FAST SO THE TEMP CAN STAY STEADY....I FIRST STARTED WITH TWO 40 WATT BUT THE ON OFF TIME WASNT THAT FAST...SO THE SWING WAS LARGER IN TEMPS...BUT SINCE I CHANGE IT...THE CYCLING IS ALOT FASTER MEANING BETTER CONSTANT TEMPS...GOOD LUCK WITH THE REST OF THE BUILD..I WOULD ALSO JUST LAY THEM DOWN AND TURN THEM INSTEAD OF THE CARTONS...WILL BE EASIER TO ROTATE...PUT AN X ON ONE SIDE AND AND O ON ANOTHER...AND PRESTO...MAKE SURE TO USE PENCIL...AS THE INK FROM A PEN/MARKER CAN SOAK INTO THE EGG...HOPE THIS HELPS...KEEP ME POSTED
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ahhh the honas.... funny you say that...cause i just emailed about both kinds...so yes both kinds will be here...not sure how long it will take....or if im on another waiting list or what....but as soon as i get the email...then its on
 
birdman55 said:
ahhh the honas.... funny you say that...cause i just emailed about both kinds...so yes both kinds will be here...not sure how long it will take....or if im on another waiting list or what....but as soon as i get the email...then its on
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Cool! Do you have any breeding chickens at your place currently?

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Completely redid this lol. It can hold 5 dozen now. I need to get a new light though.
 
birdman55 said:
ok so here goes the list of what you will need to do the job.... you will need a 11/2" bit to cut the whole in the back of the cooler...as you see below drill the whole place the electrical piece which can be bought for about five bucks at any hardware store...in the lighting...make sure to get the one that screws in..see the phillips bits for the electrical wires ...you can also find them for cheaper at thrift stores inside old lights...same concept...so drill put piece threw and glue with liquid nails then you are going to want a viewing screen to see your babies..so I went to a dollar store and got a picture frame took everything apart and will be using the glass from it...simple...the outside lines are where the glass piece will rest and the inner rectangle is where you wanna cut out using a jig saw...and then you place the piece on top after you clean it up ofcourse and clue the glass or plexy whatever you decide to use on and place something on top of it and wait for it to dry....I will be doing this step in a little bit im using a red Rubbermaid cooler that I bought for 20 bucks and inside you find the middle mine just happens to be 93/8" and then from there you want your bulb about 31/2 inch from the sides so I measure from the center mark 5" on my cooler yours might be different....when you glue the electric piece you will have to take your time cause it starts to run and you will have to keep making circles with the glue until it drys and then the following day place the 40w bulbs into place...the bigger the bulb you get like a 60/75 the faster the lights will turn on and off and it will be steady in temp...just remember you want to be able to have them babies hatch and not burn and cook...so I use a lower bulb...also my bulbs are about 8" off the bottom of the cooler with enough space to the top of the cooler so it don't burn...the 8" is at the center of the bulb where it plugs into the piece this Is a computer fan which you can get online for a couple of bucks 32 cfm ( cubic feet per minute) which will be installed next to one of the lights and into your electrical...later this digital temp controller will control you temp and when it will let the computer from the sensor to go on or off and keep the temp just perfect...there are a lot of different kinds of these online...should be between 10-20 bucks 3" screws to hold up the fan and into place...we use four of them rubber mating to lay on the bottom of the cooler to give the chicks something to grip on...can be bought at any dollar store...used for in the kitchen either one of these connectors will work...I havnt decided on which one I wanna use this is a ac to dc converter...which I believe was only like 7-10bucks...I bought five cause im building a lot of these units...for this season and then ofcourse a bit of wire and a cheap extension cord...not sure if I missed anything else but I will let you know as we go...not sure how long this will take to build..the styros are a lot faster to build...see you in a bit
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Correct, found it.
 

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