building paradise for the birds

[birdman55]

Do hoop coops really work in our cold environments?

depends on what you put in them...love the concept of putting a tarp over this...but might use flexible fiberglass that lets light in...like the greenhouses...but not sure....im going to build lots of them for sure and just simply put wood blocks around each of these units and fill with washed masonry sand....for all the ornamental pheasants...and more expensive birds will be housed in the coops that i have already built...jim from wisconsin...showed me some pics of a grow out pen for young birds and i love it....i will be building some of them as well....perfect for my situation....and super easy to build all of this stuff...anyone can do it...just need to see some pics and build as you go...im kindof a winger kind of guy...i can draw out what it will look like but when you build theres always stuff you forget about if your not using cad or some drawing program that tells you everything your going to need to get..anyhowsers...fixed my bursted water line that froze and was spraying water everywhere this morning...gqfs got dropped off.....now that i have some here ill for sure be able to build some fridgebators...that will be automatic...just sometimes you just need to see it and be able to rip it apart and see the parts for yourself...i think i might be going for roll out heat mat for the heat source...i think this might be better...however i will more then likely build two designs and run simple chicken/quail thru these units and see which one works more efficient...the other one will be put to the scrap yard...have to experiment and with that you have garbage on the stuff that doesnt fit your needs...
anyways heres some pics
there they are just unpackaged

hatching trays

cabinet hatcher

cabinet incubator

cabinet hatcher...with just one wick pad in...

cabinet incubator with just water no wick pad...

i was surprised that these units didnt come with alittle more indepth manual....and both units came with the exact manual...these units look bigger in a picture...and then you take them out of the box and go...what the....lol...but they seem to be working and holding temp just fine...now the real test....im starting to collect chicken eggs and when i get a tray of eggs i will be trying them....and seeing how they work for the pheasant/peafowl season...

 

[Tony K T]

Did you also purchase the auto humidity buckets?
In N.H.,Tony.

 

[tntchix]

cool cabinet

I like the idea for a grow out pen. I have a small pet gazebo I was thinking of using but I like this idea better.

 

[Peep-Chicken]

Love the incubator set!

Do you raise quail?

 

[birdman55]

Did you also purchase the auto humidity buckets?
In N.H.,Tony.

i am ordering one for the hatcher...or might just build my own...simple enough...and also ordering some peafowl trays...just to excited to buy them so i forgot....lol...so impatient...making some room after the hatching season in the back for some nice tragopans...tony....going to be putting the less expensive birds out front and in with the peafowl pens...operation build a thon is about to commence....lol

Love the incubator set!

Do you raise quail?

going to be by the end of the year....only the jumbo size ones...looking at the 15 breeder pen for starters...but one thing at a time....or several...lol

so does anyone have experience with peafowl hatching...i have heard you need to give them more humidity thru the incubation then most other birds...is this true...i shall be doing some research....as for this year i will have a trio breeding...yikes...kinda nervous about all these birds breeding...and hoping i can keep up with everything...its like overload...

 

[cwrite]

Your cabinet hatcher & incubator look amazing! I look forward to seeing the baby explosion in spring.

 

[birdman55]

Your cabinet hatcher & incubator look amazing! I look forward to seeing the baby explosion in spring.

thanks...hope they work...lol

so figured i would share something i found on byc...its very interesting...check it out below
http://interactive.fusion.net/cock-fight/
http://fusion.net/story/51418/whistle-blowing-chicken-farmer-sues-perdue-for-retaliation/

wow what a story...

 

[chattery41]

I am a new subscriber to your thread and have enjoyed ur journey so far. This story is truly heart wrenching. The poultry farmers are under the thumb of the big corporations and whatever they want to do to them. Makes me wanna start processing my own chickens. This should be shared far and wide to educate people.

 

[birdman55]

I am a new subscriber to your thread and have enjoyed ur journey so far. This story is truly heart wrenching. The poultry farmers are under the thumb of the big corporations and whatever they want to do to them. Makes me wanna start processing my own chickens. This should be shared far and wide to educate people.

thank you so much...i am really trying to expand heavily...and alot of things are in motion...but everything takes time...
so placing the order tonight...for two peafowl trays for the cabinet incubator, two gravity fed water buckets for the tops of the incubator and the hatcher.....and some quail trays....with yep you guessed it ....the very first quail pen....oh boy...seems like im getting them sooner then i thought...

also thought i would let everyone know that greenfirefarms just let me know that my order wont be here til early april to mid april now...so i guess good things come with time...also getting hona stock from another importer right around that time as well....

ALSO PUTTING TOGETHER A WEBSITE....have it about 50 percent done...but still not happy....and these things take forever....still learning on how to build one...its very time consuming...you guys are gunna love it....i will surely keep you guys posted....

 

[holm25]

Post a link once your website is done!!