Cocks, pictures and questions, and some pretty hens too.

[zazouse]

Yes i Love, Love ,Love watching babies grow all kinds of babies, there is something about nurturing them that makes me happy i have been this way all my life, i can remember getting in trouble at school for bringing hamster,mice and snakes to school and keeping them in my pockets till someone would tell on me i got in trouble for that at least once a month LOL

I don't fit in the normal society

never have

I love animals more than most people

Please post photos of the new brooder when you get done

 

[KsKingBee]

OK, you asked for it.

Remember the runs haven't been built yet and one piece of tin divider isn't installed yet so the peachicks can run around in more space until they get their run.

This side will have a 28 x 32 run divided in half.


There are four pop doors on this side for the four 5 x 10 pens inside.



The sliding window closures are not installed in this picture.


This side will have a 28 x 50 foot run divided in half for the two 10 x 10 pens inside.


Here we have a couple of BCMs with four chicks and about twenty keets.


Hard to tell much detail but there are four pens on the other side and two on this side.


I used a lot of scrap and doors and windows my sisters replaced from their homes.
These are temporary sliders in the windows, it's just signboard but it wouldn't hold up to the 45mph winds we had a couple of days ago.



Looking in through the sliding glass door, the gate doors are pined open so the chicks can have access to four of the pens.



I made it so I can walk through from one side to the other. All gate doors are 38 x 58 and off the floor by 16 inches.




Guess I still need to run the electricity, need outlets for the lights and electric dog bowls.




Neighbors checking out the new digs. Dream on chickens.

First, second and third pea pens. Each is 12 x 40 including 8 x 12 coops.


38 x 74 inch doors for easy wheelbarrow access.


Roosts are covered to keep rain, ice and guinea crap off the peas. Roosts are 2 x 4 flat to keep toes from getting froze off.
The piping is the water misting system I installed last August to help keep the pen cool.


2 x 4 roosts inside the coop.


Ground is covered with sand for easy cleaning and easier to flame with a brush torch.

 

[AnimalsRmyLife]

We had a nice overcast day, just right for taking pictures.

This is Mr. M. He is at least four years old. He had a magnificent train last year but he did not get to mate, he got to free range all summer.
I don't think he had those colored feathers on his shoulders last year. Is this a sign of split to Black Shoulder?



Four of my Cameo hens and Limpy the IB Pied, probable mother to Prince, father Pied Piper.



Mr. M and the girls. The Cameo hens stick together.



Left to right, Carmelo, all Cameo hens are named Carmelo, Mr. White Eyes, Mr. M., and Mr. Whites sister Betty.



Mr. M. showing off his hump.



Elvis, the daddy of most of my chicks this year. At least four yo, IBBS/ Cameo, got his hump going on too.



Rocky and Carmelo, both 2012 hatch, I have a question about Rocky, he is split to either White or Pied. Can it be determined which?



This will be his first 'Big Boy' train.



Elvis again.



Big Daddy got some hump too. 2011 hatch and breeder in IB pen. does this Cameo hen look to show anything?
I am looking for either Pied or BS in one of my Cameos.



Bottom to top, NewBoy , Freckles, both 2013 hatch, and Pied Piper.



Freckles showing off his spots.





Mama and her girls.



This is just to cool off your eyes, view off our back deck this evening.

Pretty Peas!

 

[Trefoil]

Beautiful birds and I love your brooder.

 

[KsKingBee]

Beautiful birds and I love your brooder.

Thanks! Its not keeping the chicks on wire but I am hoping that cleaning and disinfecting it between batches will be good enough to keep them healthy.

 

[MinxFox]

Did you use coated chicken wire? I know a breeder who constantly has to replace the chicken wire on his pens. He told me the coated chicken wire is more expensive but lasts a whole lot longer without hardly ever needing replacing. Chicken wire just seems to rust quickly (like within a year or two) and then that makes it easier for birds to break out or critters to break in. Although it is probably like welded wire...some of it is good, some of it is not so good it just depends on who you get it from.

I love your setup! The green tin is really nice and so are the roosts.

 

[KsKingBee]

Did you use coated chicken wire? I know a breeder who constantly has to replace the chicken wire on his pens. He told me the coated chicken wire is more expensive but lasts a whole lot longer without hardly ever needing replacing. Chicken wire just seems to rust quickly (like within a year or two) and then that makes it easier for birds to break out or critters to break in. Although it is probably like welded wire...some of it is good, some of it is not so good it just depends on who you get it from.

I love your setup! The green tin is really nice and so are the roosts.

Yes, all the outside wire is coated and some of the inside wire is too, I used some scraps, but most of the inside wire is not coated. I had been getting it at the big auction up by KC twice a year but the guy couldn't get it last time I was there. I had planned to buy ten rolls but he had lost his connection I guess. Price was pretty good to, one dollar per running foot 60 inches wide.

Thanks for the complements! All my sheds and buildings on the property are the green and prairie wheat scheme and fairly close to the house colors. The white roof on the brooder bothers me but it will have to do for now.

 

[zazouse]

OK, you asked for it.

Remember the runs haven't been built yet and one piece of tin divider isn't installed yet so the peachicks can run around in more space until they get their run.

This side will have a 28 x 32 run divided in half.


There are four pop doors on this side for the four 5 x 10 pens inside.



The sliding window closures are not installed in this picture.


This side will have a 28 x 50 foot run divided in half for the two 10 x 10 pens inside.


Here we have a couple of BCMs with four chicks and about twenty keets.


Hard to tell much detail but there are four pens on the other side and two on this side.


I used a lot of scrap and doors and windows my sisters replaced from their homes.
These are temporary sliders in the windows, it's just signboard but it wouldn't hold up to the 45mph winds we had a couple of days ago.



Looking in through the sliding glass door, the gate doors are pined open so the chicks can have access to four of the pens.



I made it so I can walk through from one side to the other. All gate doors are 38 x 58 and off the floor by 16 inches.




Guess I still need to run the electricity, need outlets for the lights and electric dog bowls.




Neighbors checking out the new digs. Dream on chickens.

First, second and third pea pens. Each is 12 x 40 including 8 x 12 coops.


38 x 74 inch doors for easy wheelbarrow access.


Roosts are covered to keep rain, ice and guinea crap off the peas. Roosts are 2 x 4 flat to keep toes from getting froze off.
The piping is the water misting system I installed last August to help keep the pen cool.


2 x 4 roosts inside the coop.


Ground is covered with sand for easy cleaning and easier to flame with a brush torch.

SWEET
Love how you redid the carport into a brooder

SWEET indeed

Where are all the trees