Consolidated Kansas

[michelleml]

Josie- she knocked the whole thing to the floor. All eggs cracked open only one had completely been out of egg on it's own for about hour before this happened. Two others are almost out

 

[JosieChick]

Geez!!!! I would just keep a close eye on them. At least they are very close to hatching so hopefully this is just a cheating head start! Poor little things, that must have been one heck of a start for them! Cats can't hardly stand all that peeping.

Josie- she knocked the whole thing to the floor. All eggs cracked open only one had completely been out of egg on it's own for about hour before this happened. Two others are almost out

 

[maidenwolfx80]

Thanks guys hopefully some of these dark pink combs are just me over thinking it.. I will take some pics..

 

[checoukan]

So here are some of the pictures, I will start on the outside.

This is the south east corner looking northwest. You can see the windows, and door into my work room. This was left like this so we can park under there if we need to.

Looking west on the east side of the barn.

same spot, just looking southwest.

Looking west thru my east door to the west work room door.

Northwest corner of the barn looking east south east.

West side of barn

South side of barn looking north east.

 

[JosieChick]

Wow!!!! Now that is a BARN!!! Love it! They need a green with envy emoticon.....

So here are some of the pictures, I will start on the outside.

This is the south east corner looking northwest. You can see the windows, and door into my work room. This was left like this so we can park under there if we need to.

Looking west on the east side of the barn.

same spot, just looking southwest.

Looking west thru my east door to the west work room door.

Northwest corner of the barn looking east south east.

West side of barn

South side of barn looking north east.

 

[chicken danz]

Cheocukan that is to die for!!! Very nice. I really like the part you can drive under. After all this stuff with taxes lately I am wondering if building a building would be a far cry better than having these coops when it comes to taxes. It'd only be one thing for them to screw up then!!
Well Maidenwolf I do hope I am wrong. I just went from personal experience. The polish were sold straight run too supposedly but that is what I got. At least you know you have pure bred chicks so maybe if you can determine all the colors and breeds you can sell them on Craigslist. Someone might want one of the cockerels for a rooster for their girls.
Michelleml I do hope your chicks hatch okay. I have dropped a pipped egg before from high up and cracked it all over but still had a chick hatch. I'd make sure you have the humidity up to compensate for any excess drying out they might do. Good luck.

 

[sunflowerparrot]

Cheocukan that is to die for!!! Very nice. I really like the part you can drive under. After all this stuff with taxes lately I am wondering if building a building would be a far cry better than having these coops when it comes to taxes. It'd only be one thing for them to screw up then!!


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Do you think Cheocukan's barn was within the $750? ROFL... call topeka and get information before you start.. they were REALLY nice... (as was the ladies here in Cowley).

 

[Trish44]

checoukan, that is a barn anyone would envy, wow! I'm so happy for you to have it done. Josie, I agree there should be an emoticon like that, lol. It makes my new coop look like a doll house.

Josie, your chicken pens are looking good! I'll bet you will be glad to get all of your birds & animals moved to the new place. I'm loving that Roo I got from you too, Rodney is a sweetheart, he is so respectful of the girls, unlike my SFH rooster who is starting to upset me with how he's treating the hens. He has been jumping on them & dragging them all around the pen since I moved them to the new coop. I wanted to keep 2 roos, but if he keeps it up he may have to be replaced.

I spent all afternoon covering the livestock panels on my goat pen with chicken wire & welded wire fence to keep the doelings from getting out of the pen. I took me forever to put all of those cable ties on & I used every single one I had. Hopefully I have it goat proof now, I don't want any escapees. I got the hay & grain feeder put out there & their shelter in place along with some stumps to play on.. All I need to put out there now is something for water. So after we get back from KC next week the new little doelings will be coming here. Then we'll see what my DH thinks of them. I guess he can either like it or lump it at that point because after they're already here there's not much he can do. I can't wait to get them here & get some pics to show you all, they're both cute. Their names are Penny & Patches.

 

[HEChicken]

I do hope to have some poults later but so far only the midgets are laying and they command a premium price due to their rarity.
I think if I had to get rid of lots of birds I would still have turkeys. I just love them to death. I really love to hear the boys gobble.

Maidenwolf, I think this is what you will find with turkeys - that people are going to want fair market value. I know in my case, I bought juvenile birds and paid a pretty penny for them. That was last August and since then I have about 7 months worth of feed in them, and am yet to see an egg. Once she starts laying she will still need to be fed long enough to lay a clutch and then it takes 4 weeks to incubate the eggs, during which time I will still be feeding her. In other words, by the time I finally have a day-old poult, I will have 9-10 months of feed invested in addition to the original purchase price of the hen and tom, and that doesn't even count the cost of building the hoop coop to keep her safe while she is brooding. So I can't just give away those poults. I will either keep them to raise up for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners, or I will sell them to people willing to pay me fair market value for them.

hi guys milomac from Wichita retired postal, I've evesdropped on yall for several months, finally ready to join in. I keep 6 LF of different breeds to make a pretty egg carton. I also have have 5 banty amaracauna pullets just laying first eggs and there rumpless rooster. After a while I've been able to figure the main players on this forum and how yoy work. Really I got nuthin letting you know there are more people out here than you realize

I hope you join on in the conversation

Here are a few pics of the pens/fencing.

This is really phase one of the chicken construction. The big building will be split in half and be two open air coops with runs that will house my layers and orpingtons. Beyond that the tiny coop will have two breeding pens of serama and the last four pens are breeding pens for the sebbies. To the other side of the big coops will eventually be three more smaller pens/open air coops that will house cochins, brahmas and a rooster bachelor pad!!



Looking straight on. There is still a lot of fencing to be hung but it seems to go pretty quickly.


The last section of horse fencing to be put on is just this short area over by the lagoon and their metal run in is in the background.



It has been a bit of a headache, the whole building project etc. The fence is not super straight, the gates were hung to swing in the wrong direction and the big coop area was so unlevel that my in laws built a huge pad which blew through most of the screenings we had for the second phase of pens/coops so now we are going to need more. But it is up and close to ready so I am done complaining!

OMG - this is looking so awesome. When I was there helping you that day I truly did not have a good picture of what we were doing - this is really fantastic!

Oldest sister gave me some news that kinda upset my apple cart, and I am not in a very good news. WHY, OH WHY, do parents have to be so bull headed!!!

Oh no Checoukan - I hope you are doing better now.

This day is just turning out bad. Donkeys got out of pasture so while we are outside getting them back in pasture. Our cat pushed Bator to the floor so I'm not sure any of the chicks will make it now. So far one had made it out and was drying he is still breathing just our luck. What are the chances they will make it?

How awful. How are they doing now?

So here are some of the pictures, I will start on the outside.

This is the south east corner looking northwest. You can see the windows, and door into my work room. This was left like this so we can park under there if we need to.

Looking west on the east side of the barn.

same spot, just looking southwest.

Looking west thru my east door to the west work room door.

Northwest corner of the barn looking east south east.

West side of barn

South side of barn looking north east.

This is looking fantastic and very well thought out. I love the covered area to park under as it is also a dry place to shake off rain before going into the barn.

 

[Frizzled Pink]

Checoukan--WOW, congrats on the barn, that will be so nice to have everything put together in one spot.

Trish-did you get the eco 50 yet, anxious for your feedback as compared to the 20. With the "post" corners can you still set it higher on one side to accomadate different size chicks?