Consolidated Kansas

[checoukan]

Talking about the wood heat. We use one of the outdoor furnaces. Its called a hardy. We boxed in the furnace here in the house, and installed a radiator above the furnace motor. The boiler part of the wood stove uses distilled water, it circulates thru the radiator. When the theromstat calls for heat a little tiny motor kicks on with the furnace motor, and it pumps the hot distilled water and it circulates thru the radiator and goes back to the boiler, and reheats.
No wood or smoke EVER in the house. All stays outside. The warm air goes thru the regular ducts in the house. It also heats the water. Our water heater only acts as a resevoir, Never kicks on unless we let the fire go out.

 

[checoukan]

Got to go milk a goat. Man brownie it putting out the milk. I need to find me a couple more kids to use up some of her milk!!

 

[Hawkeye95]

I am laughing out loud. That poor chicken is so cute but looks so awful wet! He is a beautiful bird. So when you get these eggs all fertile and everything I would love to have a couple of his offspring.
I figure whomever ended up taking down the solar panels had no idea of what they had or how to use it. Some people just lack an interest in being a little green.

Absolutely Danz! He should make some beautiful babies! The hen I have is even better conformation than he is! He was pretty funny wet-- it was startling how teeny tiny he was when his fluff was 'ruined'. *snicker*

Yeah, that is terrible about them taking it all down. That is what worries me-- people don't understand or respect all the work you put into a place. We've put this really cool solar panel unit with a fan on the roof to cool down our attic (it significantly reduced our bills) and I tell people how awesome it is, and they just sort of shrug their shoulders. We have the tankless water heater and again.. people look at me like I'm crazy! They cant imagine how that works... and I can't believe they haven't heard of it before. Ah well.

 

[Hawkeye95]

Talking about the wood heat. We use one of the outdoor furnaces. Its called a hardy. We boxed in the furnace here in the house, and installed a radiator above the furnace motor. The boiler part of the wood stove uses distilled water, it circulates thru the radiator. When the theromstat calls for heat a little tiny motor kicks on with the furnace motor, and it pumps the hot distilled water and it circulates thru the radiator and goes back to the boiler, and reheats.
No wood or smoke EVER in the house. All stays outside. The warm air goes thru the regular ducts in the house. It also heats the water. Our water heater only acts as a resevoir, Never kicks on unless we let the fire go out.

That sounds like a really great system too! You guys are really inspiring with all the great ways to create heat!

And thanks! I sure hope the removal of that poop ball is all it takes! We shall see! It was a lot bigger than I had thought. So I'm thinking that HAD to be it.

 

[pikeman94]

Pepper update - No more gaping, but she is still not herself. I let her out of the sage this evening and she pooped out mostly water. I know that can't be good. Any ideas? This has been an issue with her since we inherited her a year ago. Do I just not have a healthy bird? Any ideas?

 

[tweetysvoice]

Hawkeye... I love the stink eye that he's giving you in the first pic! LOL. Cracks me up! That's the same look I get when I have to wash my cat's butt! Beautiful bird (when he's dry)!

 

[Marty1876]

eeewww, i bet that was a lovely moment, but hopefully worth the trouble. Maybe he'll be a fertile myrtle now.

That sounds like a really great system too! You guys are really inspiring with all the great ways to create heat!

And thanks! I sure hope the removal of that poop ball is all it takes! We shall see! It was a lot bigger than I had thought. So I'm thinking that HAD to be it.

 

[checoukan]

Pepper update - No more gaping, but she is still not herself. I let her out of the sage this evening and she pooped out mostly water. I know that can't be good. Any ideas? This has been an issue with her since we inherited her a year ago. Do I just not have a healthy bird? Any ideas?

Hmmm, I am thinking. What are you feeding, and have you given any phobiotics?

 

[Marty1876]

pikeman -

. Potassium deficiency? Maybe she can't uptake correctly. Sorry shes still got trouble. :-(

 

[pikeman94]

Hmmm, I am thinking. What are you feeding, and have you given any phobiotics?

I am feeding all my hens standard layer feed. By phobiotics do you mean yougurt? I am giving her some ACV mixed in with her water.