Dixie Chicks

[vehve]

Also, loctite is your friend if you get leaky threads.

 

[1kluckychik]

Also, loctite is your friend if you get leaky threads.

These threads are a crazy size. Is loctite safe for chickens to eat?

 

[vehve]

Wellbhuman water pipes are sealed with it at least... The thread string stuff should work.

 

[Beer can]

5/8 is bigger than 3/8 so bama must have some huge nipples. I got these from TSC, 3/8. I already threaded them in, almost used pipe thread tape. These have rubber gaskets. I think I'll epoxy around them before I check for leaks, they'd probably peck silicone sealant off, this two part epoxy stuff is super hard. Not testing it today, too dang cold.
Loctite once it hardens I don't think would go into the water.

 

[Alaskan]

It so bugs me that that stuff isn't spelled right.

 

[perchie.girl]

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if its plastic I am not sure locktite will work. the threads out of china will be in millimeters. If you go to a similar size in pipe thread the threads will interfere with each other and make a very tight fit.

or find the right size threading tool. In Millimeters.... If its pipe thread the tool must be pipe thread because they are designed to create an interference fit as you snug them down.... Teflon thread tape may work.


this is only one of the reasons why I will never use a nipple water system.

deb

 

[Cold Canadian]

'Tis Finished!

Doesn't look that out of place.


Here's how I fastened the plastic, with 16mm electric tube clips, and a double folded piece of duct tape to protect the plastic a bit.



Here's the view from the back, where the entrance is. We decided that we don't need a door, the plastic doubles over itself for about 2 feet in the middle, that will work as our entrance. We might still trim the roof plastic in this end a bit, but I don't know if that's really necessary.


Still need to do some digging in there to make it a bit more level, and Karin want's to put some straw down on the inside as mulch.

Interesting, never seen the ends as having plastic as well, and the attachments ? again something new . Question .......the ribs of the unit ? just pipes bent in a curvature or is there something being encased as they do here ( 3/8 inch re-bar with a plastic pipe sleeve to allow for the poly to lay on a smooth surface .? Does look very nice though

 

[BriardChickens]

Seems like my sheep have no respect for our page wire fence. They have now learned to push against the fence which breaks the staples (don't ask, hubby left the good fence nails in AB). Then the sheep just push the fence up and crawl out underneath.
Just retrieved half of my sheep from the neighbors lawn AGAIN and temporarily locked them into the tiny and empty duck run. If I was to try and put them in with the not escaped girla they would make their way out too.
So mad at these stupid sheep... Don't get sheep!!

 

[Alaskan]

Seems like my sheep have no respect for our page wire fence. They have now learned to push against the fence which breaks the staples (don't ask, hubby left the good fence nails in AB). Then the sheep just push the fence up and crawl out underneath.
Just retrieved half of my sheep from the neighbors lawn AGAIN and temporarily locked them into the tiny and empty duck run. If I was to try and put them in with the not escaped girla they would make their way out too.
So mad at these stupid sheep... Don't get sheep!!

Did you read about my goat ordeal on the old folks home?

It has finally thawed enough that the kids were able to cobble the fence back together on our old horse pasture.

It is a great fence, with quality fat electric rope, on almost two acres.

However, dorky one and dorkette two refused to be happy with a grassy pasture that includes a stand of trees and a few bushes. They kept insisting on barreling through the fence while being shocked.

I had the kids (human children) make a pretend kid (human child) in the middle of the pasture, now named the "calm goat". Again But it has worked. The goats have been in the pasture all day now, with no more running out. They will not wander very far from the "calm goat"


Goat people told me that goats are fine with electric... Yeah right, whatever.

 

[Alaskan]

Ah, my punchline, BC, maybe your sheep need a "calm sheep".