Dixie Chicks

[Beer can]

are you speaking of some chipmunk I dont know about that lays eggs far as I know a chipmunk is furry and striped kinda like a cute squirrel??  Umm they dont lay eggs??????

If they don't lay eggs then why are they stealing the chickens layer pellets? Lol!

 

[minihorse927]

If they don't lay eggs then why are they stealing the chickens layer pellets? Lol!

 

[hennible]

X2

 

[vehve]

Evening. Picked up the lumber yesterday, so today we did some framing. The lumberyard didn't have the Onduline panels I wanted for the roof, so I still need to get that. Also, they didn't have the siding I've used on the chicken coop, so I'm going to have to pick that up as well. But this seems to be a pretty quick build, spent 4 hours on it today (mainly because I kept making stupid mistakes, and my nailgun is apparently broken again).

But here's what we've got so far:




I positioned Karin in the pic to give some perspective. She's about 5'6".

Those little parts sitting between the front and back wall will go up between the two larger frames to form the end walls for the top, but I can't screw this together before I've painted it and attached the net on the bottom part, otherwise I would need to take apart the raised bed and I really don't want to move any more soil.

 

[perchie.girl]

Thats a great topic? How does everyone deal with pest management? What do you use what do you look for in pests ? how do you go about treating? do you do anything to help prevent infestations? are there enviromental things that can increase chances of pests? How do you mitigate so you have little to no pests ? what are the dangers of pests to your flock?

I mostly dont do anything. even in the house. But if I do need to spray for ants I use orange oil or Windex.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote: LOL chipmunks and squirrels hide food for later.... I Have Pack rats and they can make a mound about three feet tal by six around... out of Cactus... then they live inside... I have one living in the pump house.

Our "hoarders" problem are the red squirrels. Those little buggers can make HUGE stashes of dried mushrooms, pine cones and yes, chicken pellets larger and in the worst places you can believe!

Quote: You know what I take it back about not using pest control. I will use ivermectin....

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

Evening. Picked up the lumber yesterday, so today we did some framing. The lumberyard didn't have the Onduline panels I wanted for the roof, so I still need to get that. Also, they didn't have the siding I've used on the chicken coop, so I'm going to have to pick that up as well. But this seems to be a pretty quick build, spent 4 hours on it today (mainly because I kept making stupid mistakes, and my nailgun is apparently broken again).

But here's what we've got so far:




I positioned Karin in the pic to give some perspective. She's about 5'6".

Those little parts sitting between the front and back wall will go up between the two larger frames to form the end walls for the top, but I can't screw this together before I've painted it and attached the net on the bottom part, otherwise I would need to take apart the raised bed and I really don't want to move any more soil.

Nice.... Now how in the heck do you fasten the wood to the cinder block?

did you use a vapor barrier between the cinderblock and the wood?

did you use pressure treated wood around the bottom?

deb

 

[Mahen100]

I am considering building an ark here, JWB.

I finally got pics I'd taken earlier, and quite recently of New Hatch. The "no comb" thing has bloomed into a clear rose comb with a pointy back. That would make my first "my chickens" chick a Orpndotte! (English Orp/SLWyandotte). Say hello:

 

[vehve]

Deb, yeah, treated wood on the bottom. It isn't fastened yet, as I need to paint the frame and put up the net before I assemble. If we had stronger winds here, I would have set some wood in concrete inside the cinder blocks, but as it's going to be facing away from the wind, and we don't really get that strong winds, I'm just going to put some wood inside the cinder blocks and attach the base to that with screws so that it keeps it from shifting. It's going to be heavy enough to not move easily anyway. My chicken coop sits loosely on it's foundation too (although the net on the bottom is buried under quite a mass of soil).

 

[vehve]

I forgot to say we candled the eggs tonight, all six were developing, but someone had pecked a little crack in one of them so into the compost it went.