DIY Thread - Let's see your "Inventions".

[aart]

Quote: No problem........A tarp or bag would make it easier to clean, a sharply angled peaked roof should keep them from getting up there at all.
A pic of your brooder would help folks make suggestions.

 

[PrimroseMom1]

Well, poop sling did its job last night. Yea. No poop on Primrose or the nests.

 

[seminolewind]

I'm assuming you cut the feed bags open to cover a bigger area?

 

[perchie.girl]

I am building a brooder inside my big coop and I've been stumped on how to keep the girls off the top or from pooping on the top?? Would something like this work for me?

Yep a poop hammock would work.

Or a board or a canvas cover....

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

Well, poop sling did its job last night. Yea. No poop on Primrose or the nests.

excellent excecution. You know seeing your perches I think I may know wny your girl sleeps in the nest. Those perches arent big enough for big bird feet. If you go to a two by three or a two by four and fasten it up with the wide side up You may find everyone on the perch. BTW the way you have your perches fastened is the way I do it....

I used closet rod perches on my first coop. the tend to want to twirl...

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

I'm assuming you cut the feed bags open to cover a bigger area?

I was thinking about that one with the amount of sacks I have it would be a simple thing to just pull the strings top and bottom then feed the whole sack over the rods without splitting them then punch zip ties through to hold em in place. You could line the sacks up with some overlap and make it as long as you want.

deb

 

[aart]

Well, poop sling did its job last night. Yea. No poop on Primrose or the nests.

What is that ...umm....looks like a metal can hung up on the HC to the left of the hammock.....some kind of feeder?? Nice and slim, does it work well?

 

[farmerbrowne]

I have a question about putting clothes line up over the coop to keep predators away. I was wondering do you guys still clip your birds wings? what if I placed the lines 6 inches apart? that would be a whole lot easier than climbing up and trying to put fencing ontop of my run. I dont want to have to clip my birds wings anymore for I cant show a few I like.

 

[TexasLisa]

I have a question about putting clothes line up over the coop to keep predators away. I was wondering do you guys still clip your birds wings? what if I placed the lines 6 inches apart? that would be a whole lot easier than climbing up and trying to put fencing ontop of my run. I dont want to have to clip my birds wings anymore for I cant show a few I like.

Farmerbrowne, I used heavy fishing line over my outer pen. It sparkles in the sunlight and looks like a spider web. It has been up for almost 3 years now. I have never clipped my girls' wings. I don't have any problems with hawks or owls.

Lisa

 

[farmerbrowne]

Farmerbrowne, I used heavy fishing line over my outer pen. It sparkles in the sunlight and looks like a spider web. It has been up for almost 3 years now. I have never clipped my girls' wings. I don't have any problems with hawks or owls.

Lisa

Thanks for the tip!! how heavy a line? 25lb? and how far apart do you space it? abvously they dont get tangled for that was my concern