Eastern Tennessee Thread

[bairo]

@rockinrandall
Great looking run..I know they will be very happy.

 

[amenfarm]

rockinrandall: another BYCer from ooltewah-yah! love the run too!!

 

[Talbott Poultry]

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Too Funny

 

[bairo]

@Terry

Why did I not just drill all of the buckets when you were here? I don't know where my mind is I swear. Sorry about that...I hope DH has that sized drill bit.

 

[rockinrandall]

rockinrandall: another BYCer from ooltewah-yah! love the run too!!

I don't believe it...1) two other people on here that actually know how to pronounce Ooltewah and 2) after taking a closer look at the burrow in your avatar, I realized I pass by your house almost every day taking my son to school. How ironic!

 

[BuckNBark Farm]

Can't get my want ad to post- sorry if I should say this here- but I'm looking for an older pullet/young hen- bearded splash Silkie. Within 2 hrs of Chattanooga, TN (live in Northwest GA) Please send a private message. Thanks! Pam Pittman please be breeder or show quality. Thanks!

 

[tnchickenut]

Question about your last post: We don't have electricity run to our coop. What would we do for a heat source?

No heat. Heat is actually bad for them... imagine going from hot to cold back and forth. Just give them a draft free coop, their feathers will do the rest.

 

[tnchickenut]

I would probably wait until early spring then and brood them in the house where you have electric.

As far as brooding them in colder weather...my 1st choice would be running electric out the the coop and using a floor brooder (terry has mine, but maybe she can take some pics to show how I designed it)

My second choice would be using an indoor rated vent free propane heater in a dedicated and insulated brooding area. Either the tube type used for spot heating garage areas or something like this (would have to be put into a wire cage so chicks could not get near it) http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Heater-Pro...4&sr=1-5&keywords=indoor+propane+space+heater

Considering the cost of running propane in the winter though for brooding chicks, your probably much better off waiting till spring or running electric.

Oh we are talking about brooding? I don't hatch LF this late anymore. Bantams I will but I'm going to be setting some under a broody later this week. Very late, but it is a LF momma with bantam babies. I think she has room to keep them under her longer into their life. Plus the coop I'll be putting them in is actually very insulated. Thick walls. I can run a heat lamp out if needed but I'm betting it won't be needed. The bantam babies get their feathers and they will be ok.

 

[stanglover2001]

http://knoxville.craigslist.org/grd/3325263194.html

All I can say is I hope that is NOT that rabbits "housing"

Don't forget the green water!?

 

[tnchickenut]

I am thinking of starting a project in the Spring. We are going to build a grow out coop for the Orps & put them outside. I am thinking of doing a 6' x 4' for 24 sq. ft. less the water & feed containers. I guess if I put the light close enough to the water it may not freeze(?) and we could insulate it. I will use this for the winter for the Orps then in the Spring I will probably divide the coop & use it for bachelor pads. It may turn into a brooder & I will still need bachelor pads. What do you think?

I did this my first year with my first chickens... It worked keeping the water from freezing, but it was HELLA HOT! And going back to my original statement of heat being bad for chickens that are in and out.... I didn't do it again. I just have two waterers for every coop. In the winter I change them out. I have a full basement that makes this possible. Bring frozen in, allow them to thaw, then change them out. Not ideal, but it was we did over time. Someone told me once they put salt in their water, but I do not recommend trying that. I don't know how safe it is, but they do it.