Eastern Tennessee Thread

[TNBarnQueen]

OK here is something tempting for someone that has the room, and loves to incubate (Terry, Stacy, Hannah, Daphne) this means you, LOL

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...-oiloa-bin-12-hatching-eggs-includes-shipping

They are beautiful!!! I PMed her

Good heavens I don't need another breed!!

 

[bairo]

Quote: Yes and a very good price I think. I have got to get going on those hoop coops so I can be more flexible with breeding.
Speaking of that... I go into lock down on Thursday.

 

[stanglover2001]

Yes and a very good price I think. I have got to get going on those hoop coops so I can be more flexible with breeding.
Speaking of that... I go into lock down on Thursday.

Hoop coops??

 

[bairo]

Quote: Sort of like this...but I am playing with design and materials. Still this general idea though.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/permanent-hoop-coop-guide

Smaller (tractor more or less) using grey pvc elect. conduit (uv protected)
http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/4hpoultry/t02_pageview/Hoop_House.htm

Larger PVC
http://www.123-greenhouse-gardening.com/pvc-hoop-house.html

 

[littlechicklet]

rockinrandall- congrats on a safe free range day

stang- those baby bunnies are beyond adorable. I think they are cuter than baby chicks

but the baby chicks start out cuter & the revert so backwards for a while.

 

[littlechicklet]

I have done some coop rearranging again. We put up one of the dog kennels and used tarps for roof & walls on part of it. Everyone got their wings trimmed & are not happy. I swore the last time we had temporary coops it would be the last time.

The way its attached to our other pen gives them a 10x20 lot and you can't see it from the street

I moved the growing babies to the main coop & run.

So here's my questions: Will they need a heat lamp at night? The windows on the coop are open but I shut the small door at night so no drafts. Should I close the windows? If I close the windows all the way then there will not be any ventilation to amount to much. I checked at midnight and the temp was about 70 but I turned the light on with the dimmer as low as it would go. They were all piled up in a nest box so they were not cold at all. This is my first time with them in the Fall so I am lost. I know this morning after I opened the small door & they went outside they seemed fine. And if the light is on then I will need to put food & water in the coop? They were 6 weeks old on Sunday or Monday. Thanks

 

[hobbychicken]

I was thinking about renting out some of mine, 


(Just trying to be a good enabler )

lol, thanks........i just am not set up for chicks during cold weather. I am getting an incubator for Christmas.....wooohoo

 

[beccram]

I'm here in Dickson County - just 20 miles SW of Nashville. Can I play too

 

[hobbychicken]

I was thinking about renting out some of mine, 


(Just trying to be a good enabler )

Lol, thanks.....i am not set up for babies in the winter......i am getting a Bator for Christmas though.....woohoo. As of yesterday I do have a call duck sitting on eggs somewhere. Man can she hide. She is under some neighbors old tin and I still can't see her...

 

[littlechicklet]

I'm here in Dickson County - just 20 miles SW of Nashville. Can I play too

& the E. TN thread. Glad to have you join us.