EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

It'd be nice if you could still find the old storm windows with the tabs on the top that fit over hooks on the window frame. I guess that double pane windows made them obsolete. I take it your house has single pane windows.
Sorry, the coop and shed windows. House has double pane windows. We planned and built it ourselves, after living in enough dumps to know what we wanted, and we put our money into insulation and efficient heating. Not even -40 chills the indoor air.
We've got propane radiant heating in the floors, along with some regular radiators upstairs.
 
Sorry, the coop and shed windows. House has double pane windows. We planned and built it ourselves, after living in enough dumps to know what we wanted, and we put our money into insulation and efficient heating. Not even -40 chills the indoor air.
That's "more better" :) Better the chickens than you two & the rug rats.
I was just thinking about the plastic. Doesn't the UV destroy it in a year or two, if the wind doesn't shred it to pieces first? What if you had framed lucite/plexiglas "windows" that would swing up out of the way in warm weather, and fit over/in the existing window frames in cold weather? Shouldn't be difficult to make.
 
That's "more better" :) Better the chickens than you two & the rug rats.
I was just thinking about the plastic. Doesn't the UV destroy it in a year or two, if the wind doesn't shred it to pieces first? What if you had framed lucite/plexiglas "windows that would swing up out of the way in warm weather, and fit over/in the existing windows in cold weather? Shouldn't be difficult to make.
Sure does. I have to replace it every year or every other. It's on my 'someday' list.. It'd be a nice upgrade, for sure. Maybe after we have the loft finished.
 
My guess is you have enough scrap left from the coop build to do most of them, if you didn't toss it.
Don't have any plexiglass, well, any that hasn't sat outside so long that it'd shatter if mounted. I used only hardware cloth for the windows.
 
Don't have any plexiglass, well, any that hasn't sat outside so long that it'd shatter if mounted. I used only hardware cloth for the windows.
I'm thinking more in terms of wood framing. I'm pretty sure I bought my plexiglas from Lowe's. I'm sure you have them or an equivalent. It isn't very expensive.
 
Didn't mean to leave you hanging. Got to talking to the guy who came to clean the chimney. Used to do all that myself, but DW don't like me on the roof anymore, plus, since the heart surgery my balance ain't what it used to be, so standing on the edge of the roof, 20' in the air, wouldn't be very smart.
Yeah, it's still raining; ain't supposed to stop 'til late in the day. That monsoon we had a couple days ago relocated a good part of our lane.
thats ok I am making soap today anyways and I agree no roof for you! yeezus whites!
 
I'm thinking more in terms of wood framing. I'm pretty sure I bought my plexiglas from Lowe's. I'm sure you have them or an equivalent. It isn't very expensive.
Oh! Yes, I have enough wood to build another coop. Getting plexiglass is more of a matter of finding room in the car, since I'm NOT doing a run into town for just one store.
 
Oh! Yes, I have enough wood to build another coop. Getting plexiglass is more of a matter of finding room in the car, since I'm NOT doing a run into town for just one store.
If you're by yourself you could most likely slip the plexiglass down between the passenger's door & the seat, or between the console (if you have one) & the passenger's seat, or behind the seats on the floor; all sorts of options.
 
If you're by yourself you could most likely slip the plexiglass down between the passenger's door & the seat, or between the console (if you have one) & the passenger's seat, or behind the seats on the floor; all sorts of options.
I'm usually hauling the kids around, and the aisles are already jammed full of either groceries or gear for whatever thing they're going to. Or chicken feed.
 

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