French frogs

[WVduckchick]

are you in the woods? I pray I can get out next year!!!  and Harmony and Luke want to as well. I am taking her and DH is with the boy, that scares me cause DH has no sense of direction  I need to put a dog tracker on him first.

We're staying at our camp this week, about an hour from our home. I'm about to drive back, so I can hunt this evening. That's cool that your kids want to do it. I hope yall get to take them. Maybe Luke will have better sense of direction

 

[WVduckchick]

Walnut, have you seen the "Sweeter Heaters"? Sounds like something you could use (or even make something similar)

 

[Sally Sunshine]

to brood 30 poults or 50 chicks through 2 weeks old, so probably 2' x 3' minimum for chick boxes. For the turkeys I'll be raising for market and breeders, I'll need to build several more along the same lines until they are old enough to go into the unheated, open air coops. Those will be bigger as they will probably house poults to 4 weeks.

Nice photos, Sally, and congrats on the egg grab bag!

I am thinking, it would be nice if you had something not only that cleans well but can stack inside each other as well. when not in use/..... I am trying to find an image of what my farmer friend uses. and I am having a hard time finding it cause I am not sure what to call it..... they are big like meat tubs and I think they would come in bulk.

 

[scflock]

Question for those of you who brood a lot of chicks...

I will be brooding my hatches for the first week indoors (weekly hatches of 30-50 birds).and then moving them to brooder boxes. I have an unheated shed down by the coops to work with, or I can buy a small plastic shed or a stock tank or OSB boxes to keep under the covered porch.

The goal is to select a few of the best looking prospects in the first couple of days, and sell all the rest before they reach two weeks. This holds for chickens and turkeys. I'm looking for a design that can be opened on mild days, closed when nights drop to freezing temps, and are secure against rodents, possums, skunks and cats. Larger predators have to be out of the equation unless I put the medium security boxes inside the shed.

I'll want to keep each lot separate to prevent bullying or piling, something that's easy to grab chicks out of yet keeps them in, and want a design that I can easily clean. The Rubbermaid deck box I used last year worked great, but I can't buy many of them as they are pricey.

I'd love to hear your suggestions!

My outside brooders are 3x3 and 4x3. 3 sides are wooden, and the front and roof are hardware cloth. I have a couple of screws protruding from the front so I can hang an additional panel On the front to block all 4 sides, then I put a panel on the roof and adjust the open space depending on temperatures. We don't get nearly as cold as you, but I brooded chicks outdoors with lows in the 20s last year

 

[WalnutHill]

That sounds like it would fit the bill, but I would expect to have to close them up every night until June so I'd probably hinge a front panel on.

My back is getting bad, so I'd have to build them at a comfortable working height, which will also help keep them from being too damp or too cold from the ground and would allow me to build storage cabinets underneath. I'd love to keep them along the wall just outside my office, by the egg fridge, to get word out that I have chicks available. Then I could also check on them frequently and they'd be at less risk from predators.

I'd do the tube feeders and nipple waterers for sure in a setup like that. They'll already be started on food and water so it ought to be easier.

I could even build a polyethylene and 2 x 2 greenhouse style frame to box in a corner of the covered porch. Up against a west and north wall of the house, with sheltered southern and eastern exposure, that would probably work well. And I could put my cool weather crop flats out there too!

For heat I'll probably use FlexWatt all along the back wall. It seems it would be the easiest solution. I'll have to test it to see if it provides enough heat.

 

[Akrnaf2]

Good evening to you all!! What's new??
You must see this clip!

http://flix.tapuz.co.il/v/watch-4039563-הזיקית_המהירה_בעולם.html

 

[scflock]

Good evening to you all!! What's new??
You must see this clip!

http://flix.tapuz.co.il/v/watch-4039563-הזיקית_המהירה_בעולם.html

Carolina vs Clemson. I'm out for a while

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Good evening to you all!! What's new??
You must see this clip!

http://flix.tapuz.co.il/v/watch-4039563-הזיקית_המהירה_בעולם.html

Hello Benny

I always hide

incredible creatures!

 

[rossfam06]

. For those who do not know.....Wicket died over the night. . My only Silkie........my favorite!!! . I will be okay.

 

[WalnutHill]

. For those who do not know.....Wicket died over the night.

. My only Silkie........my favorite!!!

. I will be okay.

So sorry to hear about Wicket!

Any signs of the cause?