Getting the flock out of here - a diary of a crazy chicken man

[piglett]

Oz, if I were at your PI home, all I would be doing is sitting in a chair amongst your flock to watch and admire them as they mill about doing chickeny things.

i think i might want to have a few ice cold "Red Horses" on hand for that type of job
it's hot there, so drinking fluids may be required

& last time i checked beer is a fluid.

 

[LFchixranch]

i think i might want to have a few ice cold "Red Horses" on hand for that type of job
it's hot there, so drinking fluids may be required

& last time i checked beer is a fluid.

Yes sir I think you are correct

 

[piglett]

snapped a pic of my new chicken tractor today before i put a heavy duty trucking tarp over 1 end to keep the birds dry on "fowl" days
http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/...COOPED UP/Picture022_zpsd2f8dfda.jpg~original

sorry i changed browsers & now my pics don't show up , only the links
stupid computers
i can't right click to copy

anyhow here is my chocolate orpington rooster checking out his new digs
i added 1 black pullet after the pic was taken
i'll add a couple more once the 1st 1 starts laying for me
she still has a pink comb so she is not ready yet i guess

http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad117/piglett2195/English Orpingtons/Picture023_zpsbbd2f7ba.jpg

 

[scottcaddy]

snapped a pic of my new chicken tractor today before i put a heavy duty trucking tarp over 1 end to keep the birds dry on "fowl" days
http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/...COOPED UP/Picture022_zpsd2f8dfda.jpg~original

sorry i changed browsers & now my pics don't show up , only the links
stupid computers
i can't right click to copy

anyhow here is my chocolate orpington rooster checking out his new digs
i added 1 black pullet after the pic was taken
i'll add a couple more once the 1st 1 starts laying for me
she still has a pink comb so she is not ready yet i guess

http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad117/piglett2195/English Orpingtons/Picture023_zpsbbd2f7ba.jpg

That looks to be tamper proof so to speak! Chain-link and hardware wire!
Way to go Pig!

Scott

btw, you have way too much grass out back ya-know, and YES Beer is a fluid,never mind what the medico's say about it!

 

[ozexpat]

That looks to be tamper proof so to speak! Chain-link and hardware wire!
Way to go Pig!

Scott

btw, you have way too much grass out back ya-know, and YES Beer is a fluid,never mind what the medico's say about it!

looks like piglett has been rehydrating instead of cutting crass

nice coop

i may need a dozen

 

[Pancholoco]

Hi, Oz.

How much do you spend on feed every month?

I ask because I saw a lot of eaters!!!

 

[piglett]

Quote:



i have been grabbing lumber & fencing at the local bump
everything for this coop was free but the door handle
$1.49 i guess i can spring for that
the chainlink fencing is nailed on every 6 inches with 8d nails
the 1/2" hardware cloth has lots of roofing nails
i still have to set up their elevated "house" inside the tractor
with a couple nest boxes & some shavings

my wife cuts big bunches of grass for the flock every day
she ties a string around each bunch
then hangs if from the side of the fence
the chickens love to peck at the fresh grass
so we only cut the front lawn
i'll add a couple more A-frame tractors too which will help
keep the grass inline.

just started my 1st bucket of fermented feed
that might be something you want to look into for your mega flock OZ

 

[ozexpat]

Hi, Oz.

How much do you spend on feed every month?
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I ask because I saw a lot of eaters!!!

we pay 1300p ($30) for a 50KG (110lb) sack of 23% protein chick feed and $12 for a 110lb of 14% protein rice bran. With 20 adults (we got rid of 13 roosters and 5 hens) and 45 one month old chicks, that lasted 5 weeks.

My long term plan is to end up with less than 100 adult chickens in a breeding program. The guineas will be pinioned and free range as with mutts, ducks peafowl and turkeys. I can purchase 100m of used fish net for about $50 that is 7 feet wide. We will use that to make a 4000sq feet movable "free range" pen that the birds not in the "breeding programs of the month" can roam around and eat bugs.

A couple of smaller free range pens and chicken tractors can be in the house yards most of the year as well.

 

[perchie.girl]

we pay 1300p ($30) for a 50KG (110lb) sack of 23% protein chick feed and $12 for a 110lb of 14% protein rice bran. With 20 adults (we got rid of 13 roosters and 5 hens) and 45 one month old chicks, that lasted 5 weeks.

My long term plan is to end up with less than 100 adult chickens in a breeding program. The guineas will be pinioned and free range as with mutts, ducks peafowl and turkeys. I can purchase 100m of used fish net for about $50 that is 7 feet wide. We will use that to make a 4000sq feet movable "free range" pen that the birds not in the "breeding programs of the month" can roam around and eat bugs.

A couple of smaller free range pens and chicken tractors can be in the house yards most of the year as well.

I Hope you are pinoning now. or before you come home. Not a fan but if it must be done do it early.

deb

 

[scottcaddy]

Quote: How much of that can you fit into your golf bag, and would you be willing to sell it state side?

Scott (who is running out of the good bird netting.)