Helpful hints for building coops

[CSolis]

Yes, tomorrow is goat day!

Looks awesome, wanna come work on my haphazard Chateau Le Chicks? Still working on the Barn for Bairns but I have time.

 

[jvls1942]

I'm hoping the new goats will be everything you hope they will be..
today, I took a small scoop of my decomposed wood chips and planted two tomato plants in them,, The drainage is not what I hoped for. This is just an experiment.
I am not going to baby these plants. just will give them water when they need it..
.......jiminwisc.......

 

[NewBoots]

today, I took a small scoop of my decomposed wood chips and planted two tomato plants in them,, The drainage is not what I hoped for. This is just an experiment.
I am not going to baby these plants. just will give them water when they need it..
.......jiminwisc.......

Slap them once in a while too Jim, don't let them get soft.

 

[CapricornFarm]

These are new goats, or ones you had previously(not sure why I think that's an option)?

Babies!

 

[CapricornFarm]

Looks awesome, wanna come work on my haphazard Chateau Le Chicks? Still working on the Barn for Bairns but I have time.

Heck, I can't get everything done I want to do around here! Lots of projects coming up. Lean-to, goat feeder, more brooders, rooster runs, etc.

 

[aart]

Hitting on the collective mind here....
Anyone have any experience with a portable Air Conditioner?
The kind that sits on the floor inside and has exhaust hose thru window?

Biggest I've found is 12kBTU, say up to 350sqft and I have 700.
Open floor plan is a huge concern,
not to mention the open stairway to lower level and hallway to bedrooms off the 700sqft main living area.
Afraid it would be a waste of money,
both in outlay(~$500) and power consumption.
Not sure it's worth it to drop the temp 10°.
Sigh.

 

[Cebarmlds]

Hitting on the collective mind here....
Anyone have any experience with a portable Air Conditioner?
The kind that sits on the floor inside and has exhaust hose thru window?

Biggest I've found is 12kBTU, say up to 350sqft and I have 700.
Open floor plan is a huge concern,
not to mention the open stairway to lower level and hallway to bedrooms off the 700sqft main living area.
Afraid it would be a waste of money,
both in outlay(~$500) and power consumption.
Not sure it's worth it to drop the temp 10°.
Sigh.

get two?

 

[jvls1942]

Aart, that is the kind we use. IDK what the btu is, though. runs on 120V. Our house is 1200 sq ft. open stairway to the basement , like yours.
Open living/dining/kitchen concept.
I estimate with the bedrooms closed we are cooling half of the 1200 sq/ft. = 600 sq/ft.
each bedroom has it's own window AC.
the floor unit is set at 70F. It cools the area down from whatever hot it is, to comfortable in about 5 minutes. No problems with these mid 80F's we are having.
the cooling doesn't seem to affect the basement. It is always about 60F down there.
we run a dehumidifier in the basement when I don't forget to empty the water..
.......jiminwisc......

 

[jvls1942]

Hi again,
I had an idea. instead of building a raised bed, why not make a self watering tote ?
yesterday I planted the last two tomatoes in the mostly decomposed wood chips that I have tons of.. I am not impressed with how slowly it drains. but it does, very slowly. but it does retain water quite well, so once it is soaked, I think it will do the job
Exciting ,, goat day..
....jiminwisc.....

 

[aart]

Aart, that is the kind we use. IDK what the btu is, though. runs on 120V. Our house is 1200 sq ft. open stairway to the basement , like yours.
Open living/dining/kitchen concept.
I estimate with the bedrooms closed we are cooling half of the 1200 sq/ft. = 600 sq/ft.

Are you running it now?
Could you look at the make and model?
How do you feel it performs?
Does it have a single exhaust hose?