Hey Gang! Whatcha think of my plans and Rooster issue?

[jldaniel33]

so beautiful at this age!

 

[Crabella]

Thank you

... the wife looked at the 8 x 28' run and said, "that's not that big ... if you still are loving chickens next year you should make it bigger" .. I love that woman

LOL you have an 'in house' enabler... yay chicken math

 

[highpointfarm]

YAY I was supposedly done for the year as well, But I am going to a large showing on the 19... Will probably end up getting a few more birds there

 

[highpointfarm]

Count ATM is 35 lol

 

[azygous]

Yay! Tony has chicken math down pat!

 

[TonySorrento]

LOL you have an 'in house' enabler... yay chicken math

And she "OKed" 8 -10 birds!

YAY I was supposedly done for the year as well, But I am going to a large showing on the 19... Will probably end up getting a few more birds there

Caleb, you have it worse than I do!

Yay! Tony has chicken math down pat!

Well ... I USED to be a math teacher!

So I have decided to hold off on the hard roof for this year and just go with one of the soft roof suggestions for now ...i am just done with working my regular job, trying to run the new business at home, and hoping the weather cooperates .... so building the door to the run and coop now so my birds can get in to the run and have some fun!!

 

[kabaluch76]

You're doing an awesome job! I'm having so much fun with my babies. What breed is the one in your pic, close to the BO black and standing by itself. It's a beauty.

 

[highpointfarm]

I think the soft netting should be fine.. Only thing i have to say.... Is you better get a hard roof with good supports before about october... Knowing how the snow falls here where we live lol I highly suggest clear vinal roofing...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/debtfreechicken-coop

They used the roofing... It helps keep heat out in summer, But in winter the suns rays, Help warm it like a green house affect...

 

[azygous]

That's the first thing I thought of, too, - snow in winter will collapse the soft netting.

I hope you're building good roof supports, Tony, so you can install those corrugated panels real fast come December.

I have corrugated fiberglass panels on my run. I have intense solar radiation at this altitude (7500') and the clear ones let in so much sunlight in summer, the pen cooks. As I added on to the run, I found the white, opaque panels were the best color, letting in maximum light in winter while providing some shade in summer. They hold up very well under snow load, too, but I rake the snow off with one of those roof rakes.

 

[TonySorrento]

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