INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

I was thinking 8x8, then building the brooder on the back wall,

If you have a large enough run and the birds won't be confined to the coop for long periods, you can easily put 10 LF birds in a 5x8 coop. If you're going with an 8x8, there will be sufficient room for the birds and a brooder inside...

 

[BullChick]

"I am going to keep my mouth shut! I am going to keep my mouth shut!"

about what? 

Under the covers and such.

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

yeah I do understand the snow part for you guys, here more rain and wind, central west FL

Wasn't sure where you were located, but you can easily get by with a 3/12 pitch.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

[COLOR=141823]Poor girl! We have a tub in the coop that we use in the summer to collect the water from the misters so it doesn't get too muddy in the coop, I didn't notice until today that it had fallen down from leaning against the wall, she was stuck underneath it. There were two eggs under it so she was stuck in it for at least two days. She seems fine despite her ordeal, she's just drinking water like she's never seen it before. No more tubs against the wall!! Hopefully she'll be ok. [/COLOR]:/ It's kind of nice to know she is one of the girls laying olive eggs but I wish I didn't have to find out in these circumstances.

Aww!poor girl! Glad she's ok. I have a fat little hen that's obsessed with food. One day, she somehow managed to flip the food dish upside down on top of herself lol. It's a good thing that I collect the dishes every night! She was fine obviously, though a bit confused as to what happened!

 

[SilverHair]

If you have a large enough run and the birds won't be confined to the coop for long periods, you can easily put 10 LF birds in a 5x8 coop. If you're going with an 8x8, there will be sufficient room for the birds and a brooder inside...

if I decide to do it it will split the run, run is also the garden, it's dream of mine, got part of it done already, just want to make it look better at some point

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Hmmm.....

I agree. This coop is 8'x8' with the front wall 8' tall, and the back wall 6'. This gives the roof a pitch of approximately 3/12, which is sufficient to shed water. If I were dealing with snow, it would have to be much steeper... 

mine is 12/12.....metal roof. You don't want to be standing in the wrong spot when the snow load comes down....

 

[kwhites634]

They say lotsa babies conceived during snow storms.

I wasn't gonna touch that one!

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

Honestly, quickest and cheapest way is to make the front wall a little taller than the back wall.

That's how mine is built.

I was thinking 8x8, then building the brooder on the back wall,

This is an 8x8 coop with with an 8' front wall and 6' rear wall. This will give all the slope you'll need in FL...

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: that boy could use a mouse and work on kindergarden play software at two years old, potty trained at 16 months, and is a little smartask to boot! I am not sure WHO he takes after

x50

Ohhh my gosh Sally, that is crazy... stay safe and warm if you can.

miss you loulysweets!

Does anyone else realize that this thread is only 4600 posts behind "What is this chicken thinking?"... which was started 10/6/2012??? This thread was started 11/1/2015... so let's help Sally's thread become the highest count thread on BYC.... since it's already the most popular!!!!!

Congratulations, @Sally Sunshine !!!!!!!!!!

How do you know this stuff? what is what is this chicken thinking? chickens think they want to eat your ask thats what they think

Just set 7 more serama eggs!

My little buddy Miles just caught his very first fish ever

awwww Phil your so sweet!! I am so very happy he caught one!!! Good job both of you!!!!

@Sally Sunshine , you're gonna need a bigger snow shovel.............

yeah like a back hoe maybe? yer on yer way right hero?

What!!!!!!! Didn't you just get those eggs today????? If so, they were cold and sweating!! You are supposed to let them set and acclimate for at least a day!!!!

Same thing everybody has been saying over and over!!!!!!!

I shall survive unaltered with this young mans actions tonight

at least until I have a drink or two

Well, I hope you guys had a more fun day than me chores, feed store, cringe Walmart, build my new transition pen for the Christmas chicks sanitizecthe brooder and bath, then move in the two and three day olds, and now off to help a friend with wood.
What do you think of the pen? dog play pen yarp plastic dog pads under a roost landscaping timber and topped with bird net.

I candled, weighed, and drew air cells on my 33 today. With my weighing on day 4 to be sure how their weight loss was going, I found I was hugely ahead of where they should be trending so I upped the humidity. FLASH TO TODAY: Air cells are on the small side for day 8 even though my weigh loss was in line with what it should be.

. I think I will drop my humidity back into the mid 30's and check again in a week.

. Although, I could clearly tell that at least 19 were viable... Oh yeah!!!!

Plus on a side note, I have someone coming to grab my 2- 7 week old cockerels I hatched out last. I was worried about getting rid of them but I've had tons of people wanting them! YAY no stew pot for them!

you have time to work with them sweets! day 8 of 18 your doing what you should do!

For anyone needing a chick fix

LOVE the salt and peppa!!!

Quote:

Awful quiet this evening.

probably under the covers

Quote: not here thats fer sure

Honestly, quickest and cheapest way is to make the front wall a little taller than the back wall.

good advice!

 

[kwhites634]

I would be hibernating in a pile of blankets if I had all the snow the east is getting! I'm just gonna keep watching winter from arizona.

That's o.k...I'll watch summer from MD