Just get started. A tape measure, saw, drill gun, screws, lumber, a plan in your head and voila - you're on your way.
Other things like a level and framing square are helpful.
X2Ant's air cells were too big too early. Had to slow the growth on them so the chicks would have enough room to move into hatching positions. Too little humidity when the chick pips/zips will make the membrane tough. If you've ever pulled an egg to assist, you'll know that the membrane dries and turns white then brown very quickly. It's drying out and becomes rubbery, which can be nearly impossible for a chick to tear though...
Is it the same temperature throughout?
One egg too many.
Same here.Sometimes I get lucky and my posts are legible. Other times... not so much. As I've said before, sometimes it's nearly impossible to decipher my cryptic writings, and even I can't make sense of them. You caught me on a good night...
I was once an award winning writer and I'm sometimes appalled when I look back at the blather I wrote - mostly grammar and punctuation issues.
X2. I don't touch eggs till day 23. I once did an eggtopsy on an egg I was sure was on day 25 only to find a live chick about to hatch. The machete did it in.
Semantics. Thanks for posting the diagram of a respiratory system.
AIR SAC -------- NOT THE SAME AS AN AIR CELL!!!!!
Perhaps if one doesn't know anatomy and associated nomenclature, it would be best to study before hatching eggs.
Set it and forget it. If your temp and humidity are correct, there's nothing else you should do.
Nice plan. Even if you have lots of gardening experience and with extensive planning, you'll end up making changes over time.Some girls want diamonds for Valentine's Day... I'm happy with a Super Coop, and Mama Garden, plotted and planned by Handsome Devil (referred to as HD). I know I've talked about these plans before, so, forgive me for repeating... Now it's finally happening!!! The first picture is the outline of the raised beds we'll build at the end of the run. Hubby designed the U shape (12' down, 9' across and 3.5' wide (our tractor is 3' wide), with an extra 3' x 4' bed in the middle.
This second pic is a panoramic taken from the inside of where the run goes...we are building the space to the left out for the coop 18ft x 8ft. It is the back of the girl's playhouse. We will tap into the electricity so I can build a brooder and hospital cage above the nesting boxes. We are pouring a slab for ease of cleaning and security. Half of the open space above the wall, to the left, will be greenhouse glass (for light and rain (should we EVER get any!) protection)), with the rest hardware cloth, where it will come across the front, framing it all in and giving them protection at night... We are making the "people door" a Dutch door I can just open the bottom half of to let the girls out. We will mount that old wagon wheel (propped up against the wall) flat on a post for a fun roost, along with a ladder roost.
The posts will be 4.5' high with hogwire. I am moving the blood orange and fig trees out of the center, into the run spaces...more protection from our overhead visitors. We are planting 2 avocados "inside" the run space as well- 1 along each wall, for protection and to screen our neighbors yards. Outside the run fence I'm planting lavender and rosemary bushes for pollinators, chicken smell camouflage and rodent deterrent. We are adding a gate at the corner from where I took the pano, to be able to close off to use for new bird integration, breeding and/or broody hens... We are adding a small 5'x4' coop at the mandarin tree end too.
I am keeping my "Bielefelder Family" over in the area the big girls have their coop now. I am planning for the big girls to move to super coop when these babies are ready to go out...just so everyone is on new territory.
Lastly, we will fill in the open space with polished gravel and put a picnic table and benches in the middle, along with my favorite adirondack chairs. This is the best Valentine present EVER! I have a feeling it is also bday, Mother's Day, anniversary , and likely Christmas...for a very long time!
I've been gardening and farming my whole life. I've moved my asparagus and strawberry beds 4 times in the last 12 years or more.
I'm constantly making pen and housing changes.
I wish I was fast at stuff like that. Everything takes me a long time.The Chinese don't waste much time or effort when they caponize...
Their parts are on the inside near their back. Very unlike mammals.
Been snowing since early morning. 3 inches coming on top of the dusting we had a week ago that never left cause it's been so cold. Getting above freezing for the first time tomorrow or Tuesday. Just saw a forecast for Friday. A high of 70. That's just weird for Feb..
Absolutely. I think it is Stark Brothers that sell a 5 in 1 tree.
