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[iamfivewire]

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[iamfivewire]

our new bird . . . . . LOL !

 

[kabhyper1]

Maybe I'll have a "professional pole building builder" come out and take a look at how a proper door could be put in.

We put ours in ourselves. It's not as hard as you would think. We built dutch doors for the individual pens for our alpacas, so that we could close the top or bottom if needed. My husband used a reciprocating saw, ans cut out the wall at the door measurement, plus the trim width. He framed the opening with 2x4's. We went to Menards and got the metal trim pieces to go around. All you would have to get special besides the trim, would be metal barn screws, the kind with the rubber seal on them. It's intimidating looking at the side of a pole barn, not wanting to screw it up, but it's much easier than you would think. A lot cheaper to do yourself.

The green you see around the door on the inside is paint. It's actually all wood on the inside.



There was a window before we put in the doors. We sort of winged it. We went by the service door design that we already had in the barn, to install the new doors.

 

[pginsber]

Well, there it is. The pear harvest of 2014.
Had the makings of a great harvest, but the squirrels must've had babies and needed them more than we did.
Got 3 buckets just like this of pear pieces.
Nothing more on the tree.
RATS!!!

 

[raisinemright]

Here is the new perch!

Hopefully they take to this coop with little stress from the move

 

[Leahs Mom]

First build an indoor foyer of sorts so that you have room to open the person door to the pole barn and step inside to a small screened off area. Then put a chicken door in the screen off area as well as a human door. you can use the screen human door to get to the rest of your pole barn. you then build a tunnel of sorts that goes from the inside chicken pen along the walls of the pole barn until it comes to the chicken door in the screened off area. Then the chickens can't get to the rest of the barn or dangerous stuff stored there. Also they can't poo anywhere other than the pen and tunnel. Hint make the top of the tunnel hinge open for replacing bedding.


~~~Tunnel~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>screened off area (like a tiny mud room right inside the person door of pole barn)
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Yep.....got the wheels turning....

 

[Leahs Mom]

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Wow. That is just beautifully done.

Are the chickens in the same enclosure together with the alpacas? I want some more photos...that just looks really nice... And you built the doors...

Very nice.

 

[Birdylady3]

Hi all! How is everyone? I have got to get on here more often.

 

[flyladyrocks]

So sorry all of you who missed Chickenfest - we had a blast!

24 hours before Chickenfest I was not buying any more chickens. Ha!

First I made the mistake of reading Brad's post that said he had one Legbar pullet. I have no self control.

Then I jchoney had an extra Buff Orpington with her (don't remember where she said she got it!), which just happens to be the other Breed I really want. Insert an extra measure of no self control and I came home with 2. But I am glad I did. I think only one would have been really lonely during the quarantine. Yes, they came from 2 different flocks, so not a perfect quarantine, but it's the best I can do right now. They have become fast friends and are eating drinking and pooping like champs after their stressful day yesterday!

So here are our new babies - and they really seem like babies compared to our 12 weekers! What a difference a few weeks make!

This is Cordelia - DD is reading Anne of Green Gables, if you are familiar you know where the name came from:



And here is Rapunzel:



I can't believe how in love with Chickens I am!

 

[flyladyrocks]

IMPORTANT REMINDER!!!!

Tomorrow (Monday July 21) at 5:00 PM is the deadline for submitting comments about the HORRIBLE Agricultural Rezoning Draft for Indianapolis.

Please, if you live in Indianapolis, make your voice heard. It has been 45 years since Indy has rezoned, and we could be stuck with this trash zoning for the next 45 years. For me that means my kids and grandkids, maybe even my great-grandkids will be affected. It is disturbing that they can give no real answers to why this agricultural rezoning was needed. A very few complaints (that could be handled with current zoning laws). They just think they might need it someday - WHAT???

If you would like a copy of the pages from the rezoning draft that pertain to Agriculture, or a copy of my 4 page outline of my family's concerns (never been short on words!) I would be happy to e-mail them to you. Just PM me your e-mail address. You can get the whole document here but it is a lot to wade through! http://www.indyrezone.org/

Here is the info on how you submit your comments:

Thank you for coming to an urban ag zoning comment session yesterday. I am following up with everyone that expressed interest in receiving emails about this topic to remind you of the opportunity to provide further feedback to Indy Rezone. With the help of Indy Food Council, I am gathering written public comments on the proposed zoning regulations in order to submit them to Indy Rezone folks in a compiled format. The sections of the zoning code relating to urban agriculture are attached in a PDF to this email.

Please email your comments to me ([email protected]) and [email protected] by 5pm on Monday, July 21st.

Thank you again for attending yesterday, your voice matters and you gave excellent feedback to Indy Rezone!
Emily


Emily Eggleston
Urban Agriculture Educator, Purdue Extension - Marion County
317-275-9269
[email protected]

Discovery Hall, Suite 201
1202 E. 38th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46205