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[SallyinIndiana]

wow that looks like a great cheap way to open the door. I don't want to devote that much space to it though. It looks like I'll be trying an add a motor maybe this spring.

 

[CluckAcres]

wow that looks like a great cheap way to open the door. I don't want to devote that much space to it though. It looks like I'll be trying an add a motor maybe this spring.

you can always make it smaller than i did. Pulleys dont have to be that high then either. Thing i dont like about motors is when it goes down it wont stop and if a chicken gets caught it cant get out. If my door comes down on a chicken the door will still give a little and chicken can squeeze through it.

 

[CluckAcres]

FYI..I couldn't get into the members list this morning. It said "The publishing options given are not valid. Please check the options and try again"

It all should be working right again. Sorry for any inconvenience . Thanks for bringing that to our attention.

 

[Leahs Mom]

Thanks!

 

[CluckAcres]

Thanks

I can put you on the members page along with your breeds. Just tell us what you have or what you want listed. Thanks.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

you can always make it smaller than i did. Pulleys dont have to be that high then either. Thing i dont like about motors is when it goes down it wont stop and if a chicken gets caught it cant get out. If my door comes down on a chicken the door will still give a little and chicken can squeeze through it.

This is true. I had thought about looking for an opener that I could get to open on a timer but close by hand or remote. Still most of the remotes I have seen only have a range of 80 feet and our coop is much more than 80 ft away from the house.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

my husband is currently working on our coop for the meaties this spring. I'm not sure where we will store the coop when it is not in use, but for now he is building it in our heated garage. I'm going to laugh when he tries to get it out. so far it should fit out the large car door but still it is going to take some maneuvering.

 

[CreativeCowgirl]

Hi! You can add me to the list. I am in Northwest Indiana. I currently have 25 birds, you can see the full list in my sig. My girls just started laying, so I am hoping in a few months I will have enough eggs to sell and hopefully I will also be hatching mixed breed chicks(all sired by my EE roo) some to keep and some to sell.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

congrats on the new layers. I'm still waiting for my first batch of chickens to lay an egg.
How are you planning on hatching the eggs? Will you pen up a broody hen or use a machine? I'm thinking it would be great for my children to see a chick hatch but I don't have a brooding area set up. maybe spring of 2014. I know I don't want to spend the money it costs to hatch the eggs without a hen.

 

[CreativeCowgirl]

If any of my hens go broody, my plan is to let them hatch as many as their little hearts desire! I have a decent sized chicken tractor that I can use to separate them from the rest of the flock for a little while if need be. Other than that, I am planning on building an incubator pretty soon and hatching chicks from that. The kind I'm looking at is very inexpensive as I am on a limited budget right now. I found some cooler based models here on byc that look easy and cheap to make (you can take a look at them here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/homemade-chicken-egg-incubator-designs-pictures ). At first I thought it would cost a lot of money for an incubator too, but if you can build it yourself it looks to me like you can make it for a decent price.