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[raisinemright]

Well my boy did it, he won his School conference championship!! And his school won the entire tournament too! Congrats to those hard working boys.

 

[flyladyrocks]

I agree. I like to be able to walk into and rake out the bedding! My first coop was not easy to clean at all! I hated it. Here is my first coop:

I used up all my ovations - as always you have beautiful birds and a great setup for everything!

thats very interesting about the soak....i will do some research on it...i also heard that the incubation of the egg actually diminishes the disease because they cannot survive in that environment...not sure how true that is...just what i read about and heard thru the grapevine...

welcome to byc....alot of great people on here

i have the same problem...is right by the toenail ....i did the same thing and cleaned it and set her back to free ranging to let mother nature do its thing...she should be fine...my philosophy is the strong survive...and the weak or ugly end up in freezer camp...just like a female ringneck today got totally mangled....i caught the male when a fellow bycer was over getting a pair of red goldens today...and put the peeper on the male....i didnt want to catch the female cause she was going thru some serious trauma and i didnt want the stress to kill her....so tomorrow if she is still kicking i will catch her and clean the wound and and she will more then likely be indoor for a couple of days...its pretty bad...i never knew they would be so aggressive like that...i just took off the peeper about a month ago...that didnt last long

welcome to byc

so today i got some sand dropped off and have been moving it in the back in five gallon bucket into the pens...talk about hard work...still snowed in so have no choice....not fun and tired of sand already and have a huge pile to move....got some quail eggs today and eggs getting ready to be set into the incubator after tonight going to candle them and see whats good.....got some black polish white crested eggs so well see how that goes...here are some pics...i havent been on for a while been trying to stay busy
eggs about ready to set

trio moved to their new pen for the season

their pen on the left

just got the buckets with the gravity feed system and installed today

added trees into the pens of each pheasant pen



started to add brush to the tops and screw them down..figured it would be more natural

not sure what she was up to ....hoping she was making a nest for eggs...lol

the dogs being lazy

mealworm beetle bin...slow process..about to order another 1000 worms

new hoop coop for the new birds that are about two months old

one week old 24 birds...

also getting npip certified in this month sometime whenever they show up so eggggsited about that...thats it...have a great night

 

[flyladyrocks]

Well my boy did it, he won his School conference championship!! And his school won the entire tournament too! Congrats to those hard working boys.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

Quote: yes, if planning for deep litter, plan to make everything at least 6 inches higher. For any drawn plans, just draw two floors. The chicken door works better if it is not getting clogged by bedding the person screen door works better if it can easily swing into the house or out. BUT the outside door should go all the way to the ground or low floor. Then a 6 inch removable board is placed from the floor towards the bottom of the screen door. Cleaning the coop becomes a push the bedding out the slot where the removable board was.

A shed conversion is still my recommendation but perhaps 2 sheds for 40 birds. in the winter they can huddle and stay warm then in the summer you can spread them out to prevent overheating. Another option for all 40 in one coop would be an open wall coop with the south wall not a wall but hardware cloth. @Leahs Mom posted links a long time ago on another thread about this open wall kind of coop. Our large coop has this for 6-9 months of the year. We put plastic walls up gradually and take them down gradually as the weather warms. But our large coop cost a lot for US to build, it would have been a mini fortune to pay for a builder to do it. And oh the time, both planning and building. hours and hours. Lots learned though.

 

[Faraday40]

Funny story: On this beautiful sunny day, DD & her friend decided to open a cupcake & juice stand. The girls baked cupcakes & had the great idea of selling them on the corner to other kids after school. No lemonade at her friend’s house, so they made OJ instead. DD wanted to contribute, so she ran home & raided our fridge. She grabbed some eggs & sold them on the street – literally!!! In fact, our eggs were the 1st item to sell out. Now my daughter is a pusher & our neighbors are getting addicted to fresh eggs!

 

[Faraday40]

Well my boy did it, he won his School conference championship!! And his school won the entire tournament too! Congrats to those hard working boys.

A Big Congrats!!

 

[ellymayRans]

Well my boy did it, he won his School conference championship!! And his school won the entire tournament too! Congrats to those hard working boys.

Awesome accomplishments for all!!

 

[ellymayRans]

Funny story:  On this beautiful sunny day, DD & her friend decided to open a cupcake & juice stand.  The girls baked cupcakes & had the great idea of selling them on the corner to other kids after school.  No lemonade at her friend’s house, so they made OJ instead.  DD wanted to contribute, so she ran home & raided our fridge.  She grabbed some eggs & sold them on the street – literally!!!  In fact, our eggs were the 1[SUP]st[/SUP] item to sell out.  Now my daughter is a pusher & our neighbors are getting addicted to fresh eggs!

Sweet!

 

[Acornewell]

@birdman55 Wow looks like you sure have been busy! We have been busy too, taking advantage of the warm weather!
So are you a breeder? Or is this just a hobby of yours? Your birds are gorgous! Love the hoop coop too!

@ellymayRans OMG your babies are so cute! I almost do not feel right not having those little peepers peeping all year round!

@RouletteRun Welcome! Yes, pictures are a must! I love pictures!!!

@raisinemright Congrats!

@Faraday40 That is funny and fantastic in the same! You have a little entrepreneur on your hands!

 

[birdman55]

morning everyone....i am breeding....havnt done the pheasants yet as they have not started to lay...however when they do...i will incubate..or get rid of eggs...just getting excited...well off to work i go