Kristen’s Chickens and Farming Ventures

[BlueBaby]

@Kris5902 Better make sure that room is big enough for a bed in it. I'm using a spare bedroom to hatch and brood mine in. I have 2 of those 5-gallon bucket's with lid's in there to hold my chick mash in, the stuff used for the brooder bedding, pencil's & marker's, legband's. All of those other supplies add up, too. (And then hubby had to store some of his stuff in the room too.) I set my incubator up on top of my brooder to save space. Of course my incubator is a Little Giant still air styrofoam one, and my brooder is a large plastic dog crate.

 

[Kris5902]

@Kris5902 Better make sure that room is big enough for a bed in it. I'm using a spare bedroom to hatch and brood mine in. I have 2 of those 5-gallon bucket's with lid's in there to hold my chick mash in, the stuff used for the brooder bedding, pencil's & marker's, legband's. All of those other supplies add up, too. (And then hubby had to store some of his stuff in the room too.) I set my incubator up on top of my brooder to save space. Of course my incubator is a Little Giant still air styrofoam one, and my brooder is a large plastic dog crate.

I think* (it’s been so long since I looked at our plans) that they are 11x12ish’ spare bedrooms. We are keeping the largest for guests, but have two spares for storage, office space, chickens, kids? etc... plus a library (den), we have a book problem-never enough books, and two masters with ensuites top floor for Andrew and I, and Main floor garage was converted to a second for my mother. I looked up the plans again... thanks for the inspiration. They are more hopeful than the piles of materials that have been hanging around for the last year.

There were a few other little changes to the upstairs en-suite and chimney placement. I’m happy with a bathtub/shower we don’t need one of each! Also the windows on the main floor suite for my mom are moved with most being on the east wall (left) rather than the north wall (bottom) facing the road.

 

[BlueBaby]

@Kris5902 I can understand that! You can't take a shower and a bath at the same time anyways without flooding the house!

 

[Kris5902]

@Kris5902 I can understand that! You can't take a shower and a bath at the same time anyways without flooding the house!

not quite true! I love baths, and have been known to soak for hours, and hours, and hours. Every now and then it’s not bad to stand up and shower the bath water off, drain the tub some, and refill with hot water again... and I have turned on the shower while sitting in the bath water as well, it’s just like swimming in the rain, except without all the sinking that usually happens when I try to swim! Can’t do that if the two are separate enclosures!

 

[BlueBaby]

not quite true! I love baths, and have been known to soak for hours, and hours, and hours. Every now and then it’s not bad to stand up and shower the bath water off, drain the tub some, and refill with hot water again... and I have turned on the shower while sitting in the bath water as well, it’s just like swimming in the rain, except without all the sinking that usually happens when I try to swim! Can’t do that if the two are separate enclosures!

Yes, that would sort of be hard to do if each was in it's own location.

I've been sitting here drinking coffee trying to stay awake a little longer. I got up earlier than normal this morning because some of my flock went to a new home today.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

For incubation, winter brooding, and mealworms! Think good exhaust fans and vinyl flooring, as well as a laundry sink in a bedroom.

So Cool! If you add a cat flap you could have an adjoining outdoor run for the brooder to harden off the chicks!

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

I think* (it’s been so long since I looked at our plans) that they are 11x12ish’ spare bedrooms. We are keeping the largest for guests, but have two spares for storage, office space, chickens, kids? etc... plus a library (den), we have a book problem-never enough books, and two masters with ensuites top floor for Andrew and I, and Main floor garage was converted to a second for my mother. I looked up the plans again... thanks for the inspiration. They are more hopeful than the piles of materials that have been hanging around for the last year.
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There were a few other little changes to the upstairs en-suite and chimney placement. I’m happy with a bathtub/shower we don’t need one of each! Also the windows on the main floor suite for my mom are moved with most being on the east wall (left) rather than the north wall (bottom) facing the road.

Oh, I thought your chook room would be on ground level and they could have access to the outdoors as they got bigger.
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[rjohns39]

Morning Kris

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Love the house plans Kris. Especially the part with indoor plumbing and a big kitchen.

 

[Kris5902]

Ideally the chickens would be on the ground floor, but we are putting the wheelchair accessible main floor master (not an in-law suite, for zoning purposes!) on the main floor, and I got my reading habit from my mom, but she doesn’t share my chicken enthusiasm. So distance from Chickies will be required I’m not exactly looking forward to hauling supplies up the stairs for them. But real indoor plumbing and a kitchen you can fit two people in at once? Heaven...