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Hi all! Hope all the headaches have gone away. That's a heck of a way to spend your Sunday.
We had a very productive day. We were able to finally burn some tree limbs and construction debris, and cleared some junk off of the property from the previous landowner. Also, did a little mowing. All in all, we made some good progress today. Got a couple of showers this afternoon to cool us off but it wasn't enough to put out our fire.
The clearing that we did today is the beginning of my LONG overdue chicken pens. Does anyone know what direction the chicken pens should face? The pens will be open and I'm thinking of running the pens from East to West. The front and back of each pen would be facing North and South. Any thoughts? Julie, I like your idea about the sand in the pens and think that I will end up doing the same. I'll probably haul in some fill dirt to raise the pens and then put sand on top of that.
Well I got the headache to go away also.However mine dont go away that cheaply. My medicine for them is $32 a pill and she only prescribes 6 a month.
I did get a lil bit of stuff done.Got my younger button quail moved into a bigger brooder pen.I have 46 of them an 14 older ones. Also got sand into one and a half pens.Going to hopefully do some more tomorrow.Then let them settle a lil bit to see how much more they need.
Ya'll talking open pens...My new runs I put up are open on the sides.They run North to South.So my doors face East (for the most part)... What do ya'll do for the cold air in the winter?My large coop was open,but in the winter I hung tarps.Had them set where I coud roll them up and tie them.I dont have an enclosed part on the pens,just a roof.Their is nest boxes for the layers. Will the birds handle the weather? Or should I still cover the sides for cold weather?
Well my coop is 3 sided and the front is completly open. In the winter I cover the front completly with a tarp and leave an opening on th bottom corner furthest from the roosts. I do have to add a light in there with a timer cause they can't see in there!! Works well for me!
Hi all! Hope all the headaches have gone away. That's a heck of a way to spend your Sunday.
We had a very productive day. We were able to finally burn some tree limbs and construction debris, and cleared some junk off of the property from the previous landowner. Also, did a little mowing. All in all, we made some good progress today. Got a couple of showers this afternoon to cool us off but it wasn't enough to put out our fire.
The clearing that we did today is the beginning of my LONG overdue chicken pens. Does anyone know what direction the chicken pens should face? The pens will be open and I'm thinking of running the pens from East to West. The front and back of each pen would be facing North and South. Any thoughts? Julie, I like your idea about the sand in the pens and think that I will end up doing the same. I'll probably haul in some fill dirt to raise the pens and then put sand on top of that.
Well I got the headache to go away also.However mine dont go away that cheaply. My medicine for them is $32 a pill and she only prescribes 6 a month.
I did get a lil bit of stuff done.Got my younger button quail moved into a bigger brooder pen.I have 46 of them an 14 older ones. Also got sand into one and a half pens.Going to hopefully do some more tomorrow.Then let them settle a lil bit to see how much more they need.
Ya'll talking open pens...My new runs I put up are open on the sides.They run North to South.So my doors face East (for the most part)... What do ya'll do for the cold air in the winter?My large coop was open,but in the winter I hung tarps.Had them set where I coud roll them up and tie them.I dont have an enclosed part on the pens,just a roof.Their is nest boxes for the layers. Will the birds handle the weather? Or should I still cover the sides for cold weather?
Well my coop is 3 sided and the front is completly open. In the winter I cover the front completly with a tarp and leave an opening on th bottom corner furthest from the roosts. I do have to add a light in there with a timer cause they can't see in there!! Works well for me!
