May 2020 Hatch-A-Long

[FortCluck]

Yeah I did. The person I saw used zip ties so I will probably do that. Although they also had a support piece in the middle and I’m wondering if that might be better. but it made more sense to me to just get the longer single piece of pipe haha we’ll see. It’s 5x2. This is theirs. I’m not sure yet whether to do the tractor thing or cover the bottom.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/homemade-pvc-quail-cage.909525/

Only issue I see is predators will knock that over in a heartbeat

 

[sdm111]

Wow just wow... wait while I pick my up off the floor.

Ain't he though

 

[FortCluck]

Ain't he though

Yeah he’s stunning

 

[ShrekDawg]

Only issue I see is predators will knock that over in a heartbeat

Yeah, that’s definitely an issue!!! Not sure yet what to do about that. Maybe I could add some weights or something somehow? Or maybe put it inside another fenced area or something. I think I’ll probably wire the bottom too though and/or maybe put it on legs or a table or something? Probably should have attached PVC legs. Still could I guess.

 

[FortCluck]

Yeah, that’s definitely an issue!!! Not sure yet what to do about that. Maybe I could add some weights or something somehow? Or maybe put it inside another fenced area or something. I think I’ll probably wire the bottom too though and/or maybe put it on legs or a table or something? Probably should have attached PVC legs. Still could I guess.

I think legs would work but still the weight of it concerns me. Maybe do legs and stick them about an inch in the ground

 

[ShrekDawg]

I think legs would work but still the weight of it concerns me. Maybe do legs and stick them about an inch in the ground

That sounds like a good idea!!! Maybe I could make heavier legs or something? I kind of hate to go get more pipe just to add legs haha idk how the rabbit one I saw doesn’t get knocked down. It’s super tall and all PVC and the buns just hanging there. Seems like a predator attack waiting to happen to me. Think it was like 6 or 7 feet tall and about the same length. Maybe that makes it heavier.

 

[kelseyk]

Well chick boot fitted Haha! Very hard to do alone so not sure its its completely right View attachment 2166315

If it is just a toe, you may be able to do something a bit smaller. This link has a great tutorial on chick boots! https://www.mypetchicken.com/backya...-toes-are-all-curled-up-whats-wrong-H293.aspx

 

[kelseyk]

Haha! And I remember my dad recording us kids on the reel-to-reel.

I learned how to call my grandparents on a rotary phone! So funny to watch the youtube videos of kids trying to figure out a rotary phone! LOL!

 

[kelseyk]

I remember tape players and vhs but nothing much more than that

I showed my 13 year old daughter a picture of a cassette tape and told her what it was and she had this super embarrassed look on her face. Then she told me that she had found one while she was babysitting for her piano teacher and she had held it up to her eyes (thinking it was one of those 3D veiwer toys). LOL!

 

[RoseHawke]

I've tried candling my Cream Legbar eggs again on day 14 (today,) and I'm about ready to just wing it and hope for the best. I cannot see anything in these eggs - except, possibly, the air cell. I have been weighing though, and I'm just going to have to go by that I guess.