Need Advice- Chicks will be ready soon!!

[mandymcg05]

Sorry.

I hope things get better. But if he's upset that could indicate he really wanted it to work out. If he wants it work with you that's a good thing.

But is you really are going to start over, I wonder if you try to just move your coop without losing all the effort you did?

A lot of people don't do foundations on small size coops. They do them on larger farm buildings though. You do see big


That sounds better than losing all your work. I'd try to move it too, and try to salvage your work. And I bet people would volunteer to help you. Times like now a lot of people see the need to be more community centered. (But there are bad apples too. Sometimes its hard to know who to trust.)

If you had 2 or 3 volunteers, perhaps that are already family members nearby you could probably just get everyone together and pick it up together and move it.

For what its worth, I don't know a lot of people that do foundations on really small budget coops. Some add wheels instead, no joke.

Well the problem is that I actually have way more chicks than what we built it for lol. I just can’t quit getting chicks lol. BUT I think the new one will be way more efficient and will work out better in the long run. And we are trying to reuse as much as we can. Everything happens for a reason and I’m glad we had the bad rain and water issues NOW and not when I had 18 chickens out there. 🌦

 

[nao57]

Well the problem is that I actually have way more chicks than what we built it for lol. I just can’t quit getting chicks lol. BUT I think the new one will be way more efficient and will work out better in the long run. And we are trying to reuse as much as we can. Everything happens for a reason and I’m glad we had the bad rain and water issues NOW and not when I had 18 chickens out there. 🌦

Hey if you've got the land space for it more power to you. Also, if you don't get eggs in winter then you getting more chickens now and then storing the eggs may be a good thing. But if you are storing the eggs and then turning them later for winter it means your production power is less than it really is because you are taking some eggs now to store for winter.

People who think you have too many chickens might not realize that fact.

Have you also gotten into water glassing the eggs yet to store them? (I'm aware of this but have yet to do experiments on it myself.)

 

[mandymcg05]

Hey if you've got the land space for it more power to you. Also, if you don't get eggs in winter then you getting more chickens now and then storing the eggs may be a good thing. But if you are storing the eggs and then turning them later for winter it means your production power is less than it really is because you are taking some eggs now to store for winter.

People who think you have too many chickens might not realize that fact.

Have you also gotten into water glassing the eggs yet to store them? (I'm aware of this but have yet to do experiments on it myself.)

I have never heard of that!! I’ll have to research. Right now we just have chicks. This is our first time with a flock this large and I’m looking into hatching some also. The possibilities are ENDLESS!

 

[nao57]

I have never heard of that!! I’ll have to research. Right now we just have chicks. This is our first time with a flock this large and I’m looking into hatching some also. The possibilities are ENDLESS!

Good. You're doing fine.

But a few years of gardening have taught me that food production becomes impossible to get anywhere without ways of storing it. Hence, 'waterglassing'. It uses hydrated lime to preserve the eggs in a solution. But other people just do 'egg pickling'. They aren't the same thing, but both ways could technically work.

 

[mandymcg05]

Good. You're doing fine.

But a few years of gardening have taught me that food production becomes impossible to get anywhere without ways of storing it. Hence, 'waterglassing'. It uses hydrated lime to preserve the eggs in a solution. But other people just do 'egg pickling'. They aren't the same thing, but both ways could technically work.

Oh wow!! I’ve tried doing the freezing them in a muffin tin thing. Haven’t eaten them yet though so we will see if that works lol

 

[rosemarythyme]

So as someone whose run flooded twice this past winter... yeah it sucks. I got lucky as far as the coop at least because my coop is slightly elevated, like 6", on concrete blocks and skids, so the water went under the coop and the wood in the body of the coop stayed dry.

How high did the water go in the coop location? Wondering if any of the wood was compromised, in case you wanted to reuse some of it.

Digging trenches and drains won't help much if you're in an area prone to flooding or heavily saturated with ground water, just no place for water to go. Do you have any spots you can use on your lot that sit up a little higher and aren't as prone to flooding? That would be ideal. Also consider building the coop on some sort of foundation, blocks, skids, etc. to further increase the chance that the coop stays dry in case something like this happens again.

 

[mandymcg05]

So as someone whose run flooded twice this past winter... yeah it sucks. I got lucky as far as the coop at least because my coop is slightly elevated, like 6", on concrete blocks and skids, so the water went under the coop and the wood in the body of the coop stayed dry.

How high did the water go in the coop location? Wondering if any of the wood was compromised, in case you wanted to reuse some of it.

Digging trenches and drains won't help much if you're in an area prone to flooding or heavily saturated with ground water, just no place for water to go. Do you have any spots you can use on your lot that sit up a little higher and aren't as prone to flooding? That would be ideal. Also consider building the coop on some sort of foundation, blocks, skids, etc. to further increase the chance that the coop stays dry in case something like this happens again.

We didn’t think that area had flooded before but it looks like it is prone to it. The water went up the wood maybe about 6-8” so I feel like if it was elevated, it would have been ok. We found a spot next to our fencing that is a little more elevated than that spot so yes. We are moving the entire area and redesigning the entire coop/run. Now I just pray we have enough time because these chicks are outgrowing their brooder. And fast. lol.