Nevadans?

[wolftracks]

OMG! I have things to do and stuck in here right now. I love this stuff, especially if I can actually ask a question. I have lots of them, but my brain is going 1000 mph. I can't wait to come in here and take my time reading all of this. Thank you so much!

 

[Lacy Blues]

I found, quite by accident, plans for a homemade swamp cooler for a 20" box fan. It was in a greenhouse book and I scanned it into my files. Let me see if I can get it to load on here.



I haven't built one of these yet but I'm seriously considering it. Doing the thermostat would be a job for my husband.

Perhaps a dry filter could be arranged to filter out dust and whatever before the air actually goes through the wet pad?

It looks like I didn't quite copy ALL of the information. I'll have to go back to the library and find out what I missed.

What I am doing is putting misters on oscillating fans. Should approximate the same result.

 

[americanvalkyrie]

My coop is an 8x11 rubbermaid shed. It has two vents up top near the roof, but also has two windows on either side and double doors that we leave open during the day. I plan on running a cooling unit through one of the windows and maybe a fan up top in front of one of the vents to blow the hottest air out...

The huge tree in the backyard is getting rave reviews from the animals this summer. It doesn't shade the pond, so the ducks don't swim during the hot part of the day. I know the water isn't that hot, but they'd rather lay in the shade. Right now the birds just use the coop for sleeping and eggmaking. Though right now the two broodies are panting away, so I'm keeping the door open for a good cross-ventilation. I really don't consider Loco to be broody anymore. She's losing interest. So the eggs under her are marked "Loco" so I don't confuse them with eggs that really stand a chance.

BTW... candled the marans eggs again last night, after Sunny showed me what I was looking for. 1 is still too dark to really tell, but something grew in there. Not sure whether it's still growing. 2 of them are growing, and MOVED while I was candling! SUPER COOL! Breaking a 14-day-old egg open to investigate why it's not growing... not cool. I had to wash 4 times to get that smell off of my hands.

Sunny gave me a dozen more eggs. So I gave 9 of those to Sour, who is big and fluffy enough for all of them. The 3 older ones went to Tom Ka Gai, who is so dedicated that Cacciatore layed her egg while sitting on Tom's head because Tom refused to leave the nest. I gave 3 to Loco, figuring another hen might decide to take care of them. They're labeled, just in case.

 

[Penturner]

Misters on an oscillating fan has one important difference. the water is not contained. in the swamp cooler pad the water remains in the pad only the cooled air passes through. Water and electricity do not mix. Also haw far msiters will get things wet varies with how hot or dry it is. so a set up that works in the highest heat will soak a fan as the temp drops.

 

[Penturner]

I still have two Aracauna roosters I need a home for. And they have to go one way or the other. So if no one wants to adopt them, is there anyone that will process them for me? I need something done with these two like yesterday. Actually several months ago. I can't process them here in town.
Also if anyone knows of a chicken swap going on this weekend. That is usually how we get rid of our roosters.

 

[Lacy Blues]

just asking... if misters aren't good on oscillating fans, why are they sold commercially?

I believe that Northern Nevada Poultry Fancier Association is having a chicken swap this weekend. Not sure of the location and/or time. I have a message in to them on facebook and haven't seen an answer yet.

 

[americanvalkyrie]

Daniel, Julie was on here a few days ago, saying there was one on July 15th at 1-Stop Ranch and Feed. It's 5 or 6 pages back.

Thinking of fans for the coop... I have a big box fan (24"x24") and I wonder if covering the front with hardware cloth would make it safe. Or just putting a 6" fan in the corner. It would be good in the winter, to keep air circulating as well, since most of these windows will have plastic over them. Any thoughts?

 

[sherylreno]

Missy, I would do the hardware cloth so the flock doesn't get hurt but I'm not sure about using the fan in the winter time since we shouldn't have drafts in the coop then. More venting less drafts. I just don't know?

 

[americanvalkyrie]

Missy, I would do the hardware cloth so the flock doesn't get hurt but I'm not sure about using the fan in the winter time since we shouldn't have drafts in the coop then. More venting less drafts. I just don't know?

The fan would be to stir up air inside, not bringing it in from the outside. They did fine last winter, but there were fewer chickens.

 

[aubreynoramarie]

Daniel, Julie was on here a few days ago, saying there was one on July 15th at 1-Stop Ranch and Feed. It's 5 or 6 pages back.

Thinking of fans for the coop... I have a big box fan (24"x24") and I wonder if covering the front with hardware cloth would make it safe. Or just putting a 6" fan in the corner. It would be good in the winter, to keep air circulating as well, since most of these windows will have plastic over them. Any thoughts?

I have a four inch fan hanging off the wall that goes into the nest boxes and also a 6" fan that clips to the perches and creates airflow along the ground level. It helps a lot more than I thought it would