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[chrisnjenny]

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Very creative! How is the water "dispencer

 

[chrisnjenny]

Sorry hit the stupid button ! how is it set up was my question

 

[HeyBigRhondaq]

Sorry hit the stupid button ! how is it set up was my question

I used a horizontal nipple (you can get them at Tractor Supply now) and zip ties. Punch a hole in the bottom with a drill bit, use some plumbers tape to help it seal, and screw in! The container gets smaller at the bottom, so I can slip it in and out of the zip tie.
The food mostly stays in the container. Two holes punched in the bottom, zip tie through and around the crate. It's not super tight, so the container can be tilted, lid taken off and food put in. It doesn't hold much, but it's working for now.

 

[chrisnjenny]

Nice work!

 

[Loriemarler]

Well I had a long night. My boxer Scarlett had her puppies. Poor girl is overwhelmed now. She had 9. I'm going to take a nap before heading out to meet @subhanalah

 

[chrisnjenny]

Awwwww how sweet...

 

[HeyBigRhondaq]

Well I had a long night. My boxer Scarlett had her puppies. Poor girl is overwhelmed now. She had 9. I'm going to take a nap before heading out to meet @subhanalah

Rest up, momma. Nine is a good sized litter!

 

[Kassaundra]

Why 2 to four weeks is there somthing specific I should be looking for? And thanks for the advice I appriciate it. So do you think I will eventually be able to have them all together if introduced properly? I do plan on getting rid of that roo... either to a lady down the road or hes headed to freezer camp hes just too mean

Since she and the young ones are happy together, I would keep them as a unit until you are ready in intergrate the young into the flock, it will be easier on her to be introduced as a group then by herself.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Well I got a new pretty black sexlink hen last night shes about two and was outcast from her old flock when she fell ill and was removed from the bunch for a period of time. so when we went to pick up our new coop/ tractor there she was all by her lonesome... so when we brought her home and tried to mingle her with our three grown chickens in the pen my oldest rooster butch immediately started on her cuz hes a jerk. so I took her out and put her back in her old home and introduced our four babies to her and they cuddled right up to her and she doesnt seem to mind a bit. I am very happy all this worked out. Also has anyone had trouble like this? The first three chickens we got are two males anda female all game and they have their own little club when the neighbors chickens visit my roo gets all huffy n puffy and is very protective over the younger roo and pullet and hes kinda mean... iI almost named him dinner to begin with. He is almost impossible to catch and if you are lucky enough to get him watch out... I think he may have been a fighting rooster before I got him or somthing anyways if I seperate the three of them at all they flip out trying to get to each other but wont let anyone (other. Chickens) around also I apologize for my bad punctuation misspelled words or whatever im using my phone and its not all that easy.... anyways pi s tonorrow

Never ever ever throw a new chicken in during the daytime. It screams "Intruder!" to the other chickens. As has been stated ALWAYS quarantine- the stress of moving a bird often brings out illnesses, especially respiratory illnesses, that you don't want in your flock. Best bet for introduction- first quarantine for MINIMUM of 2 weeks. Watch for snotty nose, cough, bubbly eyes, check carefully for creepy crawlies under the chin, tail, and wings. Then put the bird in an adjacent cage so they can see her but can't get to her, or a cage within the coop same concept, for 3 or 4 days. THEN put the bird on the roost bar at night next to the others. They wake up in the morning and figure everyone that is present is supposed to be there.

The birds are all tucked in their coops and they have no idea what plans are running thru my mind after my trip to Stonewall this afternoon with hubby to bring home some dog kennel cages that were posted on Craigslist. These were made to be the inside/outside pairings for kennel set up on an outside wall.
Each unit is 4 cages 29 x 30. Two of the units are 20 inches high and two are 24 inches high. They are made of 1 x 2 inch coated wire with 1 x 1 wire bottoms. It is a nice heavy gauge wire.
I'm thinking of making a base with pull out trays for each section and mounting two of them on the wall inside the barn on the inside the brooder room. Then do the same thing with the other two on the outside wall of the brooder room or make a double decker on a a table base with pull out trays set up with casters. Conditioning pens, succession breeding, brooder cage set up, Bantam trio...the uses are endless.....
Still stacked on the trailer until morning.


The lady I bought them from has some new chickens... Lt Brahma and maybe Australorp from a school egg hatching project. She is wanting her husband to build a coop for the birds. I invited her to check out BYC and the Okie thread. Sure hope she joins us.

Jealous!!! Good find!

Since she and the young ones are happy together, I would keep them as a unit until you are ready in intergrate the young into the flock, it will be easier on her to be introduced as a group then by herself.

THIS would be a very good solution. Again introduce the new group AT NIGHT when you are ready.

 

[chrisnjenny]

Thank you so much for the info.. and all the advice I can use all the help I can get and what a good idea about night time, except when I go outside at night to even just check on things the "gang" who actually roosts under my back porch always wake up immediatly and start watching everything I do ... I dont know if sneaking a chicken or chickens in will work but surely they would be more docile at night dont ya think? The back porch pen was never intended to be permanent but I guess im gonna need more than one little chicken tractor to keep all 8 of them.... maybe some more constuction under the porch will help I need to tighten the fencing and make a new door anyhow.... hmmm