Okies in the BYC The Original

[Sooner]

Don good to see you!!!



Buster (or anyone) My question: Look this post over and tell first if this would be a fire danger and how hot will it get using the larger tin with a 25watt???? Sorry if this is stupid but it is something I can make myself.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=107951

Thinking out loud: It has to be safer than heat lamps.....right?

Duh forgot the link.

 

[chickensandmore]

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You can use the ends of those heavy black rubber snubbers the kind the truckers use..Just cut them down to about 5 inches and ajust to fit the hole in the tub..seems to work OK..and much cheaper than the rubber fingers

Don

Guess I should have read the rest of the page..before I jumped in

Don,

What are rubber snubbers? I mean, I know exactly what they are but why don't you explain them for those that don't know.

-Stimp-

They are the things that hold tarps down on trucks, Not the things that you tie around your ankles and jump off of bridges..

Does that make sense

thats all I know about them

Don

 

[Buster52]

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I really have no idea. If Al or someone doesn't have a good answer for you I can research it, though.

Being's I'm a professional information gofer and all.

 

[Buster52]

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Don,

What are rubber snubbers? I mean, I know exactly what they are but why don't you explain them for those that don't know.

-Stimp-

They are the things that hold tarps down on trucks, Not the things that you tie around your ankles and jump off of bridges..

These are what the guy cut in half to make the rubber fingers for his drill plucker I pictured earlier in response to Q.

 

[chickensandmore]

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They are the things that hold tarps down on trucks, Not the things that you tie around your ankles and jump off of bridges..

http://www.folandsales.com/product_images/catalog19665/06702.gif

These are what the guy cut in half to make the rubber fingers for his drill plucker I pictured earlier in response to Q.

Thanks Buster, Thats what I'm talkin bout

Don

 

[ke_ben]

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Hey Steph, you could use some of the gro gel to provide them with food and hydration in transit, just in case. I've seen it for a couple of buck for 100 chick dose.
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I really have no clue, they were extra eggs in a split dozen BR/Delaware. Both are feather footed and siver-laced; Bond is definite bantam black comb/wattles/legs, Mink is more reddish comb/wattles with black legs and slightly larger but probably still bantam. What do you guys think they are?

On the water heaters, as long as you don't use too high wattage of a bulb, no fire hazard because heat rises into the water. An electrocution hazard maybe, if they get wet.

Hi Don.

 

[Cuban Longtails]

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Likely cochin & oegb, maybe a little silkie tossed in as well.

 

[okiegirl]

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well.... um.... I'm still in the planning stages.

Hubby is looking at coop plans. I didn't want to get chickens until I had a perfect home for them. I saw a coyote in my back yard a few weeks ago, so I know I've got to make the coop pred. proof.

My thinking is make a great coop this fall/winter and get babies in teh spring. I hate when people get animals without thinking how happy they will be in their new home.

 

[ke_ben]

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You may be to advance and forward thinking for this group (just kidding) because I know that I'm not the only one on here making room/pens from springs hatches.

Anyway, there might be an enabler or 2 (read a couple of hundred) that might be of some assistance in the spring.

 

[Cuban Longtails]

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He's more red in the face than I prefer, I like them as close to black as possible. Sometimes exposure to the sun helps. How old is he and is he still in molt?