Opinions please

[DylansMom]

If I owned this building I would be in chicken heaven!

I don't know about chicken heaven? But with 36 of them we are almost in Peacock heaven!

 

[DylansMom]

OMG, all the possibilities you have there!

Looks like you have your work cut out for you, but I say go for it

And can all my PeaBabies come move in once you get it all Peamodeled???

We can call it the Pea-baby day spa! All peababies are welcome!

 

[DylansMom]

I'm sooooooo jealous, we'd love to have something like that here!

-Kathy

We have had this barn for 19 years and for the majority of that time most of it was empty or used for storage. 12 12x12 peacock pens take up less than half of the first floor. It is so big that actually utilizing it was almost intimidating.

 

[zazouse]

I could if I wanted that much work, but I'm lazy!

I just want to be able to keep back and raise some of the more interesting birds until I can get a better idea of their adult plumage. Mainly the spalding pieds I want to produce.

I got ya, i don't want mine to become a job neither, i cut my other flocks of birds and it is much easer now.

 

[MinxFox]

We can call it the Pea-baby day spa! All peababies are welcome!

This is soo cute I am picturing the peachicks getting their nails done and their feathers combed.

 

[Ellaluvsbirds]

So.....I have a really big barn, and it has a second floor that is completely empty except for some hay and cat poop that is slowly turning to powder. I am wondering if I could turn this big almost wide open second floor into a grow-out pen for juveniles. It has windows on the east and west walls that can be opened or closed and they cold easily be covered with wire. We would have to clean everything out and remove all the old watering equip. that is hanging from the ceiling. Bird proof it in other words. But they would be able to get plenty of sun as well as have room to run and even fly, this space in the pictures is about 50' x 80' (best guess). Just trying to utilize this space and give my younger ones more room to stretch their wings. Only thing lacking would be dirt and grass, we have kiddie

pools for sand baths and we could put a couple of those up there. Pros.....Cons....Why I'm nuts?...any input is appreciated!



Please excuse the messed up order my pics uploaded weird.

I wish we owned something like this, it is amazing! There are so many possibilities!

 

[DylansMom]

We made some progress today. Finally getting our outside runs replaced, the birds are less than pleased that this project is taking so long! Anybody have



suggestions for perches in the runs, would like to do something other than 2x4's again?

 

[MinxFox]

Looks fancy kind of reminds me of the Hopkins setup on their website: http://www.hopkinslivestock.com/Aviary Facility.htm

What are you using to attach the wire to the center and corner posts?

 

[AugeredIn]

Just for fun, where did you get the wire?

 

[DylansMom]

Looks fancy kind of reminds me of the Hopkins setup on their website: http://www.hopkinslivestock.com/Aviary Facility.htm

What are you using to attach the wire to the center and corner posts?

I don't know that I'd call it fancy, but it is sturdy, should outlast us. We are attaching it with some kind of huge galvanized staples that are actually hammered in.