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[stake]

so here is another question......................how does one cut pvc pipe?   Is there a special tool or.............can ordinary tools do the job..........

so much to learn and its not always directly about the chickens!

Any saw will cut PCV...it will dull a wood saw and HD will not cut it for you...I've cut a ton a hack saw works best for small stuff, but if you have a reciprocating saw you are good to go....

 

[beckah1]

I had a hen standing in a nesting box tonight...

I'm going back to double check on her. I've NEVER not had everyone roosting. Makes me nervous. Could he be broody? Maybe laying this late?!

 

[rdilbarova]

WHAT a week. Lab called and along with mycoplasma my chickens MIGHT have salmonella. So, they are sending the department of health or something to come take more samples.

I have decided to kill these birds, disinfect everything, and start a closed flock. And I called up the guy I got sick birds from to let him know, in case he starts an outbreak selling his birds.

Anyone know how this will go down? Like will they roll in with a big van and space-suit-like clothing to do this? I mean, I live in suburbia (unfortunately) and have neighbors (unfortunately).

 

[cskotek]

WHAT a week. Lab called and along with mycoplasma my chickens MIGHT have salmonella. So, they are sending the department of health or something to come take more samples.

I have decided to kill these birds, disinfect everything, and start a closed flock. And I called up the guy I got sick birds from to let him know, in case he starts an outbreak selling his birds.

Anyone know how this will go down? Like will they roll in with a big van and space-suit-like clothing to do this? I mean, I live in suburbia (unfortunately) and have neighbors (unfortunately).

Ohhhhh boy!!!

 

[nbenevento]

Even though when I usually ask a chicken related question it never gets answered, I am going to ask this anyway...how do the PVC waterers with the nipples work in the winter time? I am already thinking ahead to winter and how much I hate having to break up ice to change the water a few times a day. I have been wanting to do the PVC and nipple set up for a while but I don't know ifit will be more trouble than its worth in the winter. Doesn't the whole thing freeze?

 

[cskotek]

Even though when I usually ask a chicken related question it never gets answered, I am going to ask this anyway...how do the PVC waterers with the nipples work in the winter time? I am already thinking ahead to winter and how much I hate having to break up ice to change the water a few times a day. I have been wanting to do the PVC and nipple set up for a while but I don't know ifit will be more trouble than its worth in the winter. Doesn't the whole thing freeze?

I am not positive.. but you may want to look into a heated system.. I don't know much about them.. but look into it to see if they have a plug in way of heating it. I used heated bowls and it worked great. I also don't own chickens just ducks and pheasants. I can only imagine how much of a pain the nipples would be if they froze.

 

[Farmer Mike S]

Even though when I usually ask a chicken related question it never gets answered, I am going to ask this anyway...how do the PVC waterers with the nipples work in the winter time? I am already thinking ahead to winter and how much I hate having to break up ice to change the water a few times a day. I have been wanting to do the PVC and nipple set up for a while but I don't know ifit will be more trouble than its worth in the winter. Doesn't the whole thing freeze?

Yea you definetely need a heated system unless you have so many chickens you have a constant flow of water. I have a heated gravity waterer that I don't use that I may customize into a nipple waterer in the winter, but you can heat your water source which I would assume is a bucket. I've seen people put the bucket on a hot plate and people put like a light bulb in there which should be safe if its secure. The only thing I don't know is if you heat only your bucket whether or not the pipes would still freeze. Of that's the case maybe you should consider the simple system where your nipples are under the bucket. I've never had a winter with chickens yet so I don't have any hands on experience

 

[heatherscooby77]

WHAT a week. Lab called and along with mycoplasma my chickens MIGHT have salmonella. So, they are sending the department of health or something to come take more samples.

I have decided to kill these birds, disinfect everything, and start a closed flock. And I called up the guy I got sick birds from to let him know, in case he starts an outbreak selling his birds.

Anyone know how this will go down? Like will they roll in with a big van and space-suit-like clothing to do this? I mean, I live in suburbia (unfortunately) and have neighbors (unfortunately).

Oh, no! So sorry!

 

[heatherscooby77]

Even though when I usually ask a chicken related question it never gets answered, I am going to ask this anyway...how do the PVC waterers with the nipples work in the winter time? I am already thinking ahead to winter and how much I hate having to break up ice to change the water a few times a day. I have been wanting to do the PVC and nipple set up for a while but I don't know ifit will be more trouble than its worth in the winter. Doesn't the whole thing freeze?

I have never used PVC waters. So I can't answer that part. I can tell you what I do for the winter. I have a barn with its own breaker box. I use a heated metal base, with a metal 5 gallon double wall fountain. That will water all my chickens, and turkeys for 24 hours in the winter. For my ducks and geese I have a 50 gallon rubbermaid plastic livestock tank, they sell heaters that you put in the plug at the bottom.

For summer I use the top fill 5 gallon plastic fountains, I have 2 of them in my main coop. I also put barley bags in them. It keeps the water cleaner and more palatable. Then the breeding/conditioning cages have a stainless steel bowl. I don't have birds in the breeding/conditioning cages in the winter. Then for the ducks and geese, I use the same rubbermaid stock tank I use in the winter.

Something I want to do is get a plastic drum water tank, with a solar panel on it. A bulk feed holder would be nice too

 

[nbenevento]

Well I can see this is either going to be a fairly big project for the fall or its going to be the same ol same ol this winter. I moved my coops this spring farther from the house and at the top of my back hill. I don't have electricity up there but I may have to run it. It's too far from the house for an extension cord to work. If I do that, maybe I can expirement with heat tape or something. Thanks for the input!