Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[OneMountainAcres]

@chickachickayea the new coop looks great!

 

[fisherlady]

Already have sponge and sponge bits in the tray I have under the wire the eggs are sitting on and that's full up with water. I'm gonna go check the humidity in a minute.

Second chick has pipped tonight!

#3 has pipped! I shouldn’t be awake now, but I want to see one zip!

#4 has pipped!

This is awesome! Hopefully you got to see one zip and got sleep at some point overnight...good thing it is Sunday, now you can spend the rest of the day staring at the brooder!

 

[fangedknight]

Oh my goodness I LOVE this!

Gorgeous flock! Love the idea of using NextDoor to ask for pumpkins & hay bales, very smart!

Yes! I'm planning on doing this tomorrow but with a lock top bin. We'll see how it goes!

Oh my gosh this was so heartbreaking to read. So sorry that you are going through this. I found comfort in the Dr's compassion where I sent my deceased pullet to for testing, as well as the comfort I found from folks on this site.

I just had to catch up because I don't get the forum notifications anymore!

I finally FINALLY got my flock moved into their new coop (a converted 8x8 shed). It was a lot of work but so worth it. I'm so happy that they can all be in a dry and comfortable shelter. When I introduced my 2 newest additions (Pumpkin & Oreo) they were essentially shunned from the previous coop by my original 3 hens and forced to sleep outside. I had tried multiple times to sneak them in at night, always to end up with my bossy hen pecking them out, or my rooster squawking bloody murder and running back to their "roost" corner outside, making me feel terrible. Now everyone sleeps together inside and I couldn't be happier.

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Aside from canvas frames, I've never seriously built anything before in my life. I searched throughout this site, Google and YouTube for instructions for building pieces, and aside from some help from my fiancée and his dad with the run, I built all of the inside "accessories" entirely by myself. What an awesome experience!

I hope you and your flocks are all doing well!

HOLY CRAP! That's amazing!!! Please tell me you have plans and what not or something like it because I would love to attempt something similar when I can! I have the one we built this spring/summer and it's my boyfriend's first attempt at any carpentry work, it's still nice but it kinda looks like a fallout shelter.... (His words he plays Fallout a lot).

Good news! And worrisome news ish. So I checked the bator this morning, it was at 67% humidity and 100 degrees. Well... I think I added too much water (god i hope they'll be okay) because now we have a bunch of condensation on the viewing panel and we're up to 68% and 99 degrees in less than an hour. I'm starting to get worried but I know they'll be okay. I'm just praying they'll be okay. Is there anything I can do??? Maybe pop the drain hole? The water is in a tray so that might help with some ventilation to help get the extra humidity out. ACK! I'm so nervous.

 

[fangedknight]

Okay wow we're down to 66%... @MotorcycleChick I think you might be right. Although we're still in the okay range so I'm just gonna hold onto my pants and try not to have a heart attack

 

[fisherlady]

Oh my goodness I LOVE this!



Gorgeous flock! Love the idea of using NextDoor to ask for pumpkins & hay bales, very smart!



Yes! I'm planning on doing this tomorrow but with a lock top bin. We'll see how it goes!



Oh my gosh this was so heartbreaking to read. So sorry that you are going through this. I found comfort in the Dr's compassion where I sent my deceased pullet to for testing, as well as the comfort I found from folks on this site.


I just had to catch up because I don't get the forum notifications anymore!

I finally FINALLY got my flock moved into their new coop (a converted 8x8 shed). It was a lot of work but so worth it. I'm so happy that they can all be in a dry and comfortable shelter. When I introduced my 2 newest additions (Pumpkin & Oreo) they were essentially shunned from the previous coop by my original 3 hens and forced to sleep outside. I had tried multiple times to sneak them in at night, always to end up with my bossy hen pecking them out, or my rooster squawking bloody murder and running back to their "roost" corner outside, making me feel terrible. Now everyone sleeps together inside and I couldn't be happier.

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Aside from canvas frames, I've never seriously built anything before in my life. I searched throughout this site, Google and YouTube for instructions for building pieces, and aside from some help from my fiancée and his dad with the run, I built all of the inside "accessories" entirely by myself. What an awesome experience!

I hope you and your flocks are all doing well!

Well done, and nicely designed! Will be very versatile for you.

 

[BullChick]

Okay wow we're down to 66%... @MotorcycleChick I think you might be right. Although we're still in the okay range so I'm just gonna hold onto my pants and try not to have a heart attack

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

This is awesome! Hopefully you got to see one zip and got sleep at some point overnight...good thing it is Sunday, now you can spend the rest of the day staring at the brooder!

I went to bed at 1:00 a.m. Woke up this morning and another had popped out. Another one had pipped, so I got to watch that one zip. So amazing!

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

 

[fisherlady]

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[chickachickayea]

Wow! What an amazing coop! You did a great job. I had never built anything before I got started with chickens, and I built their first little coop. For my second coop at my new house, I bought a used shed and put a roof on it. I too only learned how from YouTube, but it looks great.

Thank you! I think I recall you sharing your shed and that inspired me to look on CL for a used shed, which led to me splurging a bit and getting this one.

@chickachickayea the new coop looks great!

Thank you!

HOLY CRAP! That's amazing!!! Please tell me you have plans and what not or something like it because I would love to attempt something similar when I can! I have the one we built this spring/summer and it's my boyfriend's first attempt at any carpentry work, it's still nice but it kinda looks like a fallout shelter.... (His words he plays Fallout a lot).

Good news! And worrisome news ish. So I checked the bator this morning, it was at 67% humidity and 100 degrees. Well... I think I added too much water (god i hope they'll be okay) because now we have a bunch of condensation on the viewing panel and we're up to 68% and 99 degrees in less than an hour. I'm starting to get worried but I know they'll be okay. I'm just praying they'll be okay. Is there anything I can do??? Maybe pop the drain hole? The water is in a tray so that might help with some ventilation to help get the extra humidity out. ACK! I'm so nervous.

Thank you! I have some rough plans on a Google doc that would need updated. I also documented my little adventure on this thread.
Good luck with hatching!

Well done, and nicely designed! Will be very versatile for you.

Thank you! I'm very excited about it!

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Babies!!!