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[MaBell2001]

Finally got coop n run done and the flock is happy happy. Still need some dirt work done around it, as we had to dig down to level everything. Coop is 6x8, run 8 x 10. I am enjoying these birds enormously!

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

I don't know why you would want to put a poop board over the nest box bottom after removing the dividers, it is already a board, no???

Poop boards and scooping PDZ is fine, if you want to scoop poop every day. I have deep bedding (pine shavings) and just run a rake through it under the roost areas every morning. Takes 2 minutes and no "bucket o' poo" to get rid of. Of course it depends on the size of your coop. Since yours is big enough to walk into, I think the same would work for you.

The cat box in the house for the 3 indoor cats, that I HAVE to scoop 


Just now TJ??? If you were not directed to the Mama Heating Pad brooder thread after your coop fire, I apologize. I tell everyone about it.  NO chance of a coop/brooder fire, WAY more natural method of the chicks getting heat when they need it instead of living in an overheated space, natural day night cycles, impossible when using heat lamps. 

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/956958/mama-heating-pad-in-the-brooder-picture-heavy-update

I use sand on the floor of my coop and I scoop it out every day it's a lot better than scraps straw out of there house in the middle of winter lugging straw across two acres in a foot or more of snow when I could just scoop put the poo out

 

[cabinchicky]

I thought straw as bedding is a bad idea? Since it is hollow, moisture can be trapped inside and mold can grow.Then your flock can get sick from said mold. Maybe I am wrong, anyone else that remembers better please chime in.

 

[MeepBeep]

If you were not directed to the Mama Heating Pad brooder thread after your coop fire, I apologize. I tell everyone about it.  NO chance of a coop/brooder fire,

I beg to differ on the no chance of a fire, there is a lower risk vs heat lamps in general but the risk of fire still exist...

 

[MeepBeep]

I thought straw as bedding is a bad idea? Since it is hollow, moisture can be trapped inside and mold can grow.Then your flock can get sick from said mold. Maybe I am wrong, anyone else that remembers better please chime in.

You can point to pros and cons of any type of bedding, and in many cases some will exaggerate the cons well out of perspective...

Sure mold could grow on hay/straw, especially in a moist environment, but to be blunt, if your environment and conditions supports mold growth in straw, chances are it will also support mold growth in pretty much any bedding choice...

 

[TJordan]

I don't know why you would want to put a poop board over the nest box bottom after removing the dividers, it is already a board, no???

Poop boards and scooping PDZ is fine, if you want to scoop poop every day. I have deep bedding (pine shavings) and just run a rake through it under the roost areas every morning. Takes 2 minutes and no "bucket o' poo" to get rid of. Of course it depends on the size of your coop. Since yours is big enough to walk into, I think the same would work for you.

The cat box in the house for the 3 indoor cats, that I HAVE to scoop 


Just now TJ??? If you were not directed to the Mama Heating Pad brooder thread after your coop fire, I apologize. I tell everyone about it.  NO chance of a coop/brooder fire, WAY more natural method of the chicks getting heat when they need it instead of living in an overheated space, natural day night cycles, impossible when using heat lamps. 

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/956958/mama-heating-pad-in-the-brooder-picture-heavy-update

I can't afford one. I'm going to do everything I can to sell some chicks to get at least 1. Right now all my extra income is going to help my mom support my ailing father. He needs a hospital bed, adult diapers, bed pads, liquid food supplements because he can't swallow, ect. It takes a lot of $$$

and my mom had to quite work to care for him so no income there. No insurance yet either.

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote: Always a chance of fire with anything electrical. even in my coop which will be all steel. But the probability is reduced exponentially. Heat lamps use light to produce their heat which is very inefficient and wasteful of energy especially in the application.

The safety is greatly increased because of the lower power used and the efficiency of the setup....Especailly if you have a GFI outlet installed in the coop and you arent running long extension cords.

deb "who will be using MHP for her next brooding go round"

 

[TJordan]

I'm hoping that I have some hens decide they want to brood. If so next hatch will be all natural

no heat required

 

[MeepBeep]

Heat lamps use light to produce their heat which is very inefficient  and wasteful of energy especially in the application

Absolutely not true... Incandescent bulbs use a resistive element to produce heat just like the heating pads, the only difference is the size of the element and the resistance value... Incandescent light bulbs are about 95% efficient at producing heat, a very efficient electrical to heat conversion... What they are horribly inefficient at is producing light, and thus the reason they are being phased out to more efficient light sources...

The safety is greatly increased because of the lower power used and the efficiency of the setup....

Lower power usage is really arbitrary, sure a 65W heating pad uses less power then a 250W heat lamp, but it uses more power then a 60W light bulb... Not everyone blast their chicks with 250W heat bulbs... As for efficiency as I stated previous it's a wash, heating pads Watts to BTU is for all intents the same as an incandescent light bulb...

 

[gpeters3]

Well, all evidence of any livestock is gone, the metal is more or less finished.

The pens are now gone

And im testing a nipple water system for height and interest using a 5 gal bucket.

Within a few minutes the 2 sex links were pecking at it and actually drinking then the white turkey, way bigger, started experimenting and was able to drink at this height. The production red is a mature hen. Im thinking i might try puting it on a slope to allow any height bird to find a nipple the right height but they are very flexible and may not need it. The turkey can squat and the buffs can stretch (i think).