Silkie thread!

[ChicksNherps]

it might work if we have winter like last year but not if we have bad winter and the tarp well rip the middle post is only thing holding it up

There is a very taught net over the top as well, which will be under the tarp. But when it snows that hard I don't go to work anyway and I am usually up most of the night shoveling. Once I get a house I will have a much better set up.

 

[chickendales]

here's a picture of the whole thing, you can see the height of the middle pole compared to the outer poles so you can get a better picture of the gradient
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this my shade tarp after 2 months and coulp of storms

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

Depends. Even at that angle it really depends on how much snow you get. Up to about five inches I would guess you'd be safe. More than that... Just because it is angled doesn't mean all the snow will slide down. Especially if you get blown snow like we do here. Blown snow will build up at the base and give a base to start more upper buildup. And while metal posts are generally good, they aren't set in concrete as far as I can tell. I have used garden posts like those before. They are good, but not great. If memory serves, they go down about 6 inches. My main concern would be them getting pulled up. Some of mine would wobble, even in winter when others I couldn't pull up if I really tried. Depends on your soil and how well/deep you got them.

And speaking of blown snow, if you don't have some kind of door it could blow straight into the coop seeing as how it is directly on the ground.

 

[ChicksNherps]

this my shade tarp after 2 months and coulp of storms

Those are different than mine, the one I got is a heavy duty all weather tarp.

 

[ChicksNherps]

Depends. Even at that angle it really depends on how much snow you get. Up to about five inches I would guess you'd be safe. More than that... Just because it is angled doesn't mean all the snow will slide down. Especially if you get blown snow like we do here. Blown snow will build up at the base and give a base to start more upper buildup. And while metal posts are generally good, they aren't set in concrete as far as I can tell. I have used garden posts like those before. They are good, but not great. If memory serves, they go down about 6 inches. My main concern would be them getting pulled up. Some of mine would wobble, even in winter when others I couldn't pull up if I really tried. Depends on your soil and how well/deep you got them.
And speaking of blown snow, if you don't have some kind of door it could blow straight into the coop seeing as how it is directly on the ground.

I buried them with the wire a foot deep. They are 4 ft poles. I am planning on putting a flap.

 

[chickendales]

Those are different than mine, the one I got is a heavy duty all weather tarp.

yes but tarp riped the first big wind we had

 

[peepblessed]

They are fluffy enough to be wonderful, beautiful pets! Very cute photo!!
If silkies were any more fun I would be in serious trouble!

r they breeder quality?[/QUOTE]
I tried to take another look at them but couldn't find the page....

New babies.

So cute my heart hurts!

 

[shelbear81]

Is there anyone who can help me... I posted this in the emergency section, but since she is a silkie I was hoping someone would be willing to help! My silkie hen is about a year old, first she stopped laying just thought it was because the days were getting shorter, then she started to lay around after I let the flock out into the run in the morning not too long but long enough that I started to notice but she was still eating and drinking and scratching. I brought her into the house this evening to give her a bath and noticed alot of scabbing on her head and noticed she has lice (didn't find any eggs though) but she is white so it is hard to tell, then I noticed she has stopped standing all together. She was walking around this morning kind of stooped over, now she won't lift her chest up at all. I lift her and when I let go her chest drops right back down like she can't hold it up. She holds up her head fine, but not her chest. If someone could help me that would be great!! Thanks

 

[sheeshshe]

can you dust her with permetherin (however you spell that). could the lice have sucked too much blood out of her and she is anemic?

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

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x2 I have just given up on netting overhead in the wintertime LOL. What I do now (for my other chickens as I don't have silkies anymore but I am a silkie lover is why I still read the thread sometimes) is to put pallets up on concrete blocks for them to hide under, build shelters for them with sawhorses and canvas tarps (keep the incline very sloped so the snow falls off and only use one sawhorse), and also some shelters with wavy plastic roofing and firring strips. Think outside the netting box and you can jury-rig something snow load approved!