RAIN!!!!!!! We had 1/2" early this morning!! Not enough to break the drought, but it's sure better than nothing!
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RAIN!!!!!!! We had 1/2" early this morning!! Not enough to break the drought, but it's sure better than nothing!
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YAHOOO Katy!
We have had a fun morning - the post office called at 6 that we had chicks! The blue wheaten ameracaunas are here!
We have had a fun morning - the post office called at 6 that we had chicks! The blue wheaten ameracaunas are here!
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I'll look into this- we need a horse fix, being in-town and having no access to horsies...I'm in love with them and it kills me a little each day...
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Being a new egg and all, I thought I should make a big impression.
I just couldn't in good conscience let my fellow Kansas chicken lovers here, on BYC, not partake in such a good deal. I was just in Porters today and a 50-foot roll is $57
The wife will be making a run there tomorrow. I secured 2 rolls for $70. Just in time too! I'm in the process of building a run.
I didn't know about the Christmas fund. Maybe I should get 3 rolls.
Happy hardware clothing!
I have a question...do you use it horizontally or vertically for your runs? Do you overlap it and then zip tie it together?
If I'm using it for runs, I'll overlap it (so I got the taller stuff so I can still work with standard 8' measurements) and either use the metal zip ties to secure the overlap, or I take a pencil and bale wire and make a spiral (like a notebook) and spin it through in sections. I don't secure the whole thing, but 6" sections with 8-10" gaps. If making runs from it, the whole run has to be made of it, so I can leave the pop door open. If not making a pop-door-open type environment, I use the hardware cloth to make an attached 'screen porch' for the coop, so that there is a solid coop with a pop door, and a secure, albeit small, run. Then this whole thing is in a much larger, welded wire, avian netting run.
On some coops, I've made huge doors or windows from the hardware cloth, or even a whole side of the coop. This is tightly covered in 6 mil clear plastic with a staplegun in the winter, and provides heat in a greenhouse-like effect. I have also covered smaller runs in the plastic, over the top like a hoophouse, connected to the coop but open at the other end. This keeps off the snow, heats up in the sun, and protects from excessive wind. I designing a new set-up now for all of my runs and coops to be in a huge, connected, contained 2000 sq ft prairie area, and I'm really hoping to make it a wonderful environment for them. Each coop will have a 'porch' for mild weather, but I'll plastic that area in the winter for a greenhouse on each coop. They'll have their own open run off of the porch, as well as the solid, wood coop for sleeping safely. I'm very excited about this! It's a lot of building, though.
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Praise God!!! Give us some more, Big Guy? Not too much, and not too heavy. Steady rain overnight and sunny days for work time. Thanks, God!
I'll look into this- we need a horse fix, being in-town and having no access to horsies...I'm in love with them and it kills me a little each day...
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Being a new egg and all, I thought I should make a big impression.
Happy hardware clothing!
I have a question...do you use it horizontally or vertically for your runs? Do you overlap it and then zip tie it together?
If I'm using it for runs, I'll overlap it (so I got the taller stuff so I can still work with standard 8' measurements) and either use the metal zip ties to secure the overlap, or I take a pencil and bale wire and make a spiral (like a notebook) and spin it through in sections. I don't secure the whole thing, but 6" sections with 8-10" gaps. If making runs from it, the whole run has to be made of it, so I can leave the pop door open. If not making a pop-door-open type environment, I use the hardware cloth to make an attached 'screen porch' for the coop, so that there is a solid coop with a pop door, and a secure, albeit small, run. Then this whole thing is in a much larger, welded wire, avian netting run.
On some coops, I've made huge doors or windows from the hardware cloth, or even a whole side of the coop. This is tightly covered in 6 mil clear plastic with a staplegun in the winter, and provides heat in a greenhouse-like effect. I have also covered smaller runs in the plastic, over the top like a hoophouse, connected to the coop but open at the other end. This keeps off the snow, heats up in the sun, and protects from excessive wind. I designing a new set-up now for all of my runs and coops to be in a huge, connected, contained 2000 sq ft prairie area, and I'm really hoping to make it a wonderful environment for them. Each coop will have a 'porch' for mild weather, but I'll plastic that area in the winter for a greenhouse on each coop. They'll have their own open run off of the porch, as well as the solid, wood coop for sleeping safely. I'm very excited about this! It's a lot of building, though.
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Praise God!!! Give us some more, Big Guy? Not too much, and not too heavy. Steady rain overnight and sunny days for work time. Thanks, God!
Well we're finally getting a halfway decent rain instead of just the light drizzle we started the day with... I wish we could ge a real storm here once, atleast set off the tornado sirens once other than just Mondays at noon! Thinking since the kids are headed north to the in-laws tonight, maybe we'll jump in the truck and head for a storm cell... Iowa or Missouri?!?! Hmmmmm...
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Look for a Zombie outbreak, too! I used to love storm watching, but never did the chasing...I've already had the tar beaten out of my car by tennis-ball-sized hail this year, so I'm good for a bit.
Look for a Zombie outbreak, too! I used to love storm watching, but never did the chasing...I've already had the tar beaten out of my car by tennis-ball-sized hail this year, so I'm good for a bit.
Speaking of horses a couple pages back, I just had an old friend drop off two horses. She and her husband are getting older and can no longer take care of them or afford to feed them. I agreed to let her put them in my pasture to live out their days.
They spooked a little when the dog ran out of his kennel. They looked at the chickens running around, but didn't seem disturbed. However... they have no idea what the heck all those goats are running around. They have been standing there staring at the goats for the last hour.
The two horses are pretty thin. I think they should do fine with a little "tincture of green" pasture.
I'll have to get some pictures. I consider it kind of a "rescue" operation. They are absolutely beautiful horses, even if they are thin.
They spooked a little when the dog ran out of his kennel. They looked at the chickens running around, but didn't seem disturbed. However... they have no idea what the heck all those goats are running around. They have been standing there staring at the goats for the last hour.
The two horses are pretty thin. I think they should do fine with a little "tincture of green" pasture.
I'll have to get some pictures. I consider it kind of a "rescue" operation. They are absolutely beautiful horses, even if they are thin.
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