Texas

[showbarnmom]

lol.. i love my hoop coops.. check the link in my signature

My phone won't let me look at signatures. How much does it cost to make one?

 

[chickletteSarge]

My phone won't let me look at signatures. How much does it cost to make one?

Depending on the type of wire fencing you get....
id guesstimate about 60-80 no more than 100?
I would make one with the welded wire for strength and put heavy duty chicken netting over that and then run a hot wire around the bottom 6" every inch! Hook that sucka up to its own breaker and feed it 220!!!! Zap the crap out of anything train to get in!

 

[showbarnmom]

I thought it would be cheapish. I sent the image to my fixit guy and he said like $400. O.0

 

[Dire Wolf]

I've got water available everywhere, lots of shady spots, great ventilation in the coop. Starter crumbles, for the baby turkeys and scratch with oats added along with our kitchen scraps. Am I missing some sort hot weather extras?

 

[showbarnmom]

Same here. Lots of water, good shade, fans for those who need them. I also put out frozen water bottles about 2 hrs ago for birds in cages.

 

[showbarnmom]

Offer heavy water content fruits and veggies at this point in the day, helps get water into them.

 

[Little Wing]

Future member of the NRA.

 

[bnjrob]

Fans inside houses unless you have large windows that lots of wind blow through at animal level. Summer is the one time that direct wind on the chickens is something they like.

Frozen water bottles. We use nipple waterers made out of 5 gal buckets - frozen water bottle in there to keep the water cool enough to drink. If I ever use a "regular" waterer, I freeze some water in the dome and then fill the rest of it with water before hanging it. When it is over 100* or if one of the birds is looking too stressed, then frozen bottles go out in the runs with them and in the coop. I also dump out the water every day into the run - the birds like to lay in the water on the ground.

Shallow containers for the chickens to wade in when it is hot - usually buy cheap kitty litter pans.

Frozen fruit, especially things like watermelon slices help cool them down when they stand/sit/lay on them and they get more hydration from eating the frozen melon as it thaws.

Some people use misters in the runs.

I would recommend going to a higher protein feed during the heat if you feed regular chicken feed routinely after they are grown. Since they are eating less when it is hot, their protein intake can go way down, so they will get a little more protein in each bite if you increase the protein in their feed.

 

[bnjrob]

Future member of the NRA.

Hide that photo - someone may call CPS on you like they did in NJ.

 

[RachaelS]

Okay so I have sold off my entire older stock. Now I got some babies that are hatching as we speak if anyone is interested

http://austin.craigslist.org/grd/3894964714.html


Also a free Serama Rooster he is almost 6 weeks.