The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[007Sean]

By the time I got caught up it was tomorrow already.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I forgot to come on here yesterday to wish Debby a Happy Birthday. Hopefully you had a good day.

I stopped following this thread a bit ago because I couldn't keep up, but I still look in occasionally. I'm a slow going country girl and this thread is like the big city where stuff move too fast for me and makes me dizzy.

Old hens! Hiii! I feel that way about many threads

The baluttie thread is even faster than here

Sometimes it moves too fast for any of us!

By the time I got caught up it was tomorrow already.

Happens to me too lol

 

[ronott1]

Well, because I saw all these cool PVC ideas so then I went to Lowe's and bought PVC pipe. I was gonna buy the 5 foot sections but for the 4 inch pipe it's $20 so then I settled on two 2 foot sections of 4 inch pipe and two 90 degree elbows but then my dad and brother said it would all just pour out if I did that, which I kind of thought it would but wasn't sure how to fix it, so now I've decided that idea is stupid and I'm going to return the pipe. It was like $26, with tax it was like $27.50ish. So $28 unnecessary dollars spent. Although I do think a 5 foot PVC feeder would be cool and last a while but I've decided that's dumb too and also I remembered I already have two buckets we made I think last year but never used (I felt bad cause they seemed scared to stick their heads in) so I will just use those. Of course they do need to be cleaned up first because they've been sitting in a dog house outside and are dirty but it shouldn't take much to clean them. Probably just some water and/or vinegar. I am going to use both buckets because I used 4 inch pipe so I could only fit one feed hole per bucket. Realistically I probably could have gone with 3 inch pipe but I thought I read some chickens can't fit their heads in it or like if they have big combs and wattles. But oh well, maybe now 2 can stick their heads in at once. I'm gonna put one on each end of the run. They're 5 gallon buckets so between the two of them, they should hold a whole bag I think or at least half a bag. Going to go back to the bucket waterer too. The feeder isn't really a big deal cause they don't seem to waste it and it lasts a pretty long time but the waterer gets so gross after like a day. Although actually for winter, I think I might use the heated bowl again. I loved that thing. But anyway, sorry, back to the grit and oyster shell. Right now I have a plastic double pet bowl. Works pretty well but the part it is in is not covered so it gets wet and sometimes I waste it dumping it out or I try to drain it but it's gross. Also I have one chicken in particular who loves to throw the oyster shell everywhere. So I wanted something new. But I've decided to do both. Keep it and just put drain holes in the bottom like I read about (brilliant, why didn't I think of that? It's so ridiculously simple) AND make a new one. I've read of people using cans and stuff which at first I didn't like and wanted to do the PVC but now I think it's a pretty good idea and free. I found a perfect container to use. It's plastic but none of the coffee cans are empty yet and it's good size. It was an old turkey and berry jerky dog treat container I found. So I just got a nail and put it in the coop today. I'm a little worried I put it too high but I'm sure they can reach it fine plus I'm keeping the other one.

The new design. And those are the smallest chickens and also there was a low spot in front of the window where they dug some hay out which made this look higher than it is so I fixed that so I think they'll be fine.

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Current design. The stuff in the forefront is what I dumped last time and is outside the run so not the chickens fault but if you look at the last picture, you can see quite a lot thrown out around the bowl already. The chicken on the right, Angel, is the culprit.

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Wow AWESOME coop!!!

Nice!

 

[Blooie]

Took these as we drove past Devil’s Tower a few minutes ago. It amazes me every time we see it....photos don’t show how massive it is. Then there’s a photo of downtown Hulette.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Nice!

Thanks! It was pretty simple, only took a few minutes, but hopefully it will last a lot longer. I was going to cut a hole in the side for better access when it's running low but I figured it would spill out.

This is nothing though. I will have to get a picture of the buckets once they're all cleaned up and in use! I probably have some old pictures somewhere from when we first built them but easier to just take new ones rather than finding them among thousands of pictures on Dropbox. The waterer I am going to have to rebuild because the bucket cracked below one of the nipples, which was why we stopped using it to begin with, and I think we made the original holes too small anyway. So I bought a bunch of new horizontal poultry nipples and we have extra buckets so I'll just rebuild.

 

[ronott1]

Thanks! It was pretty simple, only took a few minutes, but hopefully it will last a lot longer. I was going to cut a hole in the side for better access when it's running low but I figured it would spill out.

This is nothing though. I will have to get a picture of the buckets once they're all cleaned up and in use! I probably have some old pictures somewhere from when we first built them but easier to just take new ones rather than finding them among thousands of pictures on Dropbox. The waterer I am going to have to rebuild because the bucket cracked below one of the nipples, which was why we stopped using it to begin with, and I think we made the original holes too small anyway. So I bought a bunch of new horizontal poultry nipples and we have extra buckets so I'll just rebuild.

they will be a very nice water system for the chickens

 

[CapricornFarm]

I got the hay loft painted! the boards were moldy so i scrubbed and painted.

 

[sharron]

I forgot to come on here yesterday to wish Debby a Happy Birthday. Hopefully you had a good day.

I stopped following this thread a bit ago because I couldn't keep up, but I still look in occasionally. I'm a slow going country girl and this thread is like the big city where stuff move too fast for me and makes me dizzy.

hope you're feeling better and healing

 

[sharron]

By the time I got caught up it was tomorrow already.

 

[ShrekDawg]

they will be a very nice water system for the chickens

I think so too! It lasts a lot longer and stays way cleaner! The current one is just a huge metal dog bowl and it gets so gross so fast. Dirt, leaves, pine needles, etc. fall in and in the summer it gets completely green with algae.