The Quack Shack

[Trimurtisan]

Hey guys. It's been a very long day. I've done worked myself in to cramps, and a lot of groaning when I walk. I got a lot of stuff done today though.

I did the deep litter a little different this time. I put 2 bales of peat moss down and mixed in 9# of DE. Then I spread a 50# bale of rice hulls. Here's the idea of why...
Peat moss is hydrophibic when it's dry, it will actually repel water. DE is extremely absorbent. The reason to mix them is if any liquids do reach the floor the DE will suck it fast and then slowly wick out through the peat moss. The rice hulls will not absorb liquids, and will not compress like the shavings will. This will give it an aerated layer helping any liquids 1) disburse if it's a large amount spilled vs making a large puddle, 2) help air reach the lower level to keep any wicking action going...

The nest box was fitted the same way but with hay on top. I need to get some hinges and cut some wood to make a hatch for the bottom section.

Good night!

 

[Trimurtisan]

The top nest crates have folding lids.

 

[Trimurtisan]

I fixed that boredom issue I was having by the way.

 

[Miss Lydia]

All looks great Chris. You sure have been busy!! I love deep litter have used it in my coops for years!! Glad you got out of being bored!

 

[Duck_life]

Very nice setup. I still need to add on. My lavender orpingtons just started laying, though they left me without any today We need more nest boxes for the other 25 as we only have 5 in there coop.. 8 in the other

 

[Trimurtisan]

Good mornin y'all! I was knocked out buy 9:00 last night. I still have a fair amount of work to do in the shack today. What started as a bit of cleaning and adding a couple of roosts had pretty much turned in to a full redo of the shack. It's keeping new busy though and for me that's a good thing.

I need to get an aviary net to staple to the rafters. About 1/3 of the birds have decided they like it up there. I'm not totally against it, but I also kind of am. I don't want to climb to clean poop. Even more so, I don't want to have to remember to climb. When the 2x6 starts looking like 2x10, you've got a poop problem!

I also need some more ABS board to finish the office area. I've decided to completely walk it off and give it a sealed ceiling. I've already got most of the materials to do it with as the entire shack was supposed to be my office. I just used the ABS for other projects. I've got a 14k btu portable AC. Enough to climate control the entire building, so a small room should be total overkill. I've already installed a wifi repeater in there. Installed a commerical water pump, 35 gallon reservoir, and dual filters (10 micron followed by 5 micron) so I can have running water. It's also got a dedicated 110v with 20a available. It was not supposed to be a poultry house..
I need somewhere to hang out in the morning when I wake really early though. So I'm taking some back. I can go make coffee, do some reading, watch videos, laugh out loud, and not wake anyone else up. It might even make my chores easier as I'm currently mixing feed in the house, which is noisy.

Anywho, I hope y'all are having a wonderful morning. Chat with ya soon.

 

[rjohns39]

Good morning Chris

 

[Trimurtisan]

Good morning Chris

Hey there, Bob. Hows it going?

 

[rjohns39]

It's going well. Hopefully I'll get my A-Frame built today.

 

[Trimurtisan]

It's going well. Hopefully I'll get my A-Frame built today.

That was for processing birds right? Is processing a turkey similar to a chicken? Any big differences?