The Trap Nesting Thread

[MANOZ]

galanie-----these 2 pics are to inspire and motivate you,hopefully to finish the task at hand.I sure could use some company trap nesting. Looking forward to hearing from you ,you SOUTHERN BELLE WITH POWER TOOLS!

rooting for ya

 

[galanie]

Here's the beginning. The sides are done but that bottom is just boards set down to give an idea what it's going to look like. I'm thinking I'll put a partial face frame in, just the top and bottom, for stability rather than corner brackets. Be easier that way. It's square and sturdier than it looks lol. You know how pallet wood always makes things look a bit off.

I'll be admiring it while I have a beer in a bit and planning completion tomorrow. Wanted to finish it today but I ran out of time before I had to do other things. But that's ok. I really do better if I don't finish a whole project in one go anyway.

ETA: Gave me a chance to use my new toy: A pneumatic finish nailer. OMG I love that thing!

 

[galanie]

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I have to agree. After mine molted their eggs changed appearance. I only have 5 hens laying right now and due to the changed appearances, I can't be sure who laid which always. Three of them always did lay pretty similar looking eggs, but now the colors are all different from before and I'm a bit confused. But if they lay distinctly different eggs then yes, you really wouldn't need this. At it's largest, I expect to have no more than a dozen laying at once yet I think I'll always need a way to be absolutely, positively sure that I know who laid what egg. Not least because I want to be sure when I start selling hatching eggs that the pureblood eggs are the ones I think they are.

See, I never want to have more than one roo at a time, but I do have pullets other than Orp. This way I won't have to have separate pens and they can all run together. A bit different use than Manoz but at the same time, I'll be monitoring output too. So really I have two purposes for it, even with a tiny flock of a dozen or so.

 

[MANOZ]

galanie------yeah......I like I like,my 12 yr old son and future trap nester said "he likes it alot". A pneumatic nailer, I'm soooooo jealous of you right now......lol... You will finish in half the time it took my hammer. i dunno who's more anxious you are me

 

[MANOZ]

With a fresh look at it tommorrow along with fresh ideas I'm sure you will complete it.

 

[ki4got]

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I have to agree. After mine molted their eggs changed appearance. I only have 5 hens laying right now and due to the changed appearances, I can't be sure who laid which always. Three of them always did lay pretty similar looking eggs, but now the colors are all different from before and I'm a bit confused. But if they lay distinctly different eggs then yes, you really wouldn't need this. At it's largest, I expect to have no more than a dozen laying at once yet I think I'll always need a way to be absolutely, positively sure that I know who laid what egg. Not least because I want to be sure when I start selling hatching eggs that the pureblood eggs are the ones I think they are.

See, I never want to have more than one roo at a time, but I do have pullets other than Orp. This way I won't have to have separate pens and they can all run together. A bit different use than Manoz but at the same time, I'll be monitoring output too. So really I have two purposes for it, even with a tiny flock of a dozen or so.

an alternative would be to have different breeds that lay different color eggs. for example, my primary breed will be dorking, with eggs from EE marans and sussex for 'table eggs' so I know which ones to keep for incubating even when i let everyone free range.

 

[galanie]

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That's a good idea! For me, I have breeder quality Orpingtons, hatchery Orpingtons, and Dark Cornish that I'm crossing with Orpingtons. All of them lay the same color egg, and the two different types of Orps lay the same color and size to boot! Gets super confusing. Not that I planned things that way. It's just that I can't bear to part with my original hatchery girls but I've moved on to other projects. With a fairly small area to raise them all in, trap nesting gives me options I wouldn't have otherwise.

 

[galanie]

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Your 12 year old is very wise

Yes, this thing is awesome. My son gave me a good sized compressor that someone didn't want because a wheel was broken (can you believe that?) so I've been able to get lots of tools I wouldn't otherwise ever be able to have. Harbor Freight is not far away LOL. That thing is awesome. Pachow! Pachow!

 

[MANOZ]

pachow ...pachow.....roflmao

 

[MANOZ]

In the High egg production book it speaks about the laying cycle.A clearly marked character in practically all good layers is the tendency to produce eggs in cycles,and with a fairly regular rhythm.By "cycle" is meant the number of eggs produced without skipping a day,and by "rhythm" the frequency with which the cycles are repeated.Cycles may be short or long,and usually they vary more or less with the season. They called these 2cycle,3cycle and so forth.