Utah!

[La Casa de Pollo]

Hello crew, I sometimes work out front in the trenches so to speak, and having a farming background I will sometimes speak regarding feeds and feeding. I don't know that I am so bad… as a civilian, but I soon bumped into Chris09 and he is a champ and the real deal with such things. Should you have a technical question regarding feeds and the birds use of that feed, he is the man to ask. I find him to be very good. I was looking through some of his older posts this a.m. in the rain and bumped into this thread, I would like to share it with the Utah group as a resource and basic learning tool. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=343605 Now on a more serious note, my poor OEGB SDW that cleaned up so oddly yesterday… we were able to save him. The DW, being I was fit to be tied, called her magician/beautician and was able to run to town and get us a bottle of potion/release stuff. She called it 'Product' but that does not ring a bell in my tower. Anyway we applied the 'Product' to the affected bird in the quantities called for on the table/spell and with a application of said 'product' and a short enchantion of some words I did not catch, nor understand. Anyway when said bird was removed from the caldron/wash tub and thusly dried again, his feathers returned to their former glory. I thought the DW would have to iron them back straight and I did not like the thoughts of that, poor bird. I want to thank those whom offered moral support and even offered to take the bird off my hands. I think I have answered the onslaught of PM's sent to me in the last twenty-four hours, thanks to everyone for the concern. The before shot. This afternoon, with his lady, (She was worried as well). Anyway world peace has been restored along with a few frizzled feathers, thanks. RJ

Whoa!!! What a gorgeous boy,I see why you were so concerned. He is magnificent to say the least! So glad it all worked out.

 

[Cynthia12]

Thanks for the welcome everyone! So good to see how active this thread is. We got some rain here in Provo but the girls seemed to have stayed fairly dry. It did show me where I need to work on the roof of our A frame coop, there is a bit of leaking going on. We bought it used from a lady in Orem and so far it's been a good, inexpensive way to get into chickens, but now I find myself online looking at nicer, walk in coops for the spring. The husband and I found a wonderful walk in dutch style coop, well built and wired for electricity that we were ready to put some serious money down for, but alas, the company is in NC and the shipping was almost as much as the coop! Any well known locals who can custom build a coop?

Hoping to make it to the state fair tomorrow afternoon if the weather holds out. Sounds like we missed the show chickens though. Darn!

I know a gal that is selling this one. She used it for her silkies, but would work great for just a few Large Fowl for sure. If interested, she lives in Pleasant Grove...I think.. She may see this..if not, if you are interested, I can let her know you are.


I am selling my beautiful chicken house. It's been a hard decision to let it go but I am setting up a couple different pens now and I want a few more houses to each one, so I need to sell this one to get those. This one was custom made for my silkies. It's short to the ground which they tend to love, but chickens of any breed can just jump right in. It's raised just enough off the ground to keep it off the dirt. The nest boxes are on the ground as well. I feel its safer for hatching chicks so they dont fall out, and eggs dont get kicked out and break. The overall size of this coop is 4x4ft and 5ft high. The huge door on the front provides you access to clean out the coop as you wish, and collect eggs, as well as a smaller egg door on the side. Windows are on both sides, and the smaller chicken door locks if you want to keep them inside. The big door locks as well. The roof is shingled and the whole house is painted and stained with weather resistant sealant. And it has a built in feeder on the side that will hold almost a full 50lb bag of food. You will have to pick up, and bring a couple strong guys. We cannot deliver. Located in Lindon.
$400 firm for now, and it should go pretty fast. If your interested, feel free to call or Text anytime. Texts messages are usually the easiest for me. Thanks!

 

[acemario]

 

[La Casa de Pollo]

I love the white faced one! So cute!

 

[La Casa de Pollo]

I know a gal that is selling this one. She used it for her silkies, but would work great for just a few Large Fowl for sure.  If interested, she lives in Pleasant Grove...I think..   She may see this..if not, if you are interested, I can let her know you are. 


I am selling my beautiful chicken house. It's been a hard decision to let it go but I am setting up a couple different pens now and I want a few more houses to each one, so I need to sell this one to get those. This one was custom made for my silkies. It's short to the ground which they tend to love, but chickens of any breed can just jump right in. It's raised just enough off the ground to keep it off the dirt. The nest boxes are on the ground as well. I feel its safer for hatching chicks so they dont fall out, and eggs dont get kicked out and break. The overall size of this coop is 4x4ft and 5ft high. The huge door on the front provides you access to clean out the coop as you wish, and collect eggs, as well as a smaller egg door on the side. Windows are on both sides, and the smaller chicken door locks if you want to keep them inside. The big door locks as well. The roof is shingled and the whole house is painted and stained with weather resistant sealant. And it has a built in feeder on the side that will hold almost a full 50lb bag of food. You will have to pick up, and bring a couple strong guys. We cannot deliver. Located in Lindon.

Very tempting! That one will go fast. I love those built in feeders

 

[sideWing]

Good Morning to all!

Hope your chickens have dry toes this morning. Wow, a lot of rain here so far! My run is becoming nice and boggy/wet, I was just reflecting on how much fun winters are. Just around the corner.....no fun chicken keeping in the wet and cold but our love for them keeps us going right? Hope my molting gets wrapped up soon I have some very bald birds right now and I need to get the run raked out haha

We got a lot of rain in Herriman. I need to make one coop adjustment, but all in all it wen't pretty well. I'm excited for cooler weather, but not for freezing waterers.

Hello crew, I sometimes work out front in the trenches so to speak, and having a farming background I will sometimes speak regarding feeds and feeding. I don't know that I am so bad… as a civilian, but I soon bumped into Chris09 and he is a champ and the real deal with such things. Should you have a technical question regarding feeds and the birds use of that feed, he is the man to ask. I find him to be very good. I was looking through some of his older posts this a.m. in the rain and bumped into this thread, I would like to share it with the Utah group as a resource and basic learning tool. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=343605

The before shot.



This afternoon, with his lady, (She was worried as well).

Anyway world peace has been restored along with a few frizzled feathers, thanks.

RJ

I love the posts RJ! What a great looking pair you have there.

Cynthia's post about a low brooding box made me wonder what I'm going to do when my broody hatches her eggs. They are 2 1/2 feet off the ground in a nestbox. That girl is sure happy to have some eggs under her.

 

[tfleuter]

I know a gal that is selling this one. She used it for her silkies, but would work great for just a few Large Fowl for sure. If interested, she lives in Pleasant Grove...I think.. She may see this..if not, if you are interested, I can let her know you are.


I am selling my beautiful chicken house. It's been a hard decision to let it go but I am setting up a couple different pens now and I want a few more houses to each one, so I need to sell this one to get those. This one was custom made for my silkies. It's short to the ground which they tend to love, but chickens of any breed can just jump right in. It's raised just enough off the ground to keep it off the dirt. The nest boxes are on the ground as well. I feel its safer for hatching chicks so they dont fall out, and eggs dont get kicked out and break. The overall size of this coop is 4x4ft and 5ft high. The huge door on the front provides you access to clean out the coop as you wish, and collect eggs, as well as a smaller egg door on the side. Windows are on both sides, and the smaller chicken door locks if you want to keep them inside. The big door locks as well. The roof is shingled and the whole house is painted and stained with weather resistant sealant. And it has a built in feeder on the side that will hold almost a full 50lb bag of food. You will have to pick up, and bring a couple strong guys. We cannot deliver. Located in Lindon.
$400 firm for now, and it should go pretty fast. If your interested, feel free to call or Text anytime. Texts messages are usually the easiest for me. Thanks!

Thanks! I did see this one on KSL and it looks very nice, just not exactly what I'm looking for. I found a few other potential ones in the classified but have also started looking into local custom builders. Anyone ever hear of or purchase from hutchesandcoops.com in Kaysville?

 

[tfleuter]

Thought I would add a pic from this morning of Lucy (Ethel in the background, far too busy eating as usual). Seems they have weathered the rains pretty well so far, I was worried about them when the heavy stuff came down yesterday afternoon and I was away running errands. Project for today is to put up a tarp until I can think of a more permanent solution.

 

[RJSorensen]

Good morning Utah! A little soggy up my way, but am thankful for the rain. Good for farming and the dry patches on my lawn. Thank you SideWing… I enjoy your doings as well. I find chicken folks to be a-ok. Todays search is for breeding pens, anyone with experience in using these? How about design and usage tips & tricks? The birds thought they wanted to get out when I 'poped' the doors this a.m. but a fair number decided to stay in for at least a while. Good choice me thinks. Good luck on the coop hunt tfleuter, that is both a fun and an exciting time in a bird keepers life. I always say, build big and build often.

I am looking into broody pens as well, my thoughts are to set the hen and eggs/chicks each in a rabbit hutch size place and then move them to the floor later. I am tired of them insisting on hatching out their chicks in and on the planter on the west side of my little coop. It is six feet or so to the ground from up there. Birds seem to love to sit in and under the coverage of plants, I suppose they know best.

Have a good one,

RJ

 

[sideWing]

Good morning Utah! A little soggy up my way, but am thankful for the rain. Good for farming and the dry patches on my lawn. Thank you SideWing… I enjoy your doings as well. I find chicken folks to be a-ok. Todays search is for breeding pens, anyone with experience in using these? How about design and usage tips & tricks? The birds thought they wanted to get out when I 'poped' the doors this a.m. but a fair number decided to stay in for at least a while. Good choice me thinks. Good luck on the coop hunt tfleuter, that is both a fun and an exciting time in a bird keepers life. I always say, build big and build often.

I am looking into broody pens as well, my thoughts are to set the hen and eggs/chicks each in a rabbit hutch size place and then move them to the floor later. I am tired of them insisting on hatching out their chicks in and on the planter on the west side of my little coop. It is six feet or so to the ground from up there. Birds seem to love to sit in and under the coverage of plants, I suppose they know best.

Have a good one,

RJ

When I settle in completely I would like to make a setup with a covered hallway and water pipped in. I have a pic of one in my area that I really like. I will try to find it.