WHAT YA GOT SWAP Chat Thread

[kimisfishing]

I got a friend from work into the chickens and told her to use milk crates for nesting boxes....she was amazed at the idea

 

[CapricornFarm]

RayNdebi, I just candled the Wheaten Ameraucana eggs! Looks like only one quitter, the rest are now going into the hatcher! Yippee!

 

[groundpecker]

I agree with using something found in trash or burn pile. I often find find good building materials when going from job to job. 2 of my coups are made from perfectly good scraps found in house construction burn piles. I build fence as a living and often get used fence materials for free.
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I also have a pile of fiberglass corigated sheets I have my eye on...... Just not sure it is worth it, it is not the clear stuff from years ago it is grey like tin roofing.....HHR is going to haul it home soon

Thats how we build most of our pens. DH gets what ever he can get his hands on. We use that fiberglass and tin sheets to cover the wire on the pens in the winter. They get taken off and stacked up for the summer. We got a bunch of wood from tearing down a shed and a barn. Relatives know we have chickens so when they have some wire or something they think we may can use they call us up and ask. We've bought very little to make pens and coops. Even brooders are clear plastic tubs, the large ones that the lids got broken, 20 gallon or larger aquariums we use also and we get any we can get our hands on. They work great for a smaller batch of chicks. We put a screen over the top and attach a heat lamp.

I even make feeders out of empty gallon bleach jugs and gallon icecream buckets. Our nephew inherited a fruit farm and all the supplies where still inside the building. We got lots of the fruit trays to use as insulation inside the coops and pens, wood baskets, lots of bubble wrap. I've managed to use up the bubble wrap.

Oh, I could go on. But there is nothing wrong with using something that somebody else sees as trash. It helps with not filling up the landfills. Recycling.

 

[BHep]

Great finds kim.

Better get your hubby on it now.

I also pick up stuff from friends & family. I have 2 coops that I used little tykes playhouses.

One I built from scraps from a friend, it looks like an outhouse.

I am not that handy with tools, that's why I hired someone to build my new coops.

 

[kimisfishing]

This one I am building so I can make it the way I want
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[reesepoultry]

Does anyone on here have Bantam Polish. My hubby wants some so I want to surprise him. I have an empty coop.

I am looking for Chicks, Started, Adults or Eggs.

Please Pm me.

Thanks

 

[kimisfishing]

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My hubby has no idea what I can do with power tools.

he wont even let me take our pop up camper alone

I used to drive 18 wheel trucks but can't pull the camper.
I do not know how to start or drive the boat, and lots of stuff like that

 

[kimisfishing]

Does anyone that makes soap by chance have the scent Mulberry? It is my mother inlaws favorite scent and was thinking it would be a good gift. I never know what to get her, she has tons of money and just buys anything she wants. Thanks

 

[dmccann]

Wow tons of money!

 

[kimisfishing]

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yes and she thinks it makes her better than everyone. She will hold it over your head of she can. As you can tell I have issues with her LOL