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brucifer said:
Wow, I wish I had taken a closer look at SketchUp awhile back when I toyed around with it. You're right, Chaz, it is capable of doing a great job with framing.
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Thanks for pointing that out. I checked out this YouTube video, and this is exactly what I would have wanted to do:

I'm in the middle of a project now that I worked out on several sheets of graph paper. How steep is the learning curve to be able to do what they guy does in the video?

Hey, nothing wrong with being cheap/thrifty, or whatever you want to call it. Everybody likes a good deal.
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find the video for the 'follow me' and 'offset' features, I think that may be the closest thing to what you want to do as far as doing things like framing a door or a window? or even trim molding and baseboards, the mullions in windows to separate the panes......
 
gunner86 said:
Can I ask what kind of heat source does everybody use in their brooder and has anyone tried using a heating pad
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I use the heat lamp. Just gotta watch it till you know the heat level you can really cook your babies and start a fire if your not careful, those bulbs can get really hot.
 
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gunner86 said:
Can I ask what kind of heat source does everybody use in their brooder and has anyone tried using a heating pad
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there are video's and how to's on the site here where people have done just that. You have to make sure you have a heating pad without an "auto off" feature, but go up in the search bar and type that in, you will find enough to keep you busy for a while!
 
katsdar said:
ok,, I need advice, I have my shipped eggs and they are just chilling before they go into the bator on Sat. they are big end up and I candled them and some have seriously damaged air cells, so do I just let them just six and relax? Do I turn them?
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I always gave those a chance and most will stabilize and hatch. I've been there and was surprised at how many hatched that I thought would not. Don't turn them until you get them in the incubator, if that's what you're asking. Let them sit, big end up, until you put them in on Saturday.
 
gunner86 said:
Can I ask what kind of heat source does everybody use in their brooder and has anyone tried using a heating pad
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I use an ol' fashion heat lamp with a 250w infra-red bulb. They work great, and it's easy to adjust the temp and to tell if the heat source in on the blink. All electrical devices can fail.
 
gunner86 said:
Can I ask what kind of heat source does everybody use in their brooder and has anyone tried using a heating pad
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I prefer the heating pad method. They seem to be healthier and happier. They are quiet at night since there's no light. They feather in faster too. I don't do any fancy mama heating pad method. Just drape it over a stick so they can get under or on it. Get the red one from Walmart that doesn't shut off automatically.
 
I have used a desk lamp for now two years I keep it going for about a week never had a problem with chicks up all the time actually they sleep when the overhead light goes out and I have seen them lined up in a semicircle buts to the light laying down stretched out feathering is good no problems there and after a week they usually go into the cage for a week before they go out into the biddie house
With run to get used to the outside and a contact to the adult birds it has a smaller opening into the run for slow transition to the coop they usually transfer all by themselves when they are ready they will move into the coop at night when they are accepted to the flock if I have a sitting hen with chicks she sometimes adopts some if they are of the same age range
 
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I use a heat lamp for my brooder which is a long rectangular wooden box that I built. I put the lamp over the top wire at one end of the brooder, that way the chicks can get as close or as far as they need in order to self-adjust to the heat.
 

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