LadyHK's "Cock-a-Doodle-Condo"

[robsdak]

Yup, and I got matches, I'll just throw some Hickory and Apple wood in there when I light it up so it'll give it some flavor. Then..........I'll till it up for a garden next year. Problem solved, so where you going to sleep now smart ass?

your right, your not a sanitation engineer. my bad, don't know what i was thinking... pain meds must have went to my head. in the smelly coop with the other birds. LOL

[Brownwater Riverrat 13]

It's OK brother I needed to laugh! I'm waiting on LadyHK to wander in here any minute. Keep up the good work and I'll put some extra feed in your bowl.

[helomech]

I like it! Nice rig, I'm guessing the timer and battery are under the coop? Or maybe I'm getting a sense of hanging upside down like a Bat? Nice that it's made of Stainless or Aluminum makes clean up easy. Butt shit is Kryptonite to me so if I get anywhere near it I'll look like a cat trying to cough up a fur ball and Sniper will mistake me for a real cat and then next thing you know I'll be shot, blanched, skinned, de-boned, ground up and stuffed into some intestine. Twisted into links and smoked.............served right next to the damn eggs.

Yes the timer and battery are inside the coop. The tin above the box is the roof.

I used a bucket with a toilet float inside it, because the nipples don't work with any pressure.



Then I ran PEX pipe where I wanted it and put the nipples in the pipe.

[Brownwater Riverrat 13]

"WE" like your set up! So it's gravity fed from the bucket which level is maintained by the toilet float switch. Nice touch. What height do you have the nipples at? For the grown ups that is?

[helomech]

"WE" like your set up! So it's gravity fed from the bucket which level is maintained by the toilet float switch. Nice touch. What height do you have the nipples at? For the grown ups that is?

Most of mine are at a angle. Up high close to the bucket and closer to the ground at the end. That way any of them can find a nipple they can reach. But even the biggest birds can reach the ones low to the ground with no issues. Yes the water is gravity fed.

[realist]

Nipples....oh sorry.

If this is the way you folks treat your chickens I want to see your slums! Very nice job. I operate under the assumption that if I build something like that I will at least have a place to stay in the future when my better half gets tired of me. Btw how many birds do you plan on housing?

[Brownwater Riverrat 13]

Well I'm "letting" her keep 7 out of 33. Seven get to lay eggs the others get canned.

[Sniper-T]

canned? as in axed? you mean you are going to fire chickens for not laying eggs? Sheesh, tough boss. You better hope that they don't form a union...

lol

[helomech]

We are running about 40 black australorps, and about 25 mixed ducks. Going to be picking up 50 broilers in February for 4h, so most of those will end up canned.

[robsdak]

Well I'm "letting" her keep 7 out of 33. Seven get to lay eggs the others get canned.

tough boss. man, i hope IF i ever make it there, i CAN produce enough to stay out of jars. besides i am old, tough and taste like shit. i bring toys and food for said toys, i can garden, hunt, shoot beyond 500m and everybody needs a Paracord Master...