PLEASE explain the chicken heater. It is forcast 20 degrees here in toasty NC next week. I saw the upsidedown flower pot under the water jug. But I dont get it and am dying to know! Are you only heating the water and what's the heat source? Many many thanks for this video - I may have to copy your set up soon. We have a big patch of bamboo in our woods. I can easily cut some of that. Can you recommend a good way of cutting bamboo b4 I go ahead and do it wrong?
Check out "Backyard chicken coop water heater" on my site for the details.. It explains the setup. Actually the heater started out as just a heater--the chickens crowd around it at night to keep cozy. Putting the water on top was a later idea that works great! It keeps the water unfrozen and keeps the birds warm, too.
Racoons are everywhere, but the birds were safe in their enclosed run...it was just out in the movable areas that they were vulnerable because there was no roof. Although I'm sure a racoon could get in pretty easily through the portable fencing. We only used the portable setup for daytime fun...at night they were in the fixed run, in fact they were locked in their house: totally safe there.
On sleeping bags: get a $75 sewing machine and just play with it. Rain Shed sells good materials.
Your a chicken and I'm a chicken hawk and I'm going to eat you!!
tucsonpersonified 10 months ago
PLEASE explain the chicken heater. It is forcast 20 degrees here in toasty NC next week. I saw the upsidedown flower pot under the water jug. But I dont get it and am dying to know! Are you only heating the water and what's the heat source? Many many thanks for this video - I may have to copy your set up soon. We have a big patch of bamboo in our woods. I can easily cut some of that. Can you recommend a good way of cutting bamboo b4 I go ahead and do it wrong?
Bostoncrocus 2 years ago
Check out "Backyard chicken coop water heater" on my site for the details.. It explains the setup. Actually the heater started out as just a heater--the chickens crowd around it at night to keep cozy. Putting the water on top was a later idea that works great! It keeps the water unfrozen and keeps the birds warm, too.
djbarryiii 2 years ago
a hawk got one of my chicks one time=[
dixiefarmgirl 2 years ago
do you have any problems with raccoons or other creatures though?
p.s. keep up the good vids. im tempted to make a homemade sleeping bag like yours. any tips?
mattrex2000 2 years ago
Racoons are everywhere, but the birds were safe in their enclosed run...it was just out in the movable areas that they were vulnerable because there was no roof. Although I'm sure a racoon could get in pretty easily through the portable fencing. We only used the portable setup for daytime fun...at night they were in the fixed run, in fact they were locked in their house: totally safe there.
On sleeping bags: get a $75 sewing machine and just play with it. Rain Shed sells good materials.
djbarryiii 2 years ago
Good setup. Where did you get the deer netting?
SassafrasHomestead 2 years ago
I got the netting at a local garden supply shop: Johannsens.
djbarryiii 2 years ago
Garden Girl: I like your videos, too!
djbarryiii 3 years ago
Great little urban farm to check out.
GardenGirltv 3 years ago