Carm
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Post by Carm on Feb 6, 2014 22:55:16 GMT -5
If I build one like David's, should I use mesh between birds? Some say to have it solid to protect feathers. But I could see how it might prepare them for a show to be able to see birds next to them.
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Post by iaechickens on Feb 7, 2014 7:47:58 GMT -5
It'd be a lot cooler in the summer I would think also, with better air movement.
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Post by Carm on Feb 7, 2014 15:04:29 GMT -5
Yes, that's my dilemma here. The shows now and in the late fall it is below freezing. But in the summer its hot. I would think it's better to have them a little bit cold in the winter than too hot and stuffy in the summer. Good point.
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Post by iaechickens on Feb 7, 2014 15:34:13 GMT -5
as long as, as some have posted, we're not breaking feathers
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Post by Fred Kokke on Feb 7, 2014 17:34:29 GMT -5
I think you could make them with wire and if you have problem with feathers breaking you could cut a piece of cardboard and slide it in to protect them. also would help in winter
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Carm
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Post by Carm on Feb 8, 2014 17:18:23 GMT -5
Yes, I wondered about that. Or solid dividers and a removable back for summer. I will do some figuring and see what we have around here. There is a show to go to every month starting in march until the end of November. So it needs to be multi-seasonal.
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Post by d12chandler on Feb 8, 2014 21:20:20 GMT -5
Carm, how cold does it get where you live?
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Carm
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Post by Carm on Feb 8, 2014 22:29:10 GMT -5
We are in southern Ontario, 3 hours north east of Detroit. Less than 2 hours from Buffalo. We have been colder here than some years. We have had nights that would convert to -7, -8 degrees Fahrenheit. The birds are in the upstairs of the dairy barn. Draft free, but no heat source. The 2 cockerels I am showing have a small hideout they have been going in at night and has kept them from getting frostbite.
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