Showing posts with label Goat Taxi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Goat Taxi. Show all posts

Monday, June 13, 2011

Cheap Way to Raise Chickens: New Home for Crowbar!

Crowbar was starting to make a real mess in the dog cage everyday. Every afternoon I would have to take the cage apart and clean the entire thing out. So I ask Michael how we could rig up my brother's goat taxi for him/her a temp home. I have no idea if he is a she or she is a he. Anyway, we had a few feet of chicken wire left over from our lot. Michael cut it into 1/4s and we wrapped it around the bottom of the chain link fence on the goat taxi.
If you look close at the back fence, on the bottom half is chicken wire.  Sophie was trying her best to figure out a way in there.
The waterer we made works perfectly inside the taxi because the ground is level. If you look close you can see it is about 1/2 full of water.
The last thing we did was clean out the dog taxi, take off the door, and fill it with wood chips, just in case the little fella wanted to go in there.

Oh, and we left a tarp folded over the top to give some shade.

Now Crowbar has a home where he/she can get on the ground and scratch around and I don't have to clean it every day. I sure hope this works! I'll let ya know.

Sunday, May 29, 2011

A Temporary Home for the Chicks


Michael and I set up the chicks a temporary home in my brothers goat taxi. We put the tarp over it to give the chicks some shade. I then pulled it over the end that has the door and strapped it down. I didn't want the kids to get any wild ideas and let them out.
The feeder is working out great so far.

They feasted.

Checking out the new home.

They seem to like it.

I don't think they are so sure about Sophie and I don't think she was so sure about them. They just gave each other the eye.

Tomorrow we will *TRY* to finish up the permanent home.