One of the things I needed to build with the new Coop were the nesting boxes. Now finding the right ones can be a chore but I wanted to make something so in looking around I found one to make. The idea came from BlackDogIndy and a You Tube video he did. So I wanted […]
#223 Kits for Kids
We think about the BOB, Get Home Bag for adults, but the kids? So they need their own bags of course but what else should we think about? Glenda takes us down the road to what she does and the thought behind it.
#220 SGT Major-I Need an EMERGENCY BROODER RIGHT NOW!
Ok, so I took a line from a movie but have you ever outgrown your brooder? So our new flock of birds adds up to 28. Brooder we started them in should have been fine, BUT. Weather and other factors are slowing my completing the new main egg layer coop. At the moment, the roofing […]
#215 72hr Kits
How to put a kit together without a lot of pain! This presentation was done by Rob McKevitt with our Northern Nevada Preppers Group. Great information and keeping with my standard of KISS, keep it simple stupid! Don’t get hung up on elaborate kits, just get the basics and if you WANT to, add what […]
#198 Hoophouses are Rising!
As we have had so many projects and so little time,we have finally got round to putting up the Hoophouse! Now nothing usually goes exactly as planned and this is no exception. We purchased our first planned Hoophouse and it is 16′ wide and 48′ long. Complete with braces, purlins, skin material and of course, […]