Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

Yes, pictures please! And where did you get that boat wrap from?

windwalkingwolf wrote:QR_BBPOST .. you need lots of ventilation. Poultry create a lot of humidity, which is bad in winter and not great in summer, either.

Awesome!

How would you improve on the ventilation?

That some smexy run there Silkie. At $20 a panel I may have been able to pull that off however, at 60 bones my garden/run is way too big and I really just cannot afford those panels. One way or another, I'm going to pull this off.

Lookin good!

25635 I hope Jan (www) chimes in, I know she has a green house and used it for chickens, If I am not mistaken she found it got too hot too fast? Like Bert mentioned, chicken manure needs to be composted for 2 years (three if you are planning to go organic) to get rid of the pathogens and to balance...

25636 One idea may be to put a layer of straw down in the fall in the greenhouse and rake that up in the spring to compost to keep the fresh manure load to a minimum so it doesn't "burn" the new plantings. Adding greens and other compostable things will help balance the nitrogen:Carbon ratio of the...

25633 If I read right your gonna plant veggies in green house in spring then turn chicks into harvest bugs .Am I right or wrong ? In a confined area like that theyed probably eat veggies too if not protected . Will work well if using for winter & manure . Luck Keep the chickens in the greenhouse ov...

Ask and you shall receive! Thank you all for your input. What I thought was going to be one project has now turned into many. I am def going to tarp in a section of the run for the winter to keep the kids happy in their current set up. For my other project, I am going to start by building a greenhou...

I would love some Welsummers but I dont have anymore room... unless I trade off some EE cockerels!