chicken greenhouse
- TomK
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Re: chicken greenhouse
Robbie..exactly what i was thinking....perfect solution
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Re: chicken greenhouse
Me too :) possibilities seem to be endless!WaupoosCowgirl wrote:Man I have been googling chicken green houses for the last hour!
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- windwalkingwolf
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Re: chicken greenhouse
I use boat shrink wrap on mine. Minimizes temperature swings in winter, let's loads of light through and plants thrive (if the chickens can't get at them lol) it's strong enough for heavy snow load and uv resistant. It lasts for years. Mine has been up 4 years now, and I could get another year out of the cover if the goats hadn't played King of the Castle on it.
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- TomK
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WWW..you have goats?.... Omg!. How do you keep a garden?
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Re: chicken greenhouse
You just want to be sure it's a non toxic antifreeze or you'll have a serious disposal problem later, if you want to get rid of it.TomK wrote:Robbie..exactly what i was thinking....perfect solution
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- windwalkingwolf
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Well, at the old place, the garden was fenced and the goats were loose. Here, it's the other way around LOL. Though Aggie is a Houdini so there will have to be some modifications made when spring comes!TomK wrote:http://WWW..you have goats?.... Omg!. How do you keep a garden?
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- Jaye
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Re: chicken greenhouse
yep, plumbers anti-freeze is the way to go.Robbie wrote:You just want to be sure it's a non toxic antifreeze or you'll have a serious disposal problem later, if you want to get rid of it.TomK wrote:Robbie..exactly what i was thinking....perfect solution
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- ross
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Re: chicken greenhouse
RV & plumbers anti freeze is not ment to mix with water . Just straight . If pumped thru a clear hose it will push water ahead but not mix . It's made to relplace water in plumbing lines Luck
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- baronrenfrew
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Re: chicken greenhouse
Nope plain water. This company sells dome kits $6000 USD and up water "pond" holds heat. http://geodesic-greenhouse-kits.com/win ... -required/
http://www.greenhousegarden.com/thermal ... at-storage This is an article describing the "heat sink" effect of black barrels of water.
I don't have $6k USD or I'd buy a dome kit. I plan to spend $1000 CDN or less.
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http://www.greenhousegarden.com/thermal ... at-storage This is an article describing the "heat sink" effect of black barrels of water.
I don't have $6k USD or I'd buy a dome kit. I plan to spend $1000 CDN or less.
Yes, you don't need to tell me to stop thinking and more doing...
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Re: chicken greenhouse
Robbie wrote:TomK wrote:This sounds like a totally doable project..geez, like i need more to do but its gonna happen here...my only thought would be the water barrels....the idea is good but it gets mighty nippy here and I'm not a fan of frozen water in containers of any type...okay..nuff talking...to the drawing board...
Does it have to be potable water? If not, use sealed barrels water with antifreeze in it.
use saline water like what they put in tires so they wont freeze. my old garden tractor I blow snow with is filled up with it.
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