Recent content by Elwood Lightfoot

It was a $20. dollar gift certificate for use in the BYC store so I used it to buy membership on the site, the winnings paid for almost half of the cost of building it, it was less tan $50 bucks for the whole project since I had most of the stuff already. There are a couple holes in the back in...

Just thought I would add an update but my incubator is the winner of the BYC 2010 Homemade Incubator contest, I WON! I WON! :-)How cool is that!

Right now I'm feeding 21 hens and two roosters but when I first built it about 13 years ago I had almost 100 chickens that used it. I had built a large wooden box that looked a lot like a doghouse with a flat sloped roof and kept the feeder from the elements. It sat outside the chickens run and...

I recycled and old trashcan and a tire to build a self feeder for my chickens it has worked great for years now it can't rust or rot and bugs can't eat it. it holds around 150lbs of laying pellets. If you build one like it don't make the mistake I did and use a steel belted tire LOL I had a...

Hiya Fellow Okies, I just found the site and thought I'd say Howdy :-)

This is my first attempt at building an incubator and an egg turner I recycled an old fridge and a bunch of other scrap metal and parts I had laying around the parts I did need to buy totaled just under $50.00. I did a lot of research on it before constructing I think it turned out well, This...

I use old carpet for a lot of paths around my place and so far haven't had an issue with it, I scrape back the surface and lay the carpet face down then cover with gravel or bark and so far it's been mostly maintance free for years, esp where I've made paths in to and through the more wooded...