Yes, 1" would work just fine I have had some send me pics of ones they built using different sized PVC, we just used the 3/4 because we got a great deal on it from a local lawn and garden center that was getting out of the irrigation business

I'm so glad it gives your birds a chance to free range and stay safe! Thank you for watching and the kind words, we have been using ours for two seasons now and it has held up great with no problem, I have had a small issue with it being lite weight, we live in Virginia very close to the coast and when we get some of the strong coastal storms come through I have had to secure it a few times to keep the strong winds from moving it but other than that it has been great.

So far after using them heavily for two years I haven't had any issues with predators yet.

I used a lot of what I had laying around, the white tarp on top is actually banner material that comes in a roll, I had some left over from a sign business I used to have but it's basically just like a tarp just a little thicker

We use it for our Cornish cross meat birds, they are processed at 8 weeks so they aren't laying eggs by then

I used them all summer with no issues, I'm am getting ready to set them back out in two weeks when my Cornish cross are ready to come out of the brooder

I have since built two more and I raise 20 in each one

Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it!

yes cut the jalapeno powder in half to one teaspoon instead of two and the cayenne powder in half to two teaspoons instead of 4 and it will make it more mild

Good Hope Homestead. Thanks!!

Thanks, so far it has been working out well, we will see how it holds up as time goes

Thank you, It was an idea that I picked up from a friend, It really does work great!

He was with his daddy.

thank you! he is such a sweetie, I have been a little slow getting my videos out this week I will try and have it up in the next day or two

Thank you, I cant believe how fast these guys grow!

@@goodhopehomestead9684 same here bless them

Thank you so much, this is our first time with the Cornish Cross, We are excited to see how well they do.

Yes, we have 10 silky's 8 hens and two roosters (one of the roosters is still a juvenile) they are my wife's favorite and they are so much fun to watch and they are very sweet and gentle with our grandchildren. We are going to be adding a few different breads in with them soon.

@@goodhopehomestead9684 I was not keen on having silkies at first, I wanted winter Hardy chickens. However, those silkies have been a valuable asset to our homestead. We just love them.

loved the chicken dome! We are going to be adding a second coop hopefully later on this year my wife is already planning on adding some more variety of chicks definitely interested in doing a dome type coop for them

Us too, we spent Saturday in the green house transplanting our starts there is nothing like being surrounded by all this new life growing. It gives me hope that spring will be here soon

Handy Hudsonite thank you so much! Building a Homestead from scratch is very expensive and we try to find ways to cut cost.

That's fantastic! Yeah, I'm always trying to find economic ways of doing things. I guess that's why I drive a 27-year-old car 🚗😁

@@HandyHudsonite Hey how are you, Pays to be thrifty.

Yes it does!

thank you!

Not all of them have names yet, but we have named some of them, our oldest rooster is named Henry, the young juvenile rooster is named Omelet and four of our hens names are Eggna, Henrietta, Gertrude and Pepei

most of them were named by our family like our granddaughter and grandson