Quarantining chickens
We’re home from our first showing at the county fair. My children brought 6 chickens to show for 4-H. I see you quarantine your chickens for 3 weeks after fair. What do you look for before putting them back in your flock?
Jeanette Mellesmo
Embarrass, Minnesota
I just make sure that they appear healthy: no snuffly noses, no diarrhea, etc. It’s usually no big deal, but we just like to be extra safe following stress and being around other birds — Jackie
PVC hoop house
How do you bend your PVC pipe to make your hoop houses? This is something I really want to do. I’ve looked at Hoop Benders but they seem to be for conduit pipe, not PVC pipe.
Alice Clapper
New Castle, Pennsylvania
PVC is very flexible and it bends very easily by hand, with no strain or pain. No hoop bender is necessary. — Jackie
Building codes
We deal with building codes here. Do you have county building codes where you are or do they leave you alone.
Amanda Modin
Bend, Oregon
Fortunately, we don’t have building codes way out in the woods. I’m sure some other areas, not so far from us DO have building codes/inspections. But so far, for us, we have to have a land use permit for any construction, septic or addition, but no inspections (other than the septic). — Jackie
One thing about using a bender: If you want to integrate watering into the frame of your hoop house, then it does help to heat-bend the pipe so that it is tension free when it is in the hoop position. It also helps to heat bend the PVC because there is less localized tension in the pipe, meaning less chances of cracking or bursting.
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