Posts by Trefoil

Quote: Originally Posted by Keltara  Hi Everyone.  Just wanted to introduce myself to the Michigan thread.   I'm Kelly and a Michigander myself.  I didn't realize this was here for Michigan....

Quote: Originally Posted by Ga Boy  That's great! My goal is to build my 8'X8' coop without any cost to show myself and others it can be done. I do go to about 90 construction sites a week with my work. But a lot of the...

The door would be the obvious place to access to the run, just put a door in the run. Hang their feed & water just inside the door to the "coop". or attach it to the door so when you shut them in at night they can still get to the...

Tie wraps aren't uv protected and will not last much more than a year if that. The wire you linked to has 2 x 4 holes. It wouldn't keep a young coon or a cat out,

You want to make a coop for night time safety out of the kennel? 1. get 100' of 3' hardware cloth.  If you have weasels, snakes, or raccoons get no larger than 1/2" x 1/2".  Attach the hardware cloth 2' up the sides and 1'...

Don't buy a rcom or suro unless where you purchase it will give you a guarantee in writing and you trust them to uphold it.  The manfacturer will not uphold their guarantee, you can't get parts for them and they cost too much to...

Quote: Originally Posted by LoveMyChicklets  Good morning everyone. I was wondering if I could pick you brain on duck eggs in the incubator. I've never hatched them before and am a little concerned about the ones in...

The larger you make your run, the easier it will be to keep and the less problems you'll have with possible aggression.  Its nice to have roosts in the run as well.  Where I live (Michigan) landscape staples wouldn't work,...

Looking good.  4 x 5 works as long as chicken math doesn't attack.    Have you decided on what chickens you"ll be getting yet?...

Quote: Originally Posted by BentoMinion  Today's project was to get the shed in the picture split. The run will be off the back side of the shed. That will be started tomorrow but not finished till sometime this week....