Recent content by AllAlaskan

Ya that was my concern. Im not sure if im going to get rabbits or not, it was something I was thinking about doing. My biggest problum is I was trying to keep them outside in an outside hutch if I do get some (Wife use to raise rabbits and doesnt want the smell inside the house) but I might just...

I am glad I found this thread, I was about to post something about the same thing. I am About to build a new coop and was thinking about building a rabbit hutch in there also. My biggest concern is the chickens and rabbits catching something from each other.

Quote: I agree it is a really big print for a black bear, but I have seen blackies with feet that big before, and they were some BIG black bears, Im talking 6-7ft tall black bears down in Prince William Sound.

There was a guy up here in ANchorage just last year that shot a black bear that broke into his chicken coop and was eating his chickens. I dont know about down there but up here if a bear attacks my chicken I can shoot it in defence of property.

Its big foots ear as he walked past hehehehe

I say Watch Craigslist under the Free section for wood and wire. I just got enough wood to build the frame for my Coop and possibly the run and the guy is suppose to have more for me in a few weeks which as long as I get that wood I will have more then enough ply wood to cover my coop and for...

Well the guy called me back yesterday on the free wood! I got a whole truck load of 2x4s 2x6s and some 2x8s Along with 6 sheets of plywood! He is tearing down another building on his property and will have even more with several more sheets of plywood! So looks like I wont have to buy any wood...

You sound so broken up over the possible death of fluffy haha.

Quote: If my brothers old 130 lb dog could climb a 6ft fence, I dont see why a fox couldnt.

Well shoot, after all that I expected to see a snake haha (after page 24 I jumped ahead), was thinking maby a King snake or a Rat or Corn snake possibly too, especially with rodents to be around (granted that rat is to big for one of those haha) would be a good hunting zone, not to mention the...

Well we still have snow on the ground, melting quickly though. I would like to start first week of April but Im pretty sure I wont have the money so most likely end of April is when I will start building. How ever I have the cinder blocks all ready so as soon as I can I plan on placing them and...

Ok, so Im looking now at a 8ftx8ft floor with 8ft tall roof to a 6ft slope. This is what is what im thinking right now. This is just a rough draft. Also Im looking at making the run 8ftx10ft running the roof over the run. Not sure yet how im doing the ventilation, but this is the...

Quote: That is one reasen I plan on having mine just be 1 maybe 2 long ( going to be a 8x8ft coop) roosts that will stretch from one side of the coop to the other. I know before I had birds that would "fight" over the highest perch in the camper coop. I plan on making sure that they roosts in...

I know all my chickens will roost as high up as they can, in the old coop they had their roosts at 5 feet. Atm they are in our old oil shed (had a mite problum, and building a new coop in a few weeks and dont want to put them in the old one. PS there is NO oil in the oil shed just FYI) untill...

UPDATE: Well I just wanted to say thank you all for your imput. I dusted the chickens and their temporary coop and today I checked and I only grabbed 4 of them but the 4 I grabbed all appeared to be might free in 8 days I plan to dust them all again to get any eggs that may have hatched on...