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Originally Posted by hallerlake 

I wouldn't leave food out at night. It attracts rats and raccoon, and possum, and Lord knows what else. Chickens don't eat at night, so they don't need it.

I will have a hanging feeder from the roof of the run, and a waterer sitting on a concrete block. There's not really another place for the food besides my bedroom, which has a door straight outside near the coop. I guess I just wanted something that would be rodent-proof...would the hanging feeder 6-8" above the ground and away from all climbable walls be enough to keep rodents from accessing the feed?

Another thing: it would be MUCH cheaper to use chicken wire instead of hardware cloth if y'all don't think I need to use it for rodent protection with the hanging feeder. I would love to just buy that stuff and be done with it, vs. saving up for a while to afford the hardware cloth. eesh.

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Originally Posted by FirewifeJess 

Another thing: it would be MUCH cheaper to use chicken wire instead of hardware cloth if y'all don't think I need to use it for rodent protection with the hanging feeder. I would love to just buy that stuff and be done with it, vs. saving up for a while to afford the hardware cloth. eesh.

I leave feed out and have it hanging so it is harder for rodents to get in. I won't say that it keeps 100% out but I am always looking for signs and I put traps out at night. I have Rat Zappers in my shed to catch the field mice. As I posted a little earlier, I used chicken wire to put around the bottom for preventing digging. I haven't had anything dig around my run yet except the chickens on the inside. Lol!

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Originally Posted by KMHunter 

I leave feed out and have it hanging so it is harder for rodents to get in. I won't say that it keeps 100% out but I am always looking for signs and I put traps out at night. I have Rat Zappers in my shed to catch the field mice. As I posted a little earlier, I used chicken wire to put around the bottom for preventing digging. I haven't had anything dig around my run yet except the chickens on the inside. Lol!

Perhaps I'll look into that! I think it sounds MUCH easier to just use chicken wire! How high off the ground should I expect to hang the feeder so they can access it, but so that it is as high off the ground as possible?

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Originally Posted by Chicken Rustler 

Today marks a the completion of what has proven to be a very tough year for me. See it was one year ago today that after 30++ years I gave up smokeless tobacco. This has not been easy and I am still struggling with it.

I have had some pretty tempting times to go back.  

congratulations! I gave up almost just over 6 years ago (April 22nd). Best thing I ever did and the craving will eventually go away!

 

 

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Originally Posted by FlyRobinFly 

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Originally Posted by Totalcolour 

The new girl on the block and the reason I haven't been on in a while. Boy is she SMART! Learned how to open the kitchen cupboards in a day and remove stuff, like the garbage trash can, food from the pantry etc. I can't take my eyes off her for a minute. Plus, she is as strong as an ox; she's a baby, 9 months and 54 pounds of energy.

Congrats on the new canine addition, Kate!

Thank you - we are still "adjusting"

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Originally Posted by KMHunter 

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Originally Posted by FirewifeJess 

Another thing: it would be MUCH cheaper to use chicken wire instead of hardware cloth if y'all don't think I need to use it for rodent protection with the hanging feeder. I would love to just buy that stuff and be done with it, vs. saving up for a while to afford the hardware cloth. eesh.

I leave feed out and have it hanging so it is harder for rodents to get in. I won't say that it keeps 100% out but I am always looking for signs and I put traps out at night. I have Rat Zappers in my shed to catch the field mice. As I posted a little earlier, I used chicken wire to put around the bottom for preventing digging. I haven't had anything dig around my run yet except the chickens on the inside. Lol!

Fire...,

Running out of time this morning.

Here's a possible solution to your gate gap issue. This is not my run, but I did the same thing when I found a possum wiggling through.

My resolution: 

ETA- I really dislike using chicken wire.

I have some you can have for free if you want.

I believe I have 1 new roll of 1" hex 2 x 10 ft.

and most of roll of 2" hex, no idea how big right now. Not sure how long the roll was. I don't remember ever using it.

And just an afterthought, I use a chainlink dog run for the chickens too. See my page for a picture. I put one panel/side inside as the floor. 8 years later no rust. Does keep the chickens from digging so much, but there is a few inches of mulch/dirt in there.

Imp

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Originally Posted by FirewifeJess 

Hi! Another newbie like me. I don't really know who to talk to here, so I'll talk to you, LOL! Where's Omak? I'm in Covington, near Kent. We got our first ever chicks March 31, they're 5 weeks old now and super fun! I have 3 Buff Orpington, 2 Easter Eggers, 2 Rhode Island Reds, 2 Black Australorps, and 2 Welsummer. I think we have one roo but not sure yet, could even be 2 in there. What kind of coop are you building?

 I use to homeschool one of my sons he is now 21.

      So we all need to make a date and get together and talk chickens.

 So my Cream Legbars only had one egg hatch go a cute little girl and of course the Sizzle did pretty good.  I left the CL eggs in the incubator to  see if they will hatch. Im not holding my breath.  I will have a hatch again on the 6th of blue eggs but not the CL..

     Oh I need to run and get stuff done around here have to go to work early..

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Originally Posted by Zgoatlady 

 I use to homeschool one of my sons he is now 21.

      So we all need to make a date and get together and talk chickens.

 

 So my Cream Legbars only had one egg hatch go a cute little girl and of course the Sizzle did pretty good.  I left the CL eggs in the incubator to  see if they will hatch. Im not holding my breath.  I will have a hatch again on the 6th of blue eggs but not the CL..

     Oh I need to run and get stuff done around here have to go to work early..

Hi nice to meet ya! I would love to get together with another chicken mama! My kids are 5, 3, and 2, and we're home schooling (mildly, he's only in K). I just bought a great book which will arrive today called Chick Days, should be super fun for the kids to go along with our IRL chick experience while we learn during school.

Have a good one. I'm off to work.

Russ

Have a good day Russ!

I'm so happy, ^^he just helped me figure out what my ordinances are for chickens and basically...anything goes! I thought I had *some* restrictions but apparently it's much more lax than I though, woohoo! Now I probably don't have to get rid of our possible roo unless he's simply annoying to ME!