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    Overthinking... or The $2,000 Backyard Coop

    There is absolutely no reason that you should worry about using PT wood for your coop or run. The modern methods of pressure treating wood is very safe. Assuming that neither you nor your chickens are actually going to consume great quantities of the wood, you will find absolutely no adverse...
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    Opinions needed...

    Once you get past the edges of the hard roof, Eggsoteric, (i.e. the board or plywood) the only advantage is in the first corrugated "ripple" or the first "down stroke" of the roofing. that is the part of the roofing that will direct the rain toward the outside of the coop/run. Outside of that...
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    Clipping flight wings...yes, another thread.

    Good to know, dawg53! From one 'dawg to another, Thanks. Beers y'all, Ken
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    Clipping flight wings...yes, another thread.

    Howdy gang! Our 4 Plymouth Barred Rock hens are now 14 weeks old. They have a nice sized coop and run, but we enjoy having them free range in our suburban back yard as often as possible. However, now that they are getting bigger, they have invaded the back porch, which we thought was pretty...
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    Outrageous 'dream' coop!

    Bingo, yellowirenut! The essential tools are all you need. Beers y'all, Ken And...Hey chicklove, "howdy neighbor" from over in Bay County!
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    Chickens at the back door.....

    Actually, about a month ago when we first allowed the chickens to free range and interact with the two fearsome mini dachshunds, the dogs were not aggressive but very inquisitive of the birds. The dogs actually wanted the chickens to "play" with them, but the birds kept their distance from...
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    Chickens at the back door.....

    My wife and I have 4 Plymouth Barred Rock hens, aged 13 weeks. They live out in our coop/run about 75 feet from our house. We go out several times a day to interact with them, besides just the let out/put up times. They have become quite accustomed to my wife being out with them while they...
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    Hawks....

    My wife called me at work this morning to tell me that this guy was sitting in the back yard..... We had the girls locked securely in the run at the time. She said that the hawk just sat there for a little over an hour. He kept checking out the cracks between the boards on the ramp going...
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    Insecticiide safety and "yard ranging" chickens. Need Input.

    Howdy gang, We live in the Panhandle area of NW Florida. We continuously have a Mole Cricket problem in our area which is destroying our yard. Last year, pre-chickens in the yard, we used Ortho Bug B Gon Max insecticide and it worked pretty good for a while. Unfortunately in our area, Mole...
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    Good bye, Mr. Waddles

    I called the new owner this afternoon. He said that Mr. Waddles was not exactly welcomed in with open arms (wings) on the first day, but by the second day everybody in the flock were like they had known each other forever. Looks like Mr. Waddles will enjoy his new mates. Beers y'all, Ken
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    Good bye, Mr. Waddles

    I guess that this belongs in the "Raising Baby Chicks" section. If not, Mods please move to the appropriate spot. Back on Dec. 1st we took possession of our first baby chicks ever. Five Plymouth Barred Rocks. The whole sequence can best be explained on my Member Chicken Page. To make a...
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    Gun people again.

    Yep, rebelcowboysnb. Folks who aren't from the South, especially rural South, just don't get our vernacular. When I was a young'un, we had chocolate cocolers (yahoo's), grape and "erenge" cocolers (Nehi grape and orange dranks) and regular cocolers (which was usually a Coca-Cola or a RC cola.)...
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    Gun people again.

    Rimfire ammo (.22's) don't feed very well in double stack configuration in magazines. They are difficult enough in single stack magazines, double stack magazines are almost a nightmare. The only weapon that I've ever known that could reliably feed .22 rimfire in a double stack magazine...
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    Gun people again.

    Even though I was born and raised an AUBURN fan, fuzziebutt, I am always super-proud of any team from Alabama that is doing well. A few weeks ago I was hollering "ROLL TIDE" with the best of them. Beers y'all, Ken
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    Gun people again.

    Yep...2004....that was Ivan. It got ugly here, much worse for our brothers over in Pensacola, Gulf Breeze, and Navarre, though. We went without power for only about 3 days, and lost 3K worth of meats and vegetables in the freezer. Folks just to the west of us went without power for almost 3...
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