Recent content by kwjones001

Hopefully this works. I'm trying to link to the pictures I uploaded to my FB page. Busy weekend. Saturday Lowe's delivered the materials I ordered to convert the stall into a hen house. I'm using 16" wire shelving as a dig barrier. It's coated, so it shouldn't rust out too fast. We're...

So we have chicks...and ducks. Their breed availability changed, so we had to rework some numbers. The popular breeds went fast. We were able to get the following: 4 Buff Orpington 4 Speckled Sussex 2 Barnevelders 2 Cayuga Ducks - My wife had to have them when she saw them. We told them we...

Can you dig a trench under your gate? I'm building an outdoor enclosure for my daughter's Russian tortoise for the summer. They have to be dig proof to prevent escape. I looked into something called Dig Defence, but it's expensive. After walking through a big box store, I decided to use vinyl...

Thanks everybody. The poultry netting is temporary until I can get the hardware cloth. I have close to 100' of it leftover from my garden. I'm probably going to get 1/4" cloth because I need to build a new compost screen for the wheelbarrow. I have some 1/2" cloth, but not enough for the stall...

Greetings. It's been over 10 years since we've had chickens. When my wife and I got married, her family had a rooster, Lucky. He was mean. He would attack anyone that went near his pigs. My wife and I eventually got 5 RIR hens to calm him down a bit. One day we went out and found a fox or...