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  1. Mark's Menagerie

    Michigan

    Quote: Maybe next time we are around we'll be able to stay for coffee, but we did make it to coldwater in time to get the other feed we needed and then raced home to get the 4 new banty's settled in and the 3 babies tucked in. long day on the road (and of course rain most of the time) but was...
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    so what is up with this DE?

    Quote: Diatomaceous Earth *link removed* apparently my wife and I were reading the same thread and she beat me to the post. lol
  3. Mark's Menagerie

    Michigan

    Quote: Very nice. maybe someday (if we ever finish it) I'll post some picks of our coop and runs.
  4. Mark's Menagerie

    Michigan

    Quote: Wow, now that's certainly an interesting chain of events.. wonder what the odd's were?
  5. Mark's Menagerie

    Michigan

    Quote: I just bought 2 new 21 led flashlight's at rite-aid for $5 each, but you may also find them at a place like home depot, menards, or walmart. they are pretty bright.
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    I think my neighbor of 9 years hates me

    Quote: I'd get the property lines surveyed and marked. and I'd put up a fence. In most places, if you've let someone use your property freely for 10 years then you lose the right to enforce your rights and it can become public domain (like letting people walk acrossed your property). of...
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    Just started building ..... Insulation ??

    I say no, my wife says yes. we hve banty's so my wife insists on insulating our small coop, but growing up around chickens I can tell you we never had insulation and neve had problems with the chickens getting too cold (they were full size). if anything, you'd have to worry more about...
  8. Mark's Menagerie

    Michigan

    Quote: you happen to have any pic's of the way you've divided it? our coop sounds pretty similiar and I'm thinking I'm going to have to divide it at least 3 ways to keep some birds seperate, since we dont have enough room to let them all roam and avoid each other, and since they are of...
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    Dog licked chick almost to death, now what? *Update*

    Edit to remove reply to flame, please use the report button
  10. Mark's Menagerie

    Michigan

    Quote: we used a handheld "bark control" unit to help reduce the barking of our dog. it emits a loud tone when you push the button. every time he barked when we didnt want him to I would yell 'no' when pushing the button. after a couple days he barked alot less. of course now that we have...
  11. Mark's Menagerie

    Michigan

    Quote: shhh... she's sitting at her computer right now! I knew you were in the area somewhere opa but with no way to get to the forums to see if you were around, and I don't know your address or phone number. besides, bev would have had ME out in the coop if I were to stop and visit...
  12. Mark's Menagerie

    Michigan

    Mark's Menagerie : Quote: Looks like I'll be making a trip to howell soon, Bev has looking for DE for awhile and can'f find it anywhere local. Oh well, whats a few hours on the road for the sake of the chickens? ok, so here's a funny follow up... Was on call this weekend (covering my...
  13. Mark's Menagerie

    Michigan

    Quote: you're selling banty hens that are laying? I sure hope bev doesnt read this... but she's so tired & sore from helping her dad all week with his big garage sale, hopefully they'll be gone before she reads this. have you thought about making some kind of standoff's you could attack...
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    Need help with washers/hardware cloth. :)

    Quote: I didnt think of fender washers, are the roofing tabs nails or screws? I decided against any type of nail in holders... we used fence staples for the first part of the run and decided screws would be better for when we decide to add/change sections (like I need to do now...sigh, sure...
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    Need help with washers/hardware cloth. :)

    Quote: I got 1/4" washers (hole size, actual washer width 5/8") and was looking for panhead screws to use with them and found packages of #8 Lath screws, you might want to check them out. they are flatter than panhead screws and are 3/8" wide and look like a screw with a washer attached. I...
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