...I took away their line of sight. I studied hard about them, as my girls deaths were hard on my kids, so that I could defeat them. They are bad ***** birds. That much I have witnessed first hand, but killing them only brings new problems and is highly illegal. When my chickens are in the coop...
Met Mr. Hagan at the Barberville farm swap. That man is full of good information. I will be picking his brain again, I'm sure. I have since done some of my own research, and the ins and outs of the hatchery "name game" are baffling. I will be more selective in the future about where I get my...
I lost two chicks to a hawk. I secured the bottom 12 or 16 inches of the tractor with plywood. That has solved the problem. The hawks sit on the edge of the clearing and eye up their approach to attack. I took away their line of sight, and no more problems so far. I also lock my flock in the hen...
Beautiful Florida morning here. Sipping coffee thinking about the next coop to build. Thinking that I need another chicken tractor for some meat birds. Just let the girls and Cogburn out. He is a faithful watcher of the flock. Off to work. My girls will be waiting when I get home. Have a great day.
As a graphic designer, I am (of course) impressed with the best use of Adobe Illustrator, ever. That being said, this is cutest coop I have seen yet to boot.
That would be great any other week, but I am just making a flying trip to get the pullets. I have to take my son to a build a thing a majiger at Home Depot before 9. Maybe we can check out each others setups this weekend though. Birds of a feather, you know...
I live right off of Captain. I have four Rhode Island reds, but am picking up three Red Sex Links this weekend. I had bought six chicks, but the hawks got two, and one of the ones left is a rooster, I think. The Red sex links are the same age (six weeks) as my chicks.
...The ramp was an old 2 x 4 that I found and the same steps made from strips of pallet wood. It isn't pretty, but it is functional and the girls (*ahem* mostly girls, it turns out) love it. Excuse the planters. That was our temporary solution to the hawks getting the chicks.
That's the...