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    Comment by 'wendyrun' in article 'Wendyruns Chicken Coop Tractor'

    Ah never mind, I did post up the pictures! If you have this coop and are trying to decide what to do with it, please check my photo album for 'round two' . If I were to do it all again, I would start off building a solid structure that is secure, and not bother with a tractor at all. We have a...
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    Comment by 'wendyrun' in article 'Wendyruns Chicken Coop Tractor'

    Yes indeed, goldeneye girl, all good points. I've made many modifications over the years due to some of the issues you've mentioned. The little tractor is now permanently on ground with a run out front, with hardware cloth vertically down into the ground 12" lining all the way around. I'm trying...
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    Sick hen with foamy yellow poop. Help! Update: Diagnosed with egg yolk peritonitis

    OOH thanks for the link - I have not read a single thing to be honest so I will check that out. I just had to delete the book I wrote about what debates I had in my head about Lucy's condition and what treatments we should do. She's starting to decline again. I had to take her somewhere other...
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    Sick hen with foamy yellow poop. Help! Update: Diagnosed with egg yolk peritonitis

    Wow, amazing to have read through your story as we're facing a similar situation. My hen has been ill since last fall. A few months back we had to get her treated at a different vet and they did recommend to drain her abdomen. We were told surgery was probably the only option bc they felt it...
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    Questions about DE, deep litter, sand, & sanitation - help in humid climates

    Hi, We've had an exceptionally wet summer, particularly the last months. We have three hens in a small prefab coop that has an area of about 2 1/2 x 6 enclosed with a small roosting area and two nest boxes on top. We added a run that is about 5 x 7 on front. The run has a roof over half the...
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    Raw tummy - goopy feathers - how to help??

    Well, now I don't know what I've done, but I've made it worse. Agggg!! Yesterday I caught and inspected each of the 3 girls to make sure that everyone looks good. Check. 'Lucy' still had her feathers matted together behind/below her vent. The red area of rash was smaller but still didn't...
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    Raw tummy - goopy feathers - how to help??

    ooh no i have not - thank you!! We are low on layer crumble and my husband was going to go to the feed store today - so will ask him to look there.
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    Raw tummy - goopy feathers - how to help??

    My 3 girls were all molting several months back, and various stages of looking ratty while feathers came out and were growing in. One of them had a big goopy poopy spot under her vent. I grabbed her to check if there was anything else going on, and decided to clean her because her belly looked...
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    Comment by 'wendyrun' in album 'Coop update...round two. We come out swinging...'

    I put descriptions on some of the photos of what we did with dimensions, etc, so please click through to see if you're interested. We are NOT handy at all - and were not able to build a coop on our own. I needed lots of help to figure out how to design a safe space but we did it. If we can do it...
  10. Final Frame - then he went home! There are 2 latches on the door, just in case. One screen door hook, and the other is a sliding latch. I painted it, then covered the entire frame in more hardware cloth. And staple-gunned the crap out of it. We were going to leave the entire top open but I decided they needed more cover from rain, and added a piece of plywood, which is extremely warped now. But it was a good move. The run is still just big enough that we can leave the girls in there for a day or two if we have to be gone and don't have anyone to let them in or out OR decide they need to be locked down for safety. The new front run is 77" L x 63" W x 44" H

    Final Frame - then he went home! There are 2 latches on the door, just in case. One screen door hook, and the other is a sliding latch. I painted it, then covered the entire frame in more hardware cloth. And staple-gunned the crap out of it. We were going to leave the entire top open but I decided they needed more cover from rain, and added a piece of plywood, which is extremely warped now. But it was a good move. The run is still just big enough that we can leave the girls in there for a day or two if we have to be gone and don't have anyone to let them in or out OR decide they need to be locked down for safety. The new front run is 77" L x 63" W x 44" H

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  11. Closer view of the frame on the blocks. He leveled out the ground with lots of rocks for drainage.

    Closer view of the frame on the blocks. He leveled out the ground with lots of rocks for drainage.

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  12. The frame is attached to the main coop with screen door type latches. Not that it's going anywhere - and probably doesn't need to be attached because it's too heavy for any animal except like a bear to move it (not much chance of that here!). But we can detach and move it if we should decide that we'd like to reposition the whole setup some day.

    The frame is attached to the main coop with screen door type latches. Not that it's going anywhere - and probably doesn't need to be attached because it's too heavy for any animal except like a bear to move it (not much chance of that here!). But we can detach and move it if we should decide that we'd like to reposition the whole setup some day.

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  13. More framing. My brother did all this himself without our help. Because we were not helpful and we had no idea what he was doing.

    More framing. My brother did all this himself without our help. Because we were not helpful and we had no idea what he was doing.

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  14. My clever brother is responsible for this design. First we removed the left arm of the tractor and both wheels. We placed the main coop on pavers. We prepped the ground by digging a bit down, the put river rocks down for drainage. Then pavers, then the coop. Between coop and run area, more rocks, and then landscaping edging between the coop and the new run. We dug down just over 1 foot all the way around the front of the frame, and buried 1 ft of hardware cloth. That was HARD! Outlined with pavers, more river rocks, then he put in the frame. ***I'm calling them pavers which is not what they are. They are cement blocks, but the little top sections. Basically the top of a cement block. Sorry for the 'girl' description, I'm out of my realm of expertise here.

    My clever brother is responsible for this design. First we removed the left arm of the tractor and both wheels. We placed the main coop on pavers. We prepped the ground by digging a bit down, the put river rocks down for drainage. Then pavers, then the coop. Between coop and run area, more rocks, and then landscaping edging between the coop and the new run. We dug down just over 1 foot all the way around the front of the frame, and buried 1 ft of hardware cloth. That was HARD! Outlined with pavers, more river rocks, then he put in the frame. ***I'm calling them pavers which is not what they are. They are cement blocks, but the little top sections. Basically the top of a cement block. Sorry for the 'girl' description, I'm out of my realm of expertise here.

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    Comment by 'wendyrun' in article 'Wendyruns Chicken Coop Tractor'

    I didn't even realize I had comments:) For anyone other newbies, it was the way to go. I laugh now to look at what I wrote above. Boy have we learned a lot of painful lessons. It was a good way to start but not 100% sure I would do it this way again. It's very hard if you're not skilled to make...
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    Evening predation - but it came back during the day???

    Just wanted to update in the last few weeks.... First we did a full lockdown - we had them locked in the coop and run for the weekend twice when we went out of town, for a little over 24 hours. They don't like it...but they are alive. We've got a fenced area that does not include the rest of...
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    Evening predation - but it came back during the day???

    well night two and we got zilch in the trap. It seems clear you all on the right track - that the bird we lost was something else that's moved on and looks like a hawk tried to make a meal out of our other girl. I've been cleaning up feathers all over. The one who was attacked has just lots of...
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    Evening predation - but it came back during the day???

    I am pretty sure we're not supposed to trap or relocate and this would all be on the dl....sigh... I was using dry cat food to bait the trap. That doesn't sound very enticing now that I think about it, but it was the first thing I thought of. I'm thinking tuna or wet cat/dog food better for...
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    Evening predation - but it came back during the day???

    we got nadda in the trap this morning. I really thought I was going to find something big and nasty in there this morning. I'm afraid to let the girls out even though my husband will be home today. He thinks animal services will come get whatever we catch...I don't think the county wants...
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    Evening predation - but it came back during the day???

    Last weekend, I made an error in judgment. My decision alone - told husband we'd be back in time to lock the girls in the coop and he thought we should lock them up just in case. I was sure it would be fine and I was wrong. We got home after had been dark about 1 hour and one of our girls was...
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