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  1. Chickenshoe

    Silkes/reds/sussex mix

    Thanks
  2. Chickenshoe

    Silkes/reds/sussex mix

    We have 10 girls..no roosters, a sussex went broody bad in june..30 days later still same, so we get some week old chicks..2 reds 3 silkies, and 3 fertilzed eggs, due to hatch 23rd july..we stick eggs under her..end of July she hatches em..we now have 5 reds, 3 silkies, they are bout week apart...
  3. Chickenshoe

    Am I clear?

    Id suggest you do what you can to keep em safe at night.. if there's a chance something can get in, it will.. we have 13 that free range most of the day, I built a very sturdy and well constructed coop and run, they are completely safe when in there... folks that let their birds range...
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    The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry (WARNING!!)

    I echo.. sorry for your loss. friends of ours too forgot to shut the coop door one night last week.. they had 13 beautiful SL Wyandottes, they now have 4.. fox got em.... it only takes 1x to forget and they are gone...
  5. Chickenshoe

    SL Wyandotte in your face

    iphone 6+ pic
  6. Chickenshoe

    New to the group and raising chickens for eggs

    We began our chickening this year.. built this..total $ about $800 in materials... stick built it, 2x4 2x3's plywood, metal roof.. looked at pre-fab stuff, figured I could build a top quality coop myself, prefab stuff is to flimsy, we too live in cold, north east. lots of snow and sub zero. got...
  7. Chickenshoe

    will this harm my chickens?

    let your girls out in the lawn, they will take care of your spider problem.... its a bad day to be an insect when you have chickens free ranging.... your problem will diminish quickly.. your chickens will enjoy eating them... we have 13 girls now nearing 4 mos old, free ranging, they are...
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    Red fox crisis ... Please help!

    Free range= free food for predators.. period... accept the fact that losses are part of chickening.....if you let em loose. we have 13 girls on 3 acres. let em out daily around 2, have had 1 fox show it's face month ago, I promptly fired a 12 guage shotgun at it's face, was about 40 yrds away...
  9. Chickenshoe

    Racoon rampage

    hardware cloth only.......otherwise more meals for coons
  10. Chickenshoe

    Killing my chickens!

    Why are the predators getting in? answer that?, fix it.. problem solved, otherwise all your chickens will be gone shortly...
  11. Chickenshoe

    Chickens are disappearing without a trace...?

    Alien abduction? or neighbors? id vote on the later
  12. Chickenshoe

    Help so frusterated

    Sorry for your loses, I would be more concerned how it got in..... and fix that problem first.. if the "chicken wire" is not broken, and you see no other holes.. clearly what ever got in was small enough to slip thru the wire... only sure way to protect them is use hardware cloth 1/2 inch would...
  13. Chickenshoe

    Chicken coop roof and floor

    Linoleum roll, glue that down, wood strip tack down on perimeter. easy clean out
  14. Chickenshoe

    Building a coop for cold weather - advice welcome

    start off with a breed that is "cold hardy" such at Wyandottes... ventilation a must, not drafts.. difference= vents vs large open spaces where winds blows on birds.. deep litter method..3-4 inches of chips.. supply heat? not needed, keep coop dry and ventilated, they will be fine...
  15. Chickenshoe

    Free Range/pen Suggestions

    Weve got 13 ladies, just got into chickening.. on 3 acres, 1/2 that's lawn...they will stay on the property, ours don't go that far.. we let em out free ranging when home, 3-5 hrs not all day yet, we locked em up at night., they have an attached 10x20 run, 1/2 cloth all way around, top too..
  16. Chickenshoe

    Chicken Breed Focus - Plymouth Rock

    We have 13 girls, only (1) is a rock, my wife loves that bird.. its her favorite,, its the friendliest bird of em all, lets her pick her up, sits in her lap and seems to love the attention... wife calls her "fanny" and says she's the best!
  17. Chickenshoe

    Advised to not use 2x4s for Roosts...

    PVC for plumbing only... roost bar.. I built 2x3 bench system at 45 deg angle to floor... got 13 birds... enough room for sure as they all sit next to each other on top tier... under tiered roost bars is chicken wire and poop board that I pull out from outside, (ie- slot cut out), that's...
  18. Chickenshoe

    Fisher Cat

    I too began free ranging our 13 girls,, they are 8-9 weeks old now....let em out bout 6pm just before dark they get themselves back in the house...... im in a rural area, huge lawn/field/woods, bears, fishers, fox, dogs, got it all......goes with territory,, if you let em loose something will...
  19. Chickenshoe

    Sleeping on roost bars

    What Blooie said........youngsters always get in a pile someplace,,keeping warm as much as flock bonding.....as they get older they will spread out....
  20. Chickenshoe

    Fisher Cat

    keep shootin at it Huff. you will get it eventually...its the only way you will get rid of it, either you dispose of the problem or the food source ( your chickens disappear) then it will move on to someone else's birds... as for free ranging, you cant protect them there.. lock em up tight at...
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