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  1. Korzak

    Definition of "kept"?

    This is great, thank you all! Since they don't define "enclosure", I wonder if that could mean a fenced yard? As long as the fence is not right on the property line.
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    Definition of "kept"?

    Hi y'all, this is a question about keeping chickens in Connecticut, Cheshire Connecticut. I was speaking with a neighbor today who said that she was told we are not allowed to free range chickens in this town, they have to be enclosed at all times. When I look at the regulations, included here...
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    Avian flu and new flock

    Thank you everyone! I'll play it by ear for now. One of our big goals was to hand raise the chicks, and have them outside and ranging as soo as we can. Our chickens always were free range before and it's not the same to keep them in an enclosed run. Feels more like a chicken aquarium to think...
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    Avian flu and new flock

    Thank you! I just finished reading all 14 pages of that thread. This is really depressing. We loved our first flock of chickens. We had to rehome them when our neighbors tore down our fence and we could free range them anymore. We were very excited about getting new birds now that our fence is...
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    Bird flu prevention

    There was a flock in Guilford that had to be destroyed. That said, the guy had chickens with ducks, and the ducks were mingling with wild ducks. https://www.ctinsider.com/shoreline/article/ct-bird-flu-guilford-flock-20060830.php
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    Avian flu and new flock

    So I was ALL set to get a new flock this spring, but what are knowledgeable people saying about doing that in the face of bird flu? For the record, we have already had a culling in my county here in CT because of bird flu. Also my sister in law is a virologist and she is saying that we should...
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    What does it physically feel like to cut a chickens head off?

    So my dad used to finish off a pheasant by just holding it by the neck and doing a rapid spinning motion. Not overhead like he was rallying at a ball game or anything like that. Is that not a thing with chickens?
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    Red jungle rooster, Jersey giant hens?

    Rate this idea? One red jungle fowl rooster, ten jersey giant hens. I’ve seen overbred hens at a farm nearby and they look MISERABLE. I would like one roo because we will be free ranging these birds on a fenced-in two acre yard, and we have all manner of foxes, bobcats, and hawks and such...
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    Chickens and hydroseed?

    Hi there, we have three hens, and we’re about to have a big part of our yard leveled and then hydroseeded. The hydroseeding lays down a liquid mulch layer that then sprouts. Supposedly birds won’t eat it. Question is, will my girls scratch the bejeezus out of it, or leave it alone? Anyone...
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    Wild geese?

    Interesting. So if they decide to nest on my pond, I have to stop using it? does this seem like one or two eggs, or do they lay a big mound and these are the only two I can see?
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    Wild geese?

    So we have a nest of wild geese near our house. This morning one of my dogs got a little too close and spooked mama goose off the nest. I noticed that she has already laid some eggs. Is it possible to get some fertile goose eggs and slip them into the nest for her to hatch? Or would that...
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    Need advice on converting shed to coop

    Coop complete!! Thanks to everyone for your help. There was a lot of barn rehabbing involved as well, so it took longer than expected. We just moved the birds in tonight, I placed them on the lower roost bar when it got dark, and they hopped up to the higher roost pretty much right away, which...
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    Need advice on converting shed to coop

    Thanks everyone! I wasn't planning on a ladder roost, but the nesting boxes are up high so we can easily get the eggs out from outside. So the roosts need to be higher...and I was worried our girls wouldn't be motivated enough to fly all the way up the 50" high bar in one go.
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    Need advice on converting shed to coop

    This was super helpful and I appreciate the artistry of it. I was in the last class in our school system that taught drafting.
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    Need advice on converting shed to coop

    I'm not sure if I am happy with the roosting bars where they are, or if I should put them on one of the other walls. If I moved them to the back wall, then the birds would have more room to land when they come careening down. The bars are 37" and 50" off the ground.
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    Need advice on converting shed to coop

    For this session, I unrolled a ton of hardware cloth, measured and labeled each section, and then cut them all out. It made working easier to have each panel ready to go, rather than shifting gears every time and doing: measure, cut, install, repeat.
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    Need advice on converting shed to coop

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    What's the one thing you wish you had included in your coop?

    Whoah. For some reason I had it in my head that you had to start an apron at the edge of the structure, and that having pavers around it extended the edge. Like if you had a coop with no pavers you would want to lay down an 18" wire apron staring at the coop....but if you had a coop with 18"...
  19. Korzak

    Need advice on converting shed to coop

    I'm trying to reuse as much material as possible to keep costs as close to zero as we can. That said, I sprayed the $&_#- out of everything with kilz primer tonight.
  20. Korzak

    Need advice on converting shed to coop

    Here's some progress. "Porch" of the nesting boxes is up. Nesting boxes divided. Hinged doors installed on nesting boxes. One swings up for egg collection One swings down for clean-out It helps that's there's electricity down at the barn so I can have a light going.
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