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  1. Farmer Mike S

    What to do about neighbor kid going in coop?

    Yea her mother is a teenage parent and I haven't seen the mother once. What makes it worse is her grandparents whom are actually probably only in their 50s, don't seem to care either. Today my dad got her out of the coop with no one in siight. Her grandfather eventually came over and just stood...
  2. Farmer Mike S

    What to do about neighbor kid going in coop?

    We've had chickens for 4 years, 2 coops. Recently, one of the neighbors girls, about 8 years old and possibly autistic, keeps coming over uninvited near the chickens, and we found her naked in the coop today. We've told her not to go near the chicken coup but she doesn't listen, and the parents...
  3. Farmer Mike S

    Fox or raccoon?

    Yea, my coop has hardware cloth around the sides and also buried. My dad insisted the chicken wire was good enough on his, but obviously not. I hate to say it, but the chickens are getting old so it's an opportunity to bring in some new layers, and upgrade that chicken wire
  4. Farmer Mike S

    Fox or raccoon?

    My dads coop suffered our first ever break in and we lost 3 chickens last night. However, with that aside, I'm trying to determine the culprit. The break in happened at night, and whatever it was tore a hole through the chicken wire to enter. There are no remains other than feathers, and two of...
  5. Farmer Mike S

    What is this chicken thinking?

    Jumped up on the box and got trapped
  6. Farmer Mike S

    Why won't my chickens use their roosting bar

    It's been over three years since I've had this problem, but haven't had an issue since. Originally I had a small broom handle about 24" off the floor. I changed that to a 2x4, added another roosting bar that's lower (2x4 as well) and removed the waterer hanging from the roof inside. I would...
  7. Farmer Mike S

    Guy says he's taking his chickens back after abandoning them over two years ago, what should I do?

    I just started adding up some costs and it's pretty expensive. He goes through a bag of feed a month and a bag of shavings every two months, which averages about $25 a month. Just that alone is $600 for two years. The coop improvements I would say were at least $200, and then when you add up...
  8. Farmer Mike S

    Guy says he's taking his chickens back after abandoning them over two years ago, what should I do?

    One of my former best friends in high school who I defriended shortly before graduation due to reasons I won't discuss, convinced my parents to take care of his chickens while he was in college, and gave them his coop and chickens. The agreement was that he would pay for all the food and...
  9. Farmer Mike S

    How to get rid of rats in coop

    So my dad has a coop that sits on the ground, and when he moved the coop there were two rats under it, 1 alive, 1 dead. I have a raised coop about 100 feet away, which has never had a rat problem in the years I had it. Sure enough, I open my coop and discover a rat inside which got away. I don't...
  10. Farmer Mike S

    Bugs in chickens poop

    In my chicken coop, I have my feeder below my roosting bar, and a lid on top to keep out poop. Every time I fill the feeder, I inspect the poop. This evening, there was a really messy poop on top with bugs in it. It wasnt really watery, it had a lot of organic matter like grass and stuff, but it...
  11. Farmer Mike S

    How long does a disease last in the coop?

    I have a dog house that I converted into a coop, but haven't used in about a year. I have no plans to ever use it again as I have two bigger an better coops, so I plan to sell this one for a few bucks as its still in good shape. I also fixed all the rotted wood and repainted it. I never ever...
  12. Farmer Mike S

    Thoughts on trying to get a free lease from my neighbor for garden space?

    Does a lawyer need to be involved, or can I just type something myself? Considering that I'm using my own utilities and such, I feel all I need is the boundaries being used, the length of the lease, and compensation in return. I'm probably going to send an email today just asking if he would be...
  13. Farmer Mike S

    Thoughts on trying to get a free lease from my neighbor for garden space?

    The fence wouldn't be too much of an issue in that aspect in my opinion, because I'm using metal t posts and running an extension cord to the charger. The whole thing can be taken down in about an hour. My only concern is an electric fence being some kind of liability, but then again he allows...
  14. Farmer Mike S

    Thoughts on trying to get a free lease from my neighbor for garden space?

    I'm in college, so I still live on my parents property. I have two gardens at home, a three bed raised bed garden, and a 50'x50' roughly plant garden. Even though I live on over two acres, my parents like the lawn and the property has a lot of shade anyway. My raised bed garden I plant...
  15. Farmer Mike S

    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    Today I got two eggs... Very unsual because my chickens haven't laid all winter and they laid two eggs on a clowdy day, and early January the daylights not increasing. They're going into year three and I don't remember any of them laying this early...
  16. Farmer Mike S

    Questions about my first butcher job...

    I washed out the bird, and kept it whole so hopefully the bile is only on the one part, so ****** I did that. If bile got on the outside of the bird, would the skin protect it?
  17. Farmer Mike S

    Questions about my first butcher job...

    Yes, it was the bike sack. What can I still do with the bird?
  18. Farmer Mike S

    Questions about my first butcher job...

    Today I butchered a turkey, which is the first thing I ever butchered in my life. It was a one of two turkeys that my parents agreed to take care of while someone was in college, but the person never payed like they promised and my parents are spending a lot to feed these, so I butchered one...
  19. Farmer Mike S

    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    ...air conditioning, and complain about how their neighbors lawn looks. A good quote someone told me is that "you ain't country unless you bust your *** bailing hay in 100 degree whether". Man it bothers me so much, you got these city folks who move out to the over-romanced country, since...
  20. Farmer Mike S

    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    When I got my flock of chickens two years ago, I bought two-week old chicks which included five speckled sussex and five Buff Orpingtons. At about eight weeks of age, I kept three Buff Orpingtons and two speckled sussex for myself, and sold the rest to a friend. Two years later, I'm no longer...
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