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  1. DobieLover

    First Winter With Chickens, What To Do?

    Yes. If your run has a predator apron on it there is no reason not to let them come and go from the run at will. That is the way my coop/run is setup. I never close the pop doors.
  2. Amer

    Mandarin Duck and Wood Duck Pre-sale

    Thank you! This is all good to know!
  3. MGG

    Mandarin Duck and Wood Duck Pre-sale

    ...does take a couple hours to fill though. I clean it every 10-14 days usually, summer I have to do about once a week. Yes it has a chicken wire apron around it on the ground. The actually wire I used on the sides is really heavy duty stuff, it's 1" pvc coated 16 gauge welded wire. The top is...
  4. Zebedee1

    First Winter With Chickens, What To Do?

    Awesome thank you for all the help! So I do have a gable vent on each side on the coop so provide ventilation and so because of that I’ve cracked the widows rather than having them all the way open like I did in the summer. I do have hardwire everywhere to include the windows and gable. When you...
  5. DobieLover

    First Winter With Chickens, What To Do?

    ...open. Close windows that allow drafts to blow directly across the roosts and open feathers. Do you have a ridge vent? Do you have a predator apron on your setup? If so, I would never shut the pop door and that will be an ideal source of low, fresh air intake. It's a bit late in the season...
  6. GooseBee

    What the cause of this on her back

    Oh ok. I will get one and I will trim roosters nails. She is third to last in pecking order. The hens only peck her on top head but there was few times they peck her in back by other hens.
  7. Lacy Duckwing

    What the cause of this on her back

    It looks like scabbing, which could be from the rooster. If it is, then you might have other hens with scabs too. You can put a saddle (aka hen apron) on her back to protect her, and the rooster's spurs and possibly nails might need to be trimmed. Where is she in the pecking order? I'm doubting...
  8. Echelontheory101

    What illnesses and diseases can humans transmit to baby chicks?

    How fun! Funny how things like that stick!
  9. BigBlueHen53

    What illnesses and diseases can humans transmit to baby chicks?

    Neat. And I named myself Big Bue Hen even though I didn't have one, lol ... i used to wear a blue apron whenever I handled my first batch of chicks so I figured they must think of me as a big, blue hen that looked after them.
  10. Bock-Bock-Bagock

    Chicken Run. Stumped on what I should do.

    I actually thought about pouring a footer the whole perimeter for the run to sit on. But then I thought about how much that might cost. I do plan on doing a covered run, so anchoring is something I was thinking about if I did cinder blocks.
  11. Ted Brown

    Chicken Run. Stumped on what I should do.

    ...began to fail at the welds and break apart, particularly when groundhogs decided that the food inside looked tasty. I had to add new horizontal aprons, this time using 1/2" x 1" 16 gauge HC. At the same time I added 2x6 PT boards around the bottom sides so that the wall portions were...
  12. Ridgerunner

    Chicken Run. Stumped on what I should do.

    ...You can pour a concrete footing or use cinder blocks to raise it above the soil. I'd want to anchor it down so the wind doesn't blow it off. When I built my run I used treated posts with wire mesh. No horizontal wood at the bottom. I used wire mesh "aprons" at the bottom for dig protection.
  13. Cynthia12

    Granny's gone and done it again

    Yep
  14. BigBlueHen53

    Granny's gone and done it again

    Me needer, too! Bib aprons are far more comfortable and have pockets, too. 😉
  15. SkyAJK

    Question of the Day - Wednesday, October 1st, 2025

    YES! It is handy to wear an apron, easy to maintain and just put on and take off.
  16. McChooky

    Planning a Semi-Free range flock

    ...is an inexpensive structure made out of pallets and is covered with plywood in some areas and covered with hardware cloth and tarps(it has an apron)The chickens have access to both 24/7 but they're free ranged often.I also have a chicken tractor I can use if needed.One end of my run is...
  17. BigBlueHen53

    Question of the Day - Wednesday, October 1st, 2025

    I wear an apron all day long. I grab an apron to put on OVER my apron when I go out to chicken! It hangs by the back door, and I take it off and hang it back up when I come back in. It's black with bleach stains so it never gets used for anything else.
  18. SkyAJK

    Question of the Day - Wednesday, October 1st, 2025

    I have 5 aprons. I wear an apron whenever I am in the garden
  19. gtaus

    Persistent bumblefoot

    ...it reuses sources of material that previously I used to bag up and send to the landfill. There are a lot of people who advocate using a wire apron around the run. They say if you lay down wire on the ground, maybe 18-24 inches out, that digging animals will give up trying to dig a tunnel...
  20. BigBlueHen53

    Saddle for attacked hen.

    ...for flystrike - this is flies laying eggs in the wound, hatching into maggots which must be removed. I would be afraid covering with an apron could cause infection as the wound can't breathe, but I could be wrong about this. As the fabric gets soaked with blood and other moisture it will...
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