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  1. Al Gerhart

    All Things Treadle Feeder

    ...than even the most expensive treadle feeder and it must be maintained as the rats chew through walls and dig longer tunnels under the widest aprons. Rats and mice either chew or die from teeth puncturing their skulls. As long as they can get to the feed they will try to break in. Just deal...
  2. A

    All Things Treadle Feeder

    Refining the aprons is on my larger to-do list. There's a local stray cat who comes on my property sometimes to hunt the rats, and because he's not a danger to the chickens (and I don't currently have any outdoor cats), I've done nothing to deter him. The treadle feeders have definitely been a...
  3. Ted Brown

    I regret pea gravel, need advice.

    ...6-8" of mulch and a healthy wack of leaves & needles each fall for 5 years. Now have 8+ inches above natural state in the run. My horizontal aprons & lower part of walls began to rust in the 6th year due to being buried. I excavated inside & out, added pressure treated 2x6 inside the HC and...
  4. McChooky

    A Predator broke welded coop & killed two of my girls.

    Cats won't usually go in one but once.I hope you have an apron around your coop so the dogs can't dig their way in
  5. RoyalChick

    All Things Treadle Feeder

    There are some safe rat poisons around. RatX and high dose Vitamin D are the stand outs. RatX is safe for everything except rats and mice but it doesn’t seem very yummy to rats unless all other food has been eliminated. Mice seem to like it. Vitamin D is not safe for others to consume, but...
  6. BDutch

    All Things Treadle Feeder

    ...a result of using poison or eliminating animals of prey in the past. It must be doable to block the tunnels and make new and larger or deeper aprons in the corners somehow. This is the best way to keep the rats out. A cat that hunts young rats is a good asset too. Great to read these...
  7. Eggcessive

    regrowing feathers? How?

    ...Once they lose a bunch of feathers from overmating, it can take until the next yearly molt for feathers to grow back in. A hen saddle/apron can sometimes help. Watch for feather picking as well. Feather picking occurs usually because of boredom, over crowding, not enough protein in the diet...
  8. T

    Chicken Noob: Buy a buildable pen/run for safety or continue predator proofing?

    I have a pen that’s on the way that comes with hardware cloth for the sides then I will be buying more to add a skirt to the entire thing and attach the coops run to the additional run I ordered. I’ll check out setting up an electrical system, I’ve just been a little hesitant with that since I...
  9. DobieLover

    Chicken Noob: Buy a buildable pen/run for safety or continue predator proofing?

    ...tearing through the chicken wire. Chicken wire doesn't hold anything back. I would do that in addition to a 2 ft wide hardware cloth predator apron pinned down on the outside edges with heavy duty landscape staples. Then I would run several strands of hot wire around the entire setup. I would...
  10. Molpet

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Halloween I was told ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. Turnips were carved to hold a candle before the new world pumpkins
  11. BDutch

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    ...of a saint who shared his coat with a beggar on a cold autumn evening. 🎼 the song (translated) Saint saint Martin; The cows wear tails; The cows wear horns; The churches wear towers; The towers wear bells; The girls wear skirts; The boys wear trousers; Old women who argue a lot wear aprons.
  12. BigBlueHen53

    Do I Need a Ladder? (New to Raising Chickens)

    ...fencing. May I suggest 1/2" hardware cloth. Go at least 3' up wit it if not higher. In addition, at ground level, take a length of it and fold it outward to form an "apron" extending out about 18" to prevent predators from digging unddr the perimeter of your fence. Cover it with gravel or rocks.
  13. 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.
  14. Amer

    Mandarin Duck and Wood Duck Pre-sale

    Thank you! This is all good to know!
  15. 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...
  16. 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...
  17. 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...
  18. 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.
  19. 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...
  20. Echelontheory101

    What illnesses and diseases can humans transmit to baby chicks?

    How fun! Funny how things like that stick!
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