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  1. nanobooboo

    Tractor Supply 18 chicken coop - how to seal the bare wood? Plus a few other ???

    ...and have it physically connected to the 10x10 fenced run. Added corrugated metal roof panels and HWC around, over the top and down into ground aprons. I found a hopefully wonderful source for the tarps. They're called TarpsNow. The ones I ordered come with grommets on all four sides, plus...
  2. McChooky

    Rats? A Cat? Something Else? What killed my chickens?

    If they have another food source close by they may not leave on their own. A warm dry coop or run with fresh water and spilled feed is a good place for raising young.As you've already discovered they will attack chickens and aren't above killing one if they get hungry enough
  3. A

    Rats? A Cat? Something Else? What killed my chickens?

    ...think that I need to fully dig out the perimeter around the run (which, UGH, is going to be over 50 feet of digging) and install a really good apron. But realistically that will have to be a spring/summer project. The ground is already getting too hard to dig easily. But building them a...
  4. McChooky

    Rats? A Cat? Something Else? What killed my chickens?

    I didn't have anyone helping me attach my wire so I used a staple gun and zip ties to get it up then went back over it with heavy duty fence staples.I keep a 25 watt light on at night to deter predators.I got lucky when I bought my hw cloth.Lowes had a close out sale so I was able to save a lot...
  5. A

    Rats? A Cat? Something Else? What killed my chickens?

    ...cloth. I'm piece by piece taking out the chicken wire and replacing with hardware cloth. But you know, $$$$. I'm replacing from low to high, figuring that critters are more likely to try to get in at ground level. My big project for this summer is digging around the run to put in a new apron.
  6. L

    Please help, i would like to place my 6 week old chicks outside but im afraid 😨 😱

    This is the one I have ive been looking into a run i can put this in something like 9 by 6 but I cant decide which to get
  7. Three Stents

    New Here, and Building a Coop

    and you are right about the rocks and floor
  8. Mother of Chaos

    New Here, and Building a Coop

    As an apron around the walls, you did the hardware cloth exactly right! And don’t add rocks etc at the base of the walls, as they will just teach predators to back farther out before digging and then come back up once past the HWC and rocks. And also, good work not adding HWC to the floor of...
  9. Ted Brown

    Rocked Run

    I would be cautious about using the rocks over the apron. It may cause critters to back up and start digging before the apron begins thereby bypassing the protection it offers. Having said that I do have rocks on the portion of the aprons next to the HC walls. The key is to ensure that the...
  10. DobieLover

    Please help, i would like to place my 6 week old chicks outside but im afraid 😨 😱

    ...you time to get something more appropriate built for them. I would not put it on cement. I would put it on the ground and secure a 2' predator apron to it using either 1/2" hardware cloth or 2x4 welded wire fence. Pin the outside edges down with HD landscape staples hammered all the way...
  11. redinator

    Rocked Run

    The only thing I can figure is it was their idea of predator proofing. As others have said I'd remove them. You could use them on the outside edge over the hardware cloth apron @DobieLover mentioned to prevent digging from the outside.
  12. S

    You know you are getting old when:

    Or they're tiny little "feminine" pockets. No, I don't need pockets that are only as deep as my thumb, and 3 fingers wide. I need real, big, deep POCKETS!
  13. RoyalChick

    You know you are getting old when:

    That is a good solution but I really want to not need a purse when I go into town either. What is stoopid is not you in your apron, it is that they don't put pockets in women's pants any more!
  14. BigBlueHen53

    You know you are getting old when:

    I don't wear leggings (will have to look for cotton ones now!) but at home I always wear a bib type apron with two big pockets. Room for phone, tv remote if I need it, or several eggs in my dedicated chickening apron. Have to carry a purse when I go to town bc an apron would look stoopid.
  15. BigBlueHen53

    Official BYC Poll: How Do You Protect Your Chickens From Predators?

    Honestly, our fences are not that great and we don't have an apron around anything. Very little hardware cloth except on windows and we free range a good portion of the day. Yet we don't suffer much from predators. I attribute the safety of our flock to the partnership we have with their Maker...
  16. SkyAJK

    Do you have other hobbies beside raising poultry?

    Yes, shopping for my chickens:lau I do not love thing like cup with picture of chicken, or apron with chicken print on it, I want real chickens! I love gardening....gardening is a thing I do with my chickens, they dig and refresh the soil. I plant green and fruits for my chickens. ...is there...
  17. RoyalChick

    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    What did you use to flush? Did you have some kind of bottle with a nozzle, or maybe a big syringe?
  18. Ponypoor

    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    ...by end of year anyways… The task itself is simple enough, just takes a bit of fortitude and belief in one’s self. I wrapped her in my egg apron and tied the stings to keep her from flapping. Cutting the skin was easy but the crop itself is a bit thicker and needs belief in one’s self to do...
  19. A

    Building My First Ever Coop and Run

    Ahh, okay, will keep that in mind. Thank you!
  20. BlindLemonChicken

    Building My First Ever Coop and Run

    Prices now will be better than spring when everyone is looking for a coop. If you find something now you can always bury the hwc apron in the spring
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