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  1. Ode To Otis

    Ode To Otis

    Lots to do, and not much time!!!!Otis 12/1/08 4/28/09 .My first rooster, a barred rock I picked up as a "mistake" as part of 4 pullets that I purchased in early December '09.. I have three hens previously almost a year old, and I knew I would have to put one down shortly due to serious...
  2. New Coop 1

    New Coop 1

    ...it could be set on wheels quite easily if someone had a more portable setup in mind. The ole disabled lady finally finished between the back from he** and the daily torrential thunder storms and the 110 heat index. The cattle feeder is the main unit you see...the two sides, the metal roof...
  3. Orchidchicks Page

    Orchidchicks Page

    Kitty's Chicken Adventures...... It all started with the purchase of a small coop to rehab an injured homing pidgeon, which was successfully done, only he didn't go back to his family in Miami, he found a new mate and has started a new clan up here. About a year later...the day before...
  4. orchidchick

    dog kennels (runs)

    I used the panels on the top as well to make everything predatorproof and wrapped the the bottom half with hardware cloth, the upper half and roof with chicken wire and laid a skirt around the perimeter of galvinized garden wire that I just slid underneath. It has worked out well. When I got...
  5. orchidchick

    Getting closer

    Just getting caught up on my reading....That is Swell!!!!! What a tranformation! You need to get that finished in time for outdoor festivites so you can enjoy it Orchidchick
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    Need Emergency Coop Modification help due to flood! I have wet hens!

    Hi, and thanks! it works out well here. Those are those SunTuf Roofing panels. You can get them at Home Depot and they come in different colors as well as clear and a shaded grey and you can cut them to fit. Very easy to manage as I have a really bad back! and they store easy , too...
  7. orchidchick

    Need Emergency Coop Modification help due to flood! I have wet hens!

    Boy,do I know what you mean! It been a soaker of a week! This is what I have done for this kind of weather. I call them my "storm shutters". You can't really see it, but there is about an 8" span left open (covered with Hardware cloth) at the top covered by the overhang, and gaps on the...
  8. orchidchick

    Please show me your hot weather coops

    Thanks, guys. Here's mine, although I have my "storm windows' on in the first pic. It is a convertedcattle feeder. I also had to get a few more chickens (shockeroo???), so there is another 6' x 6' run section off the back, so there's 6' x 18' altogether now.. Under the tarp is chain link...
  9. orchidchick

    stupid roo! gone?

    Hopefully, he found a safe place to roost and you find him in the am...... Orchidchick
  10. orchidchick

    Community Nest Boxes - Let me see 'em!

    Of course, when the doors are shut, its much more private in there! If I remember correctly, this box is 30" long. Orchidchick
  11. orchidchick

    Community vs. individual nests

    The roosters can get in there to show the juvies what its all about! I notice I don't hear all that complaining waiting for the favorite spot anymore either. Orchidchick
  12. orchidchick

    Pics of our new coop - finally here....

    That is one sweet coop! You did a great job the way it is tucked so nicely into the property like that,and the way it matches the house. Orchidchick
  13. orchidchick

    Chicken Dropped Dead - No signs - Necropsy Results On Post 32

    Sad for your loss too, Nifty. I just found my roo passed on Tuesday morning, and wanted to do a necropsy as well, but am going in for a spine procudure today, and just couldn't get it together in time with everything else going on. I noticed someone else here mentioned their chicken had just...
  14. orchidchick

    Sadder than Sad...Ode to Otis.

    Thanks again for the kind words all. It's hard to explain to anybody but you BYC folks the connection we have with our chicken family. Orchidchick
  15. orchidchick

    Sadder than Sad...Ode to Otis.

    Thank you all. I have been thinking of all the angles as well. This area has a ton a black widows naturally occuring, we find them all the time in the gate latches at the farm I work at. So that is a distinct possibility, as well as the toxic plant scenario. But in the big picture, I guess I...
  16. orchidchick

    Sadder than Sad...Ode to Otis.

    Thank you... I have no idea. He was on the floor in the corner of the coop with eyes closed and feet tucked under him as if he just layed down and went to sleep. I knew something was up when there was no morning crowing. The only thing I did notice was that he did seem a little quieter, but...
  17. orchidchick

    Sadder than Sad...Ode to Otis.

    My first rooster, a barred rock I picked up as a "mistake" as part of 4 pullets that I purchased in early December. I have three hens previously almost a year old, and I knew I would have to put one down shortly due to recurring crop problems. Here is Otis' last day Sunday,with his girls. I...
  18. orchidchick

    Getting closer

    Wow! it's going to be a chicken compound!!! You have done a lot. Can't wait to see it green up and chickens running around. Orchidchick
  19. orchidchick

    Getting closer

    Now photobucket wants a a password, too! You must have rearranged some of your photos and that is why they aren't showing up. You can try and repost the pics if you are done rearranging or give up the password! Can't wait to see the progress up there Orchidchick
  20. orchidchick

    Arizona Coops???

    Thanks, but it is actually a cattle feeder that I bought and retrofitted with a couple of $20.00 shed windows I bought on e-bay, the lattice panels from home depot were premade and just happened to fit the opening. I was very lucky!!! You can see how it started on my page "new coop". I...
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