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  1. enrgizerbunny

    Ground hogs

    This is temporary housing so I'm avoiding that level of ground involvement. New hen house will be 18x24' with a coop, run, and storage/egg room all under one roof. Block foundation with dirt floor.
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    Ground hogs

    Ground hogs aren't a threat to your chickens (just your feed budget), but they leave a hole that a fox can fit through. I don't have a predator proof run, and the ground hog moves things that a fox wouldn't and leaves a hole that a fox can fit through. I've caught two so far. Pictures of the...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    0 x2 weeks. Molting and cold snap.
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    Building a new coop, suggestions welcome

    Had to rebuild my nesting boxes. First design resulted in boxes that were only about 9 inches tall because I didn't account for the ramp. Going forward, I'll make the opening 15" tall for boxes to allow for the ramp being 4" elevated in the front. The current boxes are too deep, but it is what...
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    Building a new coop, suggestions welcome

    Boxes are completed!
  6. Nesting Boxes

    Building more to do less. Block foundation, power, etc (LOTS OF PICTURES) | Nesting Boxes

    I chose to build roll away style nesting boxes because I did not want to deal with crushed and poop covered eggs like I had in the past. I used a design found on this forum and modified it to suit. If you had to buy it all new you'd need 2 sheets of plywood, but you COULD do it with a single...
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    Building a new coop, suggestions welcome

    In case anyone is wondering, I believe two of my hens finally started pulling their weight around here because I found 4 eggs in there after being away essentially for two days. Started building the roll away nesting boxes today. Almost finished too. I'll take pictures tomorrow as I could not...
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    Fox/dog attack

    Update : all my ladies are doing well. While unfortunate the loss, the reduced population has been able to stay in the coop 24/7 until I can put up a 4 legged resistant fence so the girls can come back out.
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    Fox/dog attack

    I was finally able to look at her wounds yesterday and no I do not have any photos. Without trimming any feathers they look superficial with the top being worse than the one on her neck. The bird missing her tail feathers doesn't appear to have any open wounds just some irritated sin on her...
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    Fox/dog attack

    Recently I had a fox show up in broad daylight (twice) and carry off 6 birds, and I suspect a neighborhood dog was later involved with one that was missing hey tail feathers and a body in the yard. I do not think the dog was trying to kill them, but I don't hold it against him, he's still a...
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    Blue laced red Wyandotte?

    They're supposed to lay blue eggs. Should be easy enough to tell unless you've got other breeds that lay funky colors.
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    Blue laced red Wyandotte?

    The chicken standing front and center on the first picture looks exactly like my cream legbars.
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    *DEBUNKED* Toxic Levels of Lead in Black Rubber Feed Bowl Water, 30 mg/L, 2000 Times EPA Limits

    Almost everything made of rubber that comes from China is high in lead.
  14. Building more to do less. Block foundation, power, etc (LOTS OF PICTURES)

    Building more to do less. Block foundation, power, etc (LOTS OF PICTURES)

    This article is broken down by section in the additional pages because it would be far too long and cumbersome to put them all on one. After keeping chickens for about 4 years, I gave my birds to a friend and sold my tiny coop on craig's list. After only two summers I came to the conclusion...
  15. Building more to do less. Block foundation, power, etc (LOTS OF PICTURES)

    Building more to do less. Block foundation, power, etc (LOTS OF PICTURES) | Electrical and predator proofing

    I have a shed about 30' away from the coop that is fed by a 50 amp breaker from the house. I took off of that panel a 20 amp circuit that is partially in conduit, partially just buried underground wire to the coop. Everything inside the coop is in conduit and has covers designed for wet...
  16. Building more to do less. Block foundation, power, etc (LOTS OF PICTURES)

    Building more to do less. Block foundation, power, etc (LOTS OF PICTURES) | Doors

    I wish I could have taken photos while I was building these, but I was in a bit of a hurry and as previously mentioned, the camera on my phone was very limited. I made the door custom to the fit the opening, which is a rough opening for 48" french doors. I have a friend who is an iron worker...
  17. enrgizerbunny

    Virginia

    Your local extension agent may also be a valuable resource to finding out the regulations, and may be even where the paperwork is. Having a tractor in some ways reduces your run requirement. If you build the coop elevated with run underneath, you could have a separate frame for the run. I’d...
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    Virginia

    Build with maintenance in mind. I designed around minimum daily maintenance. Just feeding daily. Nipple waterers are less mess. Think about your winter water. Will you have power for a heater or are you committing to changing water daily? I've found feeding your birds daily is a good way to...
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    chicks trying to fly out of my brooder

    Unpopular opinion: If your heat source is sufficient they'll be fine. I have 12 chicks that I got at 2-3 days old (2 batches a week apart) and I never brought them inside. I had lows down to 30 degrees and they've all been fine. They were in coop free of drafts with a heat lamp that had a 150W...
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    New to chicks, not to chickens.

    As far as I know, if they aren't huddling together or under the heat source they're comfortable with the temperature they're at. And the opposite being true, that constantly huddling chicks are too cold. Is this correct? I have a 100W ceramic emitter in a heat lamp pretty low in the "brooder"...
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