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  1. 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...
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. 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
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Amer

    Mandarin Duck and Wood Duck Pre-sale

    Thank you! This is all good to know!
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
  11. 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...
  12. 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.
  13. 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...
  14. Echelontheory101

    What illnesses and diseases can humans transmit to baby chicks?

    How fun! Funny how things like that stick!
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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...
  18. 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.
  19. Cynthia12

    Granny's gone and done it again

    Yep
  20. BigBlueHen53

    Granny's gone and done it again

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