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I started out thinking it would be nice to have a couple of chickens, and put together an inexpensive coop on my own. After searching for a materials, tools, and a coop blueprint, I realized that I might as well just find someone to make it for me. Duane from Celebrate...
Hi All,
We lost two of our chickens last night to a friend's dog who dug a hole under the run The Buff was our favorite, she had an issue in the beginning and my partner spent hours nursing her back to health, even took her to work so he could keep feeding her with a dropper and make sure she...
Okay, it seems like such an easy thing to figure out, but how do you clean out your smaller coops? My coop is about 4x4 and is on stilts with fencing around the bottom. Half the coop floor is chicken wire so when they roost, the poop goes through the wire. But it's not all going through, AND...
Fabulous! Better to end up bigger than smaller. That way you can always get more chickens! I'm from Anch. as well, have family all over the state. I guess it's not the racoons you'd be worried about.....
This looks really good! I could be wrong, but 3x3 might be a tad small for up to 6 girls. My coop is is 4x4 with a 5x4 attached run and it will only hold 4 girls comfortably.
MoSo~ Mine are about 7 weeks now and they went out perm. 4-5 days ago. I put their heat lamp in the coop, there's 4 in there now, but they stayed warm. its been really cold and windy here too, we can smell the juniper the forest service is burning.
Yah, the legs are HUGE! I can take it back to her, I guess it would be as good excuse as any to purchase MORE chicks. I was really hoping for some blue/green eggs..sigh. Or if it was a marans, that would be nice, oh well. Back to the drawing board
The woman who sold me these girls said her Ameraucanas already have neck fluff. I live in city limits and can't have a roo, I'm trying to figure out which way this is going. Thank you for your input!
I'm in the same boat! After having the coop custom made and run, each chicken is now worth about 260? And my only thought is, the coop is to small now that I want to add some more chickens! I'm giving myself some time for the excitement to wear off, if it does then I know I'm fine. If it gets...
I'm in Bend too
We live inside city limits, so we can only have 4, but that's okay since I dont' think my coop could hold anymore. Are you taking your kids to the re-showing of Mad City Chickens? We went to the first one and had a good evening.
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I agree. I wasn't there when he dropped it off...My partner decided that's where it should go. I have to go out of town this weekend and dont' feel like having the discussion that it was misplaced right now. I think I'll wait till I get back and just move it myself, saving some flames
Here are some photos of the new coop and run. I purchased the run off of craigslist, and it turns out the guy who built the coop for me also built this run. I also purchased the chicks from he and his wife. There are two doors at the bottom of the coop for them to get out in the run, or out the...
my dad does stuff with hamm radios and outdoor survival, and if the end of the world comes we know where to go and how to get ahold of people with other radios:rolleyes: Also junior high basketball, I believe. God I feel old.
The neosporin is for the area around the eye if they have been pecking at her vent and head, not for eye I think the cool tea sounds nice, I could use some on mine from the pollen allergies
I just had a girl get her eye pecked until that side of her face was swollen and bloody. I didn't give antibiotics, I guess because I'm not a fan personally. I seperated the one who was being pecked until she was healed. I gave her Bach's Rescue Remedy for her stress, dropper fulls every few...
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LOL! I felt so bad when we realized that all he did was just lick her on one side. Like maybe she laid on her side in the grass and he licked the side that was up. I've never heard of a dog just licking chickens before!
So she is okay now. Her eye was swollen all yesterday, but she was fine in the evening to go back with the other girls. Her eye is now open and she has bounced back as the leader of the pack. We have figured out the scenario of what happened. The real abuse came from the other chickens.
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Oh thank you thank you thank you for this thread! After what happened last night with the dog and the others pecking at my poor buff, I didn't think I could take one of the girls having cancer. Now I know she's just an oinker before bed. Thank you!