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A little update-- I posted awhile back, I guess in the 20s pages of this thread, about being in a lurch with no coops, no building skills, and got a lot of great advice! Sorry it has taken me so long to respond, I ended up having to go to the hosp for a week, and then when I got out I didn't...

Quote: I'm in Wash Co, but I called the Animal Shelter and asked that lady about local laws since they are the ones who enforce them here and in JC. I called back again at a different time to ask someone else as well to make sure I got the correct answer. Also, if you live in the Gump add...

Quote: I'm in Wash Co, but I called the Animal Shelter and asked that lady about local laws since they are the ones who enforce them here and in JC. I called back again at a different time to ask someone else as well to make sure I got the correct answer. Also, if you live in the Gump add...

I live in an area with recent tornados, but grew up with tons of them. We have drills, for tornados, fires, etc, and the rule is: GET TO SAFETY. If you grab anything aong the way, it's your little sister, otherwise anything: pets, cash, Nintendo DS's--gets left behind. I stress that...

Quote: None of it is fenced, but i do have a small pile of landscape boards liek that from where the builders plowed over my garden, and a roll of that same fencing under my porch! I don"t know where it came from, and didn't know what it was, but I have those things! Thanks for the pix...

Awww, you guys! I think I might have a way to get it done. One is that if I leave the materials and have the kids and I out of the house this weekend, he says he will come back and build it while i am gone. This is a control move, but I don't really care, bc at least I will have it done...

Awesome. This is way more my style than the richy rich coops ive been studying up on.

Aw, you guys are bringing smiles to my face. i got some 2x4s today (before I saw all these posts--I was gung-ho about getting something done!), and so now i am pretty sure I have everything but a saw, but I am pretty sure my neighbor has one, and I bet he'd cut the wood for me too. I wasted a...

Feeling better about this. I didnt think about a dog run. I posted a facebook update (not about the singleness, but about needing coop help) and might have a starter.) if I can modify a metal shed, that would nne great. And church hill isnt too far. It"s a drive for sure, but just like...

Argh, so you guys have helped me before, so here goes! This whole chicken thing was SOs idea, but I have gotten really excited about it. He's a tradesman, so I was planning Super Coop. But he's gone for good now, and rather suddenly. And the builders are fixing a mold problem in my bsmnt, so...

Thanks for all the advice. I am in upper east TN, the nearest big town is Johnson City. I did put up ads on craigslist, and also on freecycle hoping someone might email me with a sell offer (illegal I know, but I'm desparate!) I didnt mention in them that I am a single woman tho, bc it freaks...

I am pretty new to this site, so I am not sure how to navigate it well. Tried searching, but overwhelmed right now. Please forgive this newbie! But he was supposed to build the coop, but he decided to fly it instead (lol) andI have never built a thing in my life! I have done a lot of research...

Quote: Right now we just have some black sexlinks, which I guess will be in a run, because we only have about an acre, and lots of neighbor dogs. The orignal plan was to free range guineas, but I didn't have them secure enough at night to protect them from predators, sadly. I was thinking if...

I searched, but I am not good at navigating this forum yet. Cross posted in coop design if I can figure out how: I am thinking a tractor type run would be great for us, but we have a lot of rural predators: dogs, coyotes, foxes, coons. The whole thing that got us interested in chickens was...

I searched, but I am not good at navigating this forum yet. Cross posted in predators if I can figure out how: I am thinking a tractor type run would be great for us, but we have a lot of rural predators: dogs, coyotes, foxes, coons. The whole thing that got us interested in chickens was...

Awesome, thanks for all the good advice!

Does anyone have a good link about laws regarding protecting your flock from predators in TN? I know there is a leash law, but it is unenforcable. I called our county animal control and asked how to keep my chickens safe from predators, and was told, "Don't get chickens." Well, too late...

Quote: I'm scared of ducks ever since they surrounded me at the duckpond when I was little. Scared my mom to death too. They had us standing on the park bench.Then they chased us to the car. First and last time momtookme to feed the ducks,lol! That's funny! When my son was 3, he got chased...

Quote: Hey, I work in JC! New to this too, so it's not like I'm a resource or anything. But "Hi!"

Yeah, that's why I let my baby lick the floor---immunities!! LOL How often do you have to change the chips?