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  1. Happy hen lover

    Cheap fix for top of run

    We have feral cats that are getting too comfortable checking out my flock up close. I've caught them sitting on corner posts and using the chicken wire 2x4 supports as a "cat walk". We even saw them using chicken wire top of coop like a hammock! :wee Okay now you've gone TOO FAR! This means...
  2. ZedikerStation

    17 week old Pullets in 30 day quarantine

    Hi All...! We are going to add 5 Barred Rock Pullets to our flock. That will bring our number back up to 12. We've had a bit of bad luck recently, more about that here... https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/second-sick-hen.1445783/ These five will be going in a very large kennel with a...
  3. 4

    Chickens by Easter .... Maybe

    The decision has been made to try and have chickens by Easter, or shortly after, so I will have to get busy. The plan is to turn this shed into a coop/storage area. The shed is 12’ x 16’ and will be split across the waist to make two 8’ x 12’ areas. One for the birds and one for storage of...
  4. Barbs Girls

    What’s wrong with this girl?

    Checked for lice and mites, treated with permethrin initially just to be safe. Seems like the feather loss is getting worse not better. Bought some Blu Kote, going to get it on-her when she goes to roost. She and one other gal seem affected, the other mostly around her tail feathers. Flock of...
  5. Chick Chick McGee

    Any guesses?

    Ok so these three little cuties hatched on September 4 and 5 so just about 4 weeks ago. Do you have any guesses what gender they are? I am hopping to get 2 roosters and a hen. This is Charlemagne, birthday: September 4 This is Cilontro, birthday: September 5th This is Tiny Tina: birthday...
  6. IdyllwildAcres

    Leaving chickens for a month, what to tell the house sitter?

    I am going to be gone for the month of February, taking the family on the vacation of a lifetime! The kids will be on independent study and we are spending the month in New Zealand! So on to the chickens... I am worried about frozen water, trying to get the coop hard-wired for electricity...
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