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  1. CityslickerHomestead

    The Montana wind picked up and moved my well over 1000lb coop over ten feet away!

    I have no idea what category to post this. Emergency? Coop design? My 8ftx12ft coop with two attached runs of 5ftx10ft and 15ftx10ft got picked up off the ground, rotated 90 degrees, and moved 10 feet away from the original location. The coop is a heavy bastard because it’s a shed with a...
  2. ARM5078

    Keeping Chickens Away From Child's Play Area

    We are in the process of building a coop for 6 chickens. We plan to let them free range much of the day in our large fenced (split rail) yard. It was brought to my attention that the chickens may want to spend a bunch of time in my daughter's play area and will poop all over it. Is there...
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    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  3. drdvmd

    Ground squirrels! How do I keep them out?

    We live on a property with a large number of ground squirrels. Our chicken run was built with hardware cloth extending as an apron 18" out from the run walls, and yet ground squirrels have tunneled under these aprons into our run and are creating massive holes and tunnels everywhere. I am at a...
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