3 Chickens...GONE....POOF

[arouech]

We sacrificed "quality of housing" for a 3 acre farm with an uninhabitable house on it just so we could have animals (we fixed up the house enough to live in it, but it won't win any beauty contests) and I feel like I won the lottery with this much land, I love having chickens and geese and ducks and turkeys and llamas and alpacas, but it means a LOT of coops and runs and sheds to build! We try to build from recycled items, ("obtanium") as much as we can since we're pretty broke, and it's a challenge to get the housing done right and on time! Good luck with your coop and run, I can't recommend hardware cloth enough for your walls.

Thats good to know! Thank you! Our funds are very very little to none. Feed and bedding isnt a problem, but building a coop is another story. We found a lot of wood in the building my boyfriend has that we're trying to use, but we still need some 4x8 sheets of plywood and those are not cheap. I just want my girls to be safe, thats my main concern, as I'm sure it is with any feather-parent.

 

[Kiki]

anything could pull a chicken through that size wh

Thats good to know! Thank you! Our funds are very very little to none. Feed and bedding isnt a problem, but building a coop is another story. We found a lot of wood in the building my boyfriend has that we're trying to use, but we still need some 4x8 sheets of plywood and those are not cheap. I just want my girls to be safe, thats my main concern, as I'm sure it is with any feather-parent.

check out those ads on craigslist girl..
you have plenty enough free stuff daily close to you.
I'd snatch some of those items up myself if it were in my town.
I can think of the word..but the "old times" put together with different materials coop is better looking to ME.

 

[arouech]

anything could pull a chicken through that size wh

check out those ads on craigslist girl..
you have plenty enough free stuff daily close to you.
I'd snatch some of those items up myself if it were in my town.
I can think of the word..but the "old times" put together with different materials coop is better looking to ME.

I'm on it!

 

[arouech]

anything could pull a chicken through that size wh

check out those ads on craigslist girl..
you have plenty enough free stuff daily close to you.
I'd snatch some of those items up myself if it were in my town.
I can think of the word..but the "old times" put together with different materials coop is better looking to ME.

https://akroncanton.craigslist.org/zip/6082211056.html
BAM! Right down the road from me!

 

[Kiki]

LOTTERY WINNER in the house!!!

 

[Chickens#2017]

So I just put my girls out in their new run and leave them out all day and then bring them in at night. I had issues getting them in so I've been leaving them out all night (with shelter to sleep in until our coop is done). I check on them every morning before I leave for work and as soon as I get home. Yesterday, I got home from work and saw some feathers on the ground as I walked up. Then I noticed more and more. All the girls came out to greet me, and as I counted, I found that 3 were gone. There was MAYBE a large handful of feathers in one area and very VERY little blood. I had to really search to find the blood. The run is pretty secure and I have no idea how something got in AND out with 3, 7-8 week old chickens.

I'm mad and sad all at the same time after spending so much time and energy on them for 3 to just disappear. I mean there is NO sign of them or which way it would have taken them. I want to say it was a cat that got them, but I'm not certain. Anyone have this happen before?? Just seems so strange because it was just some feathers laying around and no sign of a lot of blood.

Needless to say, I've brought the girls in for now until I find the source of my issue and will "take care" of it.

So sorry!!

 

[arouech]

LOTTERY WINNER in the house!!!

 

[mrsdee]

I wish nails and screws were as cheap! That's what I hate paying for lol

 

[Kiki]

Anyone can go buy new from a box store..it takes a special person to "find" good stuff to re use!

 

[arouech]

Anyone can go buy new from a box store..it takes a special person to "find" good stuff to re use!

I looked at a premade coop before.... $2700 REALLY?!?! I'll make it myself thank YOU! Plus I'm going to paint on the side, "Farm Fresh Butt Nuggets" LOL