Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[fowlman01]

More birds from the GCPF show here in CA last weekend. What is the buff bird? It is not a good pic of it.

Walt

 

[Lacy Blues]

Buff Wyandotte?

 

[Pozees]

UV stabilized bird netting will practically NEVER rot under ground. Wire will. I use the netting folded double, then buried, under the runs.

Good suggestion! I was responding to the burrowing talent of the gopher. It is astounding.

ETA: Is the same bird netting sufficient for covering a run? Maybe the better way to ask is, has anyone who has used it this way found birds of prey attempting/succeeding at breaking through it to get to the chickens inside?

 

[snowbird]

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I am sure these are the Mottled Birds from Dr. McGraw's son that Bob talked about before.

 

[fowlman01]

Buff Wyandotte?

Yup.....buff Wyndotte. There will be over 20 at the show next weekend.

w.

 

[thedragonlady]

More birds from the GCPF show here in CA last weekend. What is the buff bird? It is not a good pic of it.

Walt

Buff Rock

 

[thedragonlady]

Good suggestion! I was responding to the burrowing talent of the gopher. It is astounding.

ETA: Is the same bird netting sufficient for covering a run? Maybe the better way to ask is, has anyone who has used it this way found birds of prey attempting/succeeding at breaking through it to get to the chickens inside?

Regular bird netting is easy for racoons to tear. Heavy weight Gamebird netting is another matter.
If you bury regular bird netting, and put rocks over it around the run perimeter, the racoons seem to be unhappy about getting their paws cut.They assume, in their little racoon minds, that it is wire.

 

[gjensen]

I have access to a busted up block and brick. I stack it in a trench around the peremiter. I might throw a little mortar in to. It doesn't cost me anything but calories.

 

[fowlman01]

Buff Rock

Buff Wyndotte.....no cookie for you.

w.

 

[mbmess2003]

Walt are you judging or showing at the Stockton show?