Chicken Fortress! (photo)

[Smittenroade]

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Do you have to feed them fish and do they need water? Because I actually have a pond about 100 ft behind my coop.

 

[Kansaseq]

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Do you have to feed them fish and do they need water? Because I actually have a pond about 100 ft behind my coop.

Mine have never eaten fish. They eat chicken feed, and do need enough water to drink and clean their nostrils. I just use a large bucket in winter, or a dish pan. In summer I have a water trough I fill for them. Any water source will be dirty within minutes, and the area around it will get muddy. They also like to dabble and make holes in the ground. A pond would be heaven for them. Just beware of predators.

 

[Smittenroade]

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Do you have to feed them fish and do they need water? Because I actually have a pond about 100 ft behind my coop.

Mine have never eaten fish. They eat chicken feed, and do need enough water to drink and clean their nostrils. I just use a large bucket in winter, or a dish pan. In summer I have a water trough I fill for them. Any water source will be dirty within minutes, and the area around it will get muddy. They also like to dabble and make holes in the ground. A pond would be heaven for them. Just beware of predators.

I very much appreciate this information! I wont bother you with anymore duck questions, Ill find the rest on my own. People like you are what make this forum awesome!

 

[Kansaseq]

Awwww..............I'm more than happy to share what little I know, but thanks!!

 

[wood&feathers]

You know, I'd leave the ladder and seat and go ahead with finishing the interior. Nothing like the happy sounds and smells of a chicken coop to mask your intent

Then if you get a deer you can gut it right by the coop, take the good stuff away to process and let the birds out to clean up. Everyone happy!

 

[PaleMelanesian]

Now that's smart thinking!

 

[Smittenroade]

wood&feathers :

You know, I'd leave the ladder and seat and go ahead with finishing the interior. Nothing like the happy sounds and smells of a chicken coop to mask your intent

Then if you get a deer you can gut it right by the coop, take the good stuff away to process and let the birds out to clean up. Everyone happy!

Some ideas I get from this forum are so out of the box and brilliant. If I could I would patent all of them!

Heres some more of what I have done today, lots of work today.

 

[perchie.girl]

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Some ideas I get from this forum are so out of the box and brilliant. If I could I would patent all of them!

Heres some more of what I have done today, lots of work today.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/78558_img_1309.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/78558_img_1311.jpg

Ooh I love that short brown Fourlegged chicken you have there.... doin guard duty. I dont envy you the work involved with putting in those fence posts.

 

[Kansaseq]

Just wanted to say that you have a really pretty piece of property there! Gorgeous trees and land

Oh, and good work on the fence. It looks nice and tight (God bless zip ties!)

 

[PaleMelanesian]

That's great having the run under the pine tree like that. Natural bedding will help keep things cleaner.