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wsmith said:
Nice!

Pretty soon you can open your own Chicken zoo....
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Yea! I'm thinking about calling it the Coo Coo Zoo!!!
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I'm going to the swap in Pueblo West on Saturday.... going to thin out some of my girls..... Donna wants them to leave the farm with their heads attached!!!
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One way to stay married as long as we have been! (31 years!)
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Joe
 
dennarahl said:
http://triggerhappychickens.co.uk/

Looks neat. I'd have to rethink the plate underneath because my geese would run off with it. I'd also worry about some of my mentally challenged birds playing with it and wasting the food
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Well, the plate underneath is certainly flimsy. Looks like just a plastic lid. Some kind of heavy dish with a lip would work well for me. And if my birds played with it, I don't think they could waste more food than they do now.
 
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My thought is how do you keep them from pooping in the tray underneath?
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Again, I'm sure that might happen. But I wouldn't think much. Mostly they are going to have their faces in it. I bet you could figure out some kind of barrier like a large opening wire, which would allow the hens to get to both the trigger and the plate, but still keep their bodies off the plate. Just thinkin
 
Ok, I need someone who knows something about squirrels. For the last couple weeks I have been getting only 1 or 2 eggs a day. I put this down to both a reaction to the dog attack that killed a couple of their coop mates, and just the normal fall shutdown because of short days.

Today, I wandered into my coop to collect today's egg. To my surprise, there was a squirrel inside my coop, which RAPIIDLY exited. So, he was probably only there after the food pellets. But, would squirrels steal/eat eggs???

I must say I'm disappointed that my birds allowed a squirrel into the run, which it had to have been in in order to get into the coop.

BAD BIRDS.
 
mynamesjenelle said:
My girls' combs are so dry that I've been putting on Bag Balm for the last couple months. I read that it keeps them moisturized, is mildly antiseptic, protects from cold, and also tastes bad so they won't peck each other on the head as often. So far so good but they hate it when I apply to their little noggins. They look so pretty after it's done though.
Hey Wendell, I really liked your water heater design. I'm waffling between building something similar or just buying a premade one. What would you recommend that I use since I don't have access to a hydraulic fluid can? I was thinking a 5 gallon bucket if the bulb isn't too hot, but heat+plastic always makes me concerned.
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DON"T use plastic!

Use one of the big Holiday cookie tins and cut it down.
 

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