Here is my new pool that mother nature has given to me & it's growing but 2x as large outback!
I had to brighten it up alot.
I had to brighten it up alot.
FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!
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well, I think it's official.. several of my birds look to have dry pox
I know that's got to be pretty common here in Fl with all of the mosquitoes. Anyone with words of wisdom?
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Welcome!
I am in SW FL right now (looking to move soon, though). Where abouts you moving to? IMHO, you MUST have a secure, enclosed coop for night roosting (think plywood). I did not think we had an issue here until something came a few nights ago and ate half of my ground quail who were in a chickenwired run. Good luck!
~Rachell
We are moving to Sanibel Island, and gators could be an issue. Also, It's also not 'legal' to have them, so I have to be really discreet about it. (I figure this is a safe enough forum to announce my intent to move to Fla. with 'contraband birds'.) My sweet husband knows how much i love my girls, so the back yard and 'privacy' is factoring heavily into decision making when looking at property. (Unfortunately there are no acreages on the island (imagine that, on an island!) and there is a very limited supply of homes in our $ range.)
Who has knowledge of gators? I am thinking that sight/movement would be way more important to a gator than smell? Thinking that a strategically placed tarp could protect the girls from an alligator spotting them. just wondering how important smell is to the gator. I like the idea of chicken wire over chainlink (though aesthetically I would prefer not) because monitor lizards are also a potential issue.
Feel free to post pics of your Florida chicken fortresses- I need ideas for trying to find a balance between secure AND pretty!
DANG- how do yall even keep chickens alive there?! lol, i feel like I might be moving my sweet girls into too dangerous an area!
Welcome!
I am in SW FL right now (looking to move soon, though). Where abouts you moving to? IMHO, you MUST have a secure, enclosed coop for night roosting (think plywood). I did not think we had an issue here until something came a few nights ago and ate half of my ground quail who were in a chickenwired run. Good luck!
~Rachell
We are moving to Sanibel Island, and gators could be an issue. Also, It's also not 'legal' to have them, so I have to be really discreet about it. (I figure this is a safe enough forum to announce my intent to move to Fla. with 'contraband birds'.) My sweet husband knows how much i love my girls, so the back yard and 'privacy' is factoring heavily into decision making when looking at property. (Unfortunately there are no acreages on the island (imagine that, on an island!) and there is a very limited supply of homes in our $ range.)
Who has knowledge of gators? I am thinking that sight/movement would be way more important to a gator than smell? Thinking that a strategically placed tarp could protect the girls from an alligator spotting them. just wondering how important smell is to the gator. I like the idea of chicken wire over chainlink (though aesthetically I would prefer not) because monitor lizards are also a potential issue.
Feel free to post pics of your Florida chicken fortresses- I need ideas for trying to find a balance between secure AND pretty!
DANG- how do yall even keep chickens alive there?! lol, i feel like I might be moving my sweet girls into too dangerous an area!
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Only help I could find for you! http://www.apa-abayouthpoultryclub.org/Edu_Material/Poultry Diseases/Fowl_Pox.pdf
Only help I could find for you! http://www.apa-abayouthpoultryclub.org/Edu_Material/Poultry Diseases/Fowl_Pox.pdf
Itsazoo32 get some permetherin 10% & mix it in a gal jug and spray all you birds or dip them to keep all skeeters and all off of them.But I hear it does an excellent job.I just a bottle that I had ordered today.Time to spray my birds when it stops raining.
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Welcome!
I am in SW FL right now (looking to move soon, though). Where abouts you moving to? IMHO, you MUST have a secure, enclosed coop for night roosting (think plywood). I did not think we had an issue here until something came a few nights ago and ate half of my ground quail who were in a chickenwired run. Good luck!
~Rachell
We are moving to Sanibel Island, and gators could be an issue. Also, It's also not 'legal' to have them, so I have to be really discreet about it. (I figure this is a safe enough forum to announce my intent to move to Fla. with 'contraband birds'.) My sweet husband knows how much i love my girls, so the back yard and 'privacy' is factoring heavily into decision making when looking at property. (Unfortunately there are no acreages on the island (imagine that, on an island!) and there is a very limited supply of homes in our $ range.)
Who has knowledge of gators? I am thinking that sight/movement would be way more important to a gator than smell? Thinking that a strategically placed tarp could protect the girls from an alligator spotting them. just wondering how important smell is to the gator. I like the idea of chicken wire over chainlink (though aesthetically I would prefer not) because monitor lizards are also a potential issue.
Feel free to post pics of your Florida chicken fortresses- I need ideas for trying to find a balance between secure AND pretty!
DANG- how do yall even keep chickens alive there?! lol, i feel like I might be moving my sweet girls into too dangerous an area!
I say stucco chicken coop. make it match your home, no one would ever know.
we build one, little one but can be bigger.
Welcome!
I am in SW FL right now (looking to move soon, though). Where abouts you moving to? IMHO, you MUST have a secure, enclosed coop for night roosting (think plywood). I did not think we had an issue here until something came a few nights ago and ate half of my ground quail who were in a chickenwired run. Good luck!
~Rachell
We are moving to Sanibel Island, and gators could be an issue. Also, It's also not 'legal' to have them, so I have to be really discreet about it. (I figure this is a safe enough forum to announce my intent to move to Fla. with 'contraband birds'.) My sweet husband knows how much i love my girls, so the back yard and 'privacy' is factoring heavily into decision making when looking at property. (Unfortunately there are no acreages on the island (imagine that, on an island!) and there is a very limited supply of homes in our $ range.)
Who has knowledge of gators? I am thinking that sight/movement would be way more important to a gator than smell? Thinking that a strategically placed tarp could protect the girls from an alligator spotting them. just wondering how important smell is to the gator. I like the idea of chicken wire over chainlink (though aesthetically I would prefer not) because monitor lizards are also a potential issue.
Feel free to post pics of your Florida chicken fortresses- I need ideas for trying to find a balance between secure AND pretty!
DANG- how do yall even keep chickens alive there?! lol, i feel like I might be moving my sweet girls into too dangerous an area!
I say stucco chicken coop. make it match your home, no one would ever know.
we build one, little one but can be bigger.
Quote:
Welcome!
I am in SW FL right now (looking to move soon, though). Where abouts you moving to? IMHO, you MUST have a secure, enclosed coop for night roosting (think plywood). I did not think we had an issue here until something came a few nights ago and ate half of my ground quail who were in a chickenwired run. Good luck!
~Rachell
We are moving to Sanibel Island, and gators could be an issue. Also, It's also not 'legal' to have them, so I have to be really discreet about it. (I figure this is a safe enough forum to announce my intent to move to Fla. with 'contraband birds'.) My sweet husband knows how much i love my girls, so the back yard and 'privacy' is factoring heavily into decision making when looking at property. (Unfortunately there are no acreages on the island (imagine that, on an island!) and there is a very limited supply of homes in our $ range.)
Who has knowledge of gators? I am thinking that sight/movement would be way more important to a gator than smell? Thinking that a strategically placed tarp could protect the girls from an alligator spotting them. just wondering how important smell is to the gator. I like the idea of chicken wire over chainlink (though aesthetically I would prefer not) because monitor lizards are also a potential issue.
Feel free to post pics of your Florida chicken fortresses- I need ideas for trying to find a balance between secure AND pretty!
DANG- how do yall even keep chickens alive there?! lol, i feel like I might be moving my sweet girls into too dangerous an area!
I Hope I'm not discourageing you from moving there but gators should be the last of your worries. Cause when we get a major hurricaine then you will be evacuated.Hope that is never the case.I live on the mainland in Cocoa & across the river is the island,Not the same what so ever.If I was to move I try to think of all the possabilities.But anyway FLORIDA is only an island it's self.But if this rain keeps up I'll be living on a boat in my yard,cause most of my yard is under water. Mother Nature Please don't rain anymore
Welcome!
I am in SW FL right now (looking to move soon, though). Where abouts you moving to? IMHO, you MUST have a secure, enclosed coop for night roosting (think plywood). I did not think we had an issue here until something came a few nights ago and ate half of my ground quail who were in a chickenwired run. Good luck!
~Rachell
We are moving to Sanibel Island, and gators could be an issue. Also, It's also not 'legal' to have them, so I have to be really discreet about it. (I figure this is a safe enough forum to announce my intent to move to Fla. with 'contraband birds'.) My sweet husband knows how much i love my girls, so the back yard and 'privacy' is factoring heavily into decision making when looking at property. (Unfortunately there are no acreages on the island (imagine that, on an island!) and there is a very limited supply of homes in our $ range.)
Who has knowledge of gators? I am thinking that sight/movement would be way more important to a gator than smell? Thinking that a strategically placed tarp could protect the girls from an alligator spotting them. just wondering how important smell is to the gator. I like the idea of chicken wire over chainlink (though aesthetically I would prefer not) because monitor lizards are also a potential issue.
Feel free to post pics of your Florida chicken fortresses- I need ideas for trying to find a balance between secure AND pretty!
DANG- how do yall even keep chickens alive there?! lol, i feel like I might be moving my sweet girls into too dangerous an area!
I Hope I'm not discourageing you from moving there but gators should be the last of your worries. Cause when we get a major hurricaine then you will be evacuated.Hope that is never the case.I live on the mainland in Cocoa & across the river is the island,Not the same what so ever.If I was to move I try to think of all the possabilities.But anyway FLORIDA is only an island it's self.But if this rain keeps up I'll be living on a boat in my yard,cause most of my yard is under water. Mother Nature Please don't rain anymore
my rain gsauge read 9 in about an hour ago and it is still pouring. only middle of street still above water line. Yea! we sure needed this rain., time for a good book.
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We are moving to Sanibel Island, and gators could be an issue. Also, It's also not 'legal' to have them, so I have to be really discreet about it. (I figure this is a safe enough forum to announce my intent to move to Fla. with 'contraband birds'.) My sweet husband knows how much i love my girls, so the back yard and 'privacy' is factoring heavily into decision making when looking at property. (Unfortunately there are no acreages on the island (imagine that, on an island!) and there is a very limited supply of homes in our $ range.)
Who has knowledge of gators? I am thinking that sight/movement would be way more important to a gator than smell? Thinking that a strategically placed tarp could protect the girls from an alligator spotting them. just wondering how important smell is to the gator. I like the idea of chicken wire over chainlink (though aesthetically I would prefer not) because monitor lizards are also a potential issue.
Feel free to post pics of your Florida chicken fortresses- I need ideas for trying to find a balance between secure AND pretty!
DANG- how do yall even keep chickens alive there?! lol, i feel like I might be moving my sweet girls into too dangerous an area!
I say stucco chicken coop. make it match your home, no one would ever know.
we build one, little one but can be bigger.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/38176_coop_032.jpg
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/38176_coop_036.jpg
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/38176_coop_044.jpg
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/38176_just_pictures_028.jpg
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/38176_just_pictures_029.jpg
WOW
You have done a excellent job from beginning to end
We are moving to Sanibel Island, and gators could be an issue. Also, It's also not 'legal' to have them, so I have to be really discreet about it. (I figure this is a safe enough forum to announce my intent to move to Fla. with 'contraband birds'.) My sweet husband knows how much i love my girls, so the back yard and 'privacy' is factoring heavily into decision making when looking at property. (Unfortunately there are no acreages on the island (imagine that, on an island!) and there is a very limited supply of homes in our $ range.)
Who has knowledge of gators? I am thinking that sight/movement would be way more important to a gator than smell? Thinking that a strategically placed tarp could protect the girls from an alligator spotting them. just wondering how important smell is to the gator. I like the idea of chicken wire over chainlink (though aesthetically I would prefer not) because monitor lizards are also a potential issue.
Feel free to post pics of your Florida chicken fortresses- I need ideas for trying to find a balance between secure AND pretty!
DANG- how do yall even keep chickens alive there?! lol, i feel like I might be moving my sweet girls into too dangerous an area!
I say stucco chicken coop. make it match your home, no one would ever know.
we build one, little one but can be bigger.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/38176_coop_032.jpg
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/38176_coop_036.jpg
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/38176_coop_044.jpg
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/38176_just_pictures_028.jpg
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/38176_just_pictures_029.jpg
WOW
Nava- OMG your hen house is sooooo beautiful!! You must have building and stucco experience? How realistic is stucco work for someone who has not done it? Where did the door come from? Small is good- yards are teensy, so I will have to be very well organized.
Floridachicken- yes, hurricanes are a threat, even for those on the mainland. I have done alot of animal relocation/transport, so I am thinking that if I plan ahead for evacuation we will be okay.
Floridachicken- yes, hurricanes are a threat, even for those on the mainland. I have done alot of animal relocation/transport, so I am thinking that if I plan ahead for evacuation we will be okay.
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