International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

sorry for your loss.

I don't know what predators I will have in the future as I am going to move to the place near the agricultural fields and woods. foxes and weasels (martens) for sure.

I want to keep chickens on soil so I am thinking hard how to protect them from outside.

when you get new place I ll help you design your predator free pen and run

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

congrats!

burbon red are on my wish list. I am going to keep them together with peafowl. I already got a pair of peafowl but they stay in athens at my friends (as well as a trio of geese) as I don't have room.

love the burbon red turkey .
getting them this coming spring .
Geese have a plenty of them .good to keep the grass well low to the ground . they need a lot of grass

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Are they Jill Rees?

I m not sure . they imported few different line and I think they got mixed in the UK .

I ll know when I pick them up .

chooks man

 

[KF0002]

sorry for your loss.

I don't know what predators I will have in the future as I am going to move to the place near the agricultural fields and woods. foxes and weasels (martens) for sure.

I want to keep chickens on soil so I am thinking hard how to protect them from outside.

Thanks! I hated to lose them, they were good hens. Very productive girls. But at least nothing got any of our breeder birds.

Weasles are the worst and are hard to trap or kill. We have had minks kill chickens before and it they kill for sport a lot of times so they will kill and just leave the chickens laying. Get you a good LGD and you shouldnt have any problems. We normally dont aside from hawks picking off young birds, but while the dogs are away the varmints will play.

 

[KF0002]

I hatched out my first batch of babies, there are seven blue birchen marans here and eleven burbon red and burbon red Cross poults. I wanted to share my chunky chicks!

Omg how cute! Congratulations! I want turkeys but hubby says no because we have too many chickens.

 

[chickengr]

when you get new place I ll help you design your predator free pen and run

chooks man

thank you very much.

I have already chosen land I am going to buy. it is roughly 73 m x 120 m. road is along a 73 meters side, west. I plan to put a house about 20 meters from the west and south side. so, about 40 meters from the road I plan to put chickens. if you can give me advise how to make their coops I will be more than happy. the predators are active at night only. I will use some lights for predators from above and dogs that will be able to run around the property but not in the chicken runs.

I will probably use sandwich panels and wire mesh. it is easier to protect them from foxes but there are weasles/martens in the area.

 

[chickengr]

Thanks! I hated to lose them, they were good hens. Very productive girls. But at least nothing got any of our breeder birds.

Weasles are the worst and are hard to trap or kill. We have had minks kill chickens before and it they kill for sport a lot of times so they will kill and just leave the chickens laying. Get you a good LGD and you shouldnt have any problems. We normally dont aside from hawks picking off young birds, but while the dogs are away the varmints will play.

I heard terriers kill weasels. I already have 2 mixed breed terriers but they are old. they have been killing rats and mice for years and they don't pay any attention to the chickens.

I am considering german shepherds as besides foxes there are human varmints too.

 

[Chooks man]

I heard terriers kill weasels. I already have 2 mixed breed terriers but they are old. they have been killing rats and mice for years and they don't pay any attention to the chickens.

I am considering german shepherds as besides foxes there are human varmints too.

the Terriers dog are very good for ratting . they are good with a chooks too .

love your idea about the German Sheepherd . 2 legs vermin are the worst .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

thank you very much.

I have already chosen land I am going to buy. it is roughly 73 m x 120 m. road is along a 73 meters side, west. I plan to put a house about 20 meters from the west and south side. so, about 40 meters from the road I plan to put chickens. if you can give me advise how to make their coops I will be more than happy. the predators are active at night only. I will use some lights for predators from above and dogs that will be able to run around the property but not in the chicken runs.

I will probably use sandwich panels and wire mesh. it is easier to protect them from foxes but there are weasles/martens in the area.

it is a good size land ,a little over a 3 acres almost as large as mine ( 100X 100m). we can do a lot of things .any thing you like .

I ll do some drawing for you soon .

well happy for you .

chooks man

 

[marchick]

thank you very much.

I have already chosen land I am going to buy. it is roughly 73 m x 120 m. road is along a 73 meters side, west. I plan to put a house about 20 meters from the west and south side. so, about 40 meters from the road I plan to put chickens. if you can give me advise how to make their coops I will be more than happy. the predators are active at night only. I will use some lights for predators from above and dogs that will be able to run around the property but not in the chicken runs.

I will probably use sandwich panels and wire mesh. it is easier to protect them from foxes but there are weasles/martens in the area.

Just remember a weasel can go through a one inch hole and can wipe out a flock. We went with hardware cloth. More expensive but worth it to me to keep everyone safe.