Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[preciouskitty]

Here's the link to the CS13 pix: http://www.flickr.com/photos/uchytil59/

My crummy wireless is sooo slow that it's allowing my laptop to doublepost. Sorry.

Those are great! Thanks for sending the link!

 

[1muttsfan]

Put the hot strand at the bottom of the fence, about 6-10" off the ground. That will deter both ground and climbing predators.

 

[Scifisarah]

I think it would be more cost effective to enclose a run with fence and make sure the coop is secure at night. Coons mostly work at night unless they are sick. I've only had daytime coons invade my blueberries. They are very good at finding a way around any gap. I've never had a loss and I feel it's due to the birds being closed up at night in a coop with concrete flooring.

I don't think it would be cost effective, considering the large size of my run, to cover it with hardware cloth. I do usually close up the coop at night, but worry about the times we are on vacation and it will have to be left open.

 

[Scifisarah]

Put the hot strand at the bottom of the fence, about 6-10" off the ground. That will deter both ground and climbing predators.

And three your olds, haha. The fence is buried and I have never seen any evidence of anything trying to dig under for the last seven years, so I think we are safe on that front. Really, raccoons are the only problem here. I have never seen that they have climbed over in the past though. Maybe I should just not worry about it but it does pain me to think about them not being shut in while we are gone for a whole week this summer.

 

[RaZ]

Thanks for the photo uploads, John.

I keep forgetting to ask...Did we get enough donations to cover the cost of the pavilion and hot dags?

Welcome new folks. This is a great place to hang out.

 

[SillyChicken]

Thanks for the photo uploads, John.

I keep forgetting to ask...Did we get enough donations to cover the cost of the pavilion and hot dags?

Welcome new folks. This is a great place to hang out.

I second that! Thanks for all the great photos!

Randy, yes, there were enough donations to cover pavilion rental and to pay for meats. Thanks to everyone who contributed!


Welcome to the new folks!

 

[Trefoil]

Pretty birds, and I love that frog. He seems to like you or the camera.

Does anyone on here use electric fencing to protect their chickens? I am thinking of running an electric line across the top of my fence to make sure raccoons can't climb over. I just have the bird netting over the top right now, and they could easily rip through that. I just have no idea where to get the fencing supplies, what I need, and how to position the line so I raccoon can't shimmy over or under. Anyone?

I would like to join this thread! I'm from Northern Michigan (Lower Peninsula) and just getting back into the chicken and duck thing.

Welcome!
The more the merrier.

 

[1muttsfan]

Kids will only touch the fence one time, then they leave it alone. Same as predators. ( It does not produce enough shock to harm them in case you are worried about that)

 

[gaitngirl]

Here's the link to the CS13 pix: http://www.flickr.com/photos/uchytil59/

My crummy wireless is sooo slow that it's allowing my laptop to doublepost. Sorry.

Good pics, John! Now you just need to go back and label them with who's who in all of them

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[preciouskitty]

Good pics, John! Now you just need to go back and label them with who's who in all of them

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I just literally laughed out loud at my desk