Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[jjchickmom]

VICTORY tested coop and runs security last night. Put a big bowl of cat food in the run and locked her up. The babies stayed safe in their brooder. We watched multiple raccoons and possum try to get in. They had no luck and did no damage

 

[chickflick]

Thanks Our coop and run are within the same enclosure for safety. We have lots of predators and dogs around here in the country. We plan on adding a moveable fence to give them some supervised free time outside of their run each day around dusk (when big birds have gone asleep and the raccoon and coyotes are not quite awake yet) as well.

We plan on putting the tarp up today and sometime next week attaching wire under it.

Can you leave the coop open during the day to give them that place to hide or take a nap? I have no doubt I could get them to go in at any time. if I had their precious dried mealworms.

We tried the run with our 2 rabbits to test for weakness. There was no where they could get out and they are always looking for that weakness in an enclosure. They hopped along happily and enjoyed a bigger area to explore. Do rabbits and chickens get along? I was thinking we could let them have some free time in the run each day to stretch their legs

 

[chickflick]

My chickens and 2 rabbits share a run. Just have to watch them rabbits digging to China!! When we have the chickens free range, I just close the coop pop door and open up the doors to the coop and all is good. Rabbits get to run and play instead of being stuck in a hutch all day.

 

[robyn8]

My chickens and 2 rabbits share a run. Just have to watch them rabbits digging to China!! When we have the chickens free range, I just close the coop pop door and open up the doors to the coop and all is good. Rabbits get to run and play instead of being stuck in a hutch all day.

That's a very interesting idea.

 

[RaZ]

It's a coupe. Not a coop.

 

[RaZ]

I officially hate chickens. Four hens are broody.

 

[1muttsfan]

Than goodness I have only one. She is 5 and has never been Broody before

 

[RaZ]

Than goodness I have only one. She is 5 and has never been Broody before

I hear there is a picnic in a week. Maybe some enabling person will have some fertile eggs.

 

[RaZ]

I looked at 2 houses today. The first I could hear a peacock from 1 house.
The second had a wild turkey in the yard when I pulled in and it has a coop and run. Rough shape but it's chicken friendly

 

[Folly's place]

Good luck RAZ! Move west! Webberville/ Perry area, for example. Chickenstock is coming very soon! Mary