New member in Arkansas

[rdhensley1]

Hi all! My name is Randy and my wife's is Kathleen. We start on building our first coop this week. We plan on making a chicken moat around the garden to help with pests.
We live in the national forest north of Clarksville Arkansas and about 4 miles south of Oark.
Glad for the invitation.

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi, Randy and welcome to BYC - great that you have joined us.

You'll find lots of info in the Learning Centre - https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center and if you have a specific topic in mind, just type it in the search box - there's a wealth of information on past and present threads.

You may wish to consider joining your state thread as it will put you in touch with other BYC members in your area - https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/26/where-am-i-where-are-you

All the best
CT

 

[drumstick diva]

Nice to meet you. Hope you will enjoy Backyard chickens as much as we do.

 

[redsoxs]

Greetings from Kansas, Randy and Kathleen, and

! Pleased you joined our flock! Best of luck with your coop construction and future flock!

 

[N F C]

Hi Randy, it's nice to have you here. Good luck with your coop build!

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

Welcome to BYC, Randy and Kathleen! Thanks for joining us!

 

[Teila]

G’Day from down under Randy & Kathleen

Welcome!

Hhhhm, a chicken moat .. I would love to hear more about that concept and some pictures.

Good luck with the build and best wishes to you and your flock when they arrive.

I hope you enjoy being a BYC member. There are lots of friendly and very helpful folks here so not only is it overflowing with useful information it is also a great place to make friends and have some fun. Unlike non chicken loving friends, family and colleagues, BYC’ers never tire of stories or pictures that feature our feathered and non feathered friends

 

[rdhensley1]

Chicken Moats- We saw this in Mother Earth news decades ago. Its basically a chicken run extension that goes around your garden to intercept some of the bugs headed for the goodies. It can be a small tunnel you can step over to a six foot tall by three feet wide run. In deer country this keeps them from jumping in to graze. Can't wait to try it. I've seen several and the people said that they helped quite a bit. Google chicken moat to see all the variations in use.

 

[Teila]

Chicken Moats- We saw this in Mother Earth news decades ago. Its basically a chicken run extension that goes around your garden to intercept some of the bugs headed for the goodies. It can be a small tunnel you can step over to a six foot tall by three feet wide run. In deer country this keeps them from jumping in to graze. Can't wait to try it. I've seen several and the people said that they helped quite a bit. Google chicken moat to see all the variations in use.

Ah, OK, thanks! That was the first time I had heard of a chicken moat and to be honest, I thought it was something to protect the chickens from the pests or predators … pictured a moat, with or without crocodiles

Looking forward to hearing how yours goes and some pictures if you are able.

Thanks again and best wishes.