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[NanaKat]

Artificial insemination (AI) with goats is really suspect, too. A goat is easy to injure if the person doing the AI is not familiar with goat anatomy. So if you decide to go that way, make sure of the history of that breeder.

 

[mjgigax]

Here are the dog houses that I modified into "love shacks" for my breeding pens. I put air vents with shutters in the backs and the ramps have hinges and latches to close them. Don't look too close I am not a carpenter. The chickens like them, that is all that matters. I was rewarded with an egg the very first morning after they slept in them.

This is the big pen, I call it the Cochin Casbah.

 

[Buckguy20]

Mj, You have some really nice pens. Way to go!

 

[Stimpy]

Michael,

I know I've been away for awhile, but do you still have that beagle gyp?

-Keith-

 

[Buckguy20]

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Isn't that like the fifth time we have hit 5000 posts?

 

[artsyrobin]

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i want those pens!! those are fantastic!

 

[mjgigax]

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I can sometimes be found sitting in the middle of the big pen, talking to them all. I am really having fun!
Here is the whole complex, 70+ birds!

 

[artsyrobin]

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Buck! I am so sorry!! reading your post made me go out and look seriously at my banty setup- so until i get the hardware, they are screwed shut every night- plus the dog running the property at night- he was reallllllyyyy active last night, very comforting to hear him running something ragged- talked to a friend who had a cougar attack last year, the game warden said it is legal to kill a cougar if it goes after your livestock, but you have to call them and let them know so they can get samples for dna- don't think thats what got so many of mine, but it was good to know.

 

[Poco Pollo]

MJ - I love the doghouse coops. I've been thinking about something like that for my portable grow-out pens. You have a whole village of chickens!

 

[upcdayz]

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MJ - nice setup! I have seen/heard of dog houses used for chickens and have considered it myself. Your place looks tidy and kept up nicely. Do your chickens try to roost on top of their houses? That has been my concern with using the dog houses as the birds I have seem to want to roost higher than the roosts I have provided for them. The teenagers want the prime spots but the older girls won't share, and peck the younger ones away. Still worth a try though, I think, especially in the rain or wintertime. You've done a good job with the arrangements you made for your birds. Very nice!