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[Okla-doodle-doo]

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You obviously need more chickens to keep you occupied! Lol

 

[Okla-doodle-doo]

P&B are you feeling better after going to the doctor? Sounds like that was a nasty bug you got!

 

[NanaKat]

Speaking of skunks...we have seen an inordinate number of skunks around Meeker...even in the early evening.

Besides getting our dogs/cat vaccinated, we have to protect the chickens from skunks, coyotes and other maurading varmits. Every evening the chickens are closed into the hen house which is a 12 by 14 foot room enclosed in the corner of the barn. The tin walls are good protection.

Hubby and his brother welded my chicken run from 2 inch pipe and 2 x 4 inch space wire panels. The run is 50 feet long and 8 feet wide running the length of the barn. It has a sloped roof from the same wire to keep out hawks. Around the bottom we have reinforced the outside edge with landscape timbers to keep predators from digging under the bottom pipe. Since the run is on the south side of the barn, we attached shade cloth over sections of the roof to provide shade in the heat of the day. The hens and roos love to run sprints the full length.

What strategies have any of you used to keep out skunks? What about possoms?

 

[poultryand bees]

Okla-doodle I am still coughing and slept most of the afternoon, so hopefully this will get resolved soon. My asthma, which normally isn't much of a problem, decided to get in on the equation - big time. Thanks for asking.

 

[banjoejoe4783]

POCO- my lite susexs are verry calm birds but the coronations are even calmer they are the calmest breed i have

LYNN- sorry that my friends in AR got the new haps i tryd to let you know they where going and that i would get you in touch with them but i gusse you did not see my post but i gusse it is to late now

OKLA- i got 7 baby pigons now some pure and some mixes

 

[donnie]

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They will stay that way coral they are a very docile breed too docile they will begin to get in your way when your walking

 

[Okla-doodle-doo]

Great Joe! You will be over run with pigeons before long. Mine are doing good too. Lost one big baby today tho. It was a mondain,one of my big breeds. Don't really know why it died unless it chilled,but it really wasn't that cold I didn't think. I sold some of my pouters at the sale today,they didn't do very well. But I made up for it with baby rabbits,they were only five weeks old and brought $10 each! Seven of them!

 

[donnie]

I ve been wondering about getting pigeons and rabbits , of course the birds would be too look at and fly around horse barn but the rabbits would be for meat and suggestions

 

[Greybear23]

Hey Joe, thats OK I have like a dozen baby Icelandics anyways!!! Thanks for the offer though!!! Lynn

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[donnie]

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Hey lynn would you be interrested in swapping a couple of those icelandics for a couple games ?