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hey folks:

Went to put the choolks to bed and three are missing, junior alpha roo and my last two adult girls...set the pooch loose and have been searching for feather .....non found yet and that is a positive.......'

the three awol birds went into the second coop...all are safe......geez what a fire drill???
 
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chxmama said:
Can't discharge firearms in the township. Wouldn't be safe either considering the placement of the coop and the neighbors behind us, beside us, etc. We're too close to people/buildings. Police have already been called out for the boys stalking squirrel with their beebee guns.
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What exactly is fox proof? What do I need to concentrate on? Dh is tired of me reading/researching and coming up with more ways to try and "proof" the coops. He thinks what we have is ready for the predators we have. I get nervous b/c I'm the one spending more time raising the chickens and don't want to lose them after so much work. So, is it fox proof or not . . . that's a hard question and depends who you ask maybe?
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CH:

All opinions are my two cents....Foxs can jump 6' fence, they also can dig quit efficiently... I have lost alot of birds to foxes(aka, the poster child) if you have concerns, buy a box of #2 shot...its only effective on small game out around 35yds......can't hurt anything beyond that and you are absolutely aloud to protect your pets regardless of other regs,,,
 
stake said:
hey folks:

Went to put the choolks to bed and three are missing, junior alpha roo and my last two adult girls...set the pooch loose and have been searching for feather .....non found yet and that is a positive.......'

the three awol birds went into the second coop...all are safe......geez what a fire drill???
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Glad they were just coop shopping! LOL

We spent over an hour desperately searching for a missing 6 week old pullet one evening. Finally giving up we went back into the coop to finish locking up and found her....perched up in the rafters on a wire which had sagged a bit and created a perfect little swing for her! Now first place we look for missing youngsters is up in the rafters, thankfully the adult birds don't try to get up there!
 
chxmama said:
I was wrong about not having welded wire under the tarp. There is welded wire 4' up the sides underneath the tarp, just none on the very top curved section. The tarp covers just a bit over half the coop including the welded wire portion and cattle panel section w/o welded wire at the arched top.

Do you think I need hardware cloth around the bottom 24" of the coop all around or maybe at each end where there is only welded wire or no not at all? What would be the purpose of hardware cloth if I already have cattle panels wrapped with 2x4 welded wire? (Girls do roost reliably and are not on ground at night)

Another friend suggested electric around the perimeter of the coop baited w/ a piece of chicken skin, meat, etc to draw in the fox. After a good zap on his nose, he seemed to indicate that may deter repeated attempts at entry. Any suggestion on a good inexpensive set-up that is solar or battery powered?
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I have not done this, so take this suggestion rather lightly. A small solar or battery operated fencer should work. Run the wire around the perimeter using standoffs and insulators to hold the wire away from the hoop house and a few inches above the ground. This will be your hot wire. Connect all your wire apron and the metal parts of the coop with wire (extra pieces from your wire you used to build it would work, you want one giant ground that touches the ground and also encompasses all the metal in the structure. Connect this to the ground terminal on the charger. To complete the circuit, the animal touches the hot wire while standing on the apron wire or trying to climb up the structure, either way, they are going to get quite a surprise.

Electric fences can work really well or not at all, mostly depending on getting a good ground. You don't need to pound in a grounding rod because you are making the entire structure part of the ground.
 
Hi,
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anyone got any large fowl chickens they don't want any more? I am in between flocks right now and have a huge run I need to keep the greens down in this summer. Healthy and unvaccinated, please. Older is fine, I don't need the eggs. Only one rooster, please. Within 30 driving distance of Ligonier, 15658.
Thanks, Karen
 
Right now, in my inside brooder, I have a silkie chick, roughly 8 weeks old, who's dealing with wry neck/crook neck (her neck bends straight down and head turns sideways). She wasn't like that before and I noticed it a few days ago. I've been treating her daily with selenium and vitamin E. She's still eating fine somehow but I'm hoping to start seeing some improvement soon. She looks so miserable and uncomfortable like that :/ Anyway, in that brooder, I also have a few turkey poults and a little lavender ameraucana that I took from my broody (Ana). She wasn't doing well out there and kept getting left behind and lost. Well, the little poults and especialty the little lavender have adopted this crook neck silkie as their mamma/cuddle buddy lol. I just checked on them a few minutes ago and two poults were wedged up against her and the little lavender was completely under her lol. It's so cute to see :)
 

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