post your chicken coop pictures here!

[cabinchicky]

Sylvester017, snakes, ummm 20 Guage ASAP! Especially if the viper type. I don't mind the ones we have here, pretty harmless until you step on one batefoot. Definitely makes me a girly girl when it happens, except for the language I use.

 

[gpeters3]

I have to keep the brood pens in the run for now because they have no other cover for rain but the heat lamps can go any time. I may work on that tomorrow and put up an extra red lamp in the coop and re-set the timer.

I want them fully trained to use the roost before i integrate them with the hens. I made two identical roosts, one for the run and one in the coop so, once they figure it out, they will use the one in the coop and i hope to remove the one in the run eventually because i want them to roost in the coop and seek shelter there as well.

I know im procrastinating but ive had several young birds killed by older ones so im making sure they can escape. I have all the corners chamfered so they cant be cornered and, initially, ill leave the brood pens with their tunnels for a while after i integrate them.

Ill probably take out the old pen when i remove the lamps to encourage them to use the roost. Its kind of nice having 3 feeder sets though. Ill probably miss the convenience.

 

[bigmrg74]

It is not that is is super dry, it is rocky and does drain well....that being said the fence was fully tested...

So did you have someone hold your beer while you touched the fence??

 

[tjparker60]

My coop under construction

 

[mobius]

So did you have someone hold your beer while you touched the fence??

I don't get why this electric fence thing has gotten people so riled...I was just trying to share something that worked for me and I thought it made a pretty good story and might help folks keep from losing chickens. I have gotten more backlash from people after I went to a lot of trouble to post it. I should just delete the entire thing...

 

[Latestarter]

I don't know, I haven't read anything that seemed negative or derogatory... There have been questions... Most folks (including myself) haven't heard of an electric fence that didn't require insulators or ground rods and the like... It's all good.

Actually, kinda glad you introduced something I hadn't heard of...

 

[Latestarter]

My coop under construction

Now THAT is gonna be one heckofa chicken mansion! Lookin' great so far! Heck, if I was still married, I'd put the in-laws up in it...

 

[edmick]

My coop under construction

wow! Thats is insane!

 

[FarmerPhronc]

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Originally Posted by FarmerPhronc

LOL! It's not the bear, it's the fox, skunk, raccoon, coyote, and that's just a few of the 4 legged ones, here you best put something over the top of your run to keep out hawks, eagles and owls as well.


Well, bear season is officially here in our city neighborhood. A cub was caught strolling down a neighborhood street and animal control had to catch and relocate it today! We're in the city but there is a large mountain range behind us that brings all these critters down to look for food -- having secure walls, fences, and coops is a "must" for us city dwellers. If the range catches fire as it usually does every year, we'll have coyotes, deer, raptors, snakes, skunks, raccoons, etc, settling in our neighborhoods and making themselves at home wherever they can conveniently break in!

An over view of where I live. Couldn't possibly be any predators hiding about.

Lived here for a year, haven't heard about any bears being around. Have most other predators about though. We have deer in our yard from time to time, I've never considered them a predator to my hens, only to the garden.

 

[tjparker60]

Thank you! A small area will be a work/storage space where I'll keep their food and supplies!