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[junkman56]

my chicks are still in the brooder, this is there third week, I plan on introducing them to the coop in a few more weeks. once they have all there feathers. boy are they growing fast

 

[lovechicks1293]

my chicks are still in the brooder, this is there third week, I plan on introducing them to the coop in a few more weeks. once they have all there feathers. boy are they growing fast

Awww i love baby chicks!

 

[TJordan]

So very sorry TJ! You have had the WORST problem with coops the last year or two! It wouldn't have happened to me because I won't buy particle/flake board in any form for any purpose and you now know ONE reason why. 

I know right. I've almost got the new one built. Now I have to remove the walls and move it over about 6'

. We decided (well hubby did) that he wants the birds away from the back fence. Says to many chances of coons. Sooooooooo..... I will be moving the almost complete coop over. Like 6' will make a difference.

 

[TJordan]

So sorry about the build! You all worked very hard! I got so tired of protecting a little OSB flake board coop with tarps and canopies over it that we saved and invested in a tall sturdy easy-to-assemble (or disassemble) Chicken Condos Barn Coop -- they now have an all-plastic Urban Coop that's weather-resistant and easy to clean too -- altho I would add more ventilation to that one. Lots of neat options to customize. We got the wheel pkg and moved our barn coop all around the yard during house/yard remodeling and eventually built a covered patio over it. Hope you find a solution soon. I once looked into TuffShed's only available chicken coop because they will assemble it on the property but it had OSB walls and wasn't mobile and we needed to move our coop around the yard. http://www.chickencondos.com/

A tight budget doesn't allow for a store bought one. We are using salvaged wood for the frame and just buying the plywood. Wish I could get one of those tuff barns

 

[TJordan]

Haven't heard from you in a while Good luck

Thanks. Great to be back. One of my point of lays gave me 3 eggs in the last 4 days!!! My first green eggs.

Now those other freeloaders need to start up

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

I have a hen that's going to be going also if she dosnt start laying hard shelled eggs. She eats the same stuff as everyone else. We have two green layers glad you got some eggs how is the rain is it still raining down there all the time,

 

[MeepBeep]

Like 6' will make a difference.

When it comes to a free chicken buffet, walking 6' more isn't going to deter any coon or for that matter any hungry predator in reality... The only real thing moving it away from a 'forest line' is that it could make it more visible for you to see the attack if you happen to be watching, and give some animals a minor delay due to lose of cover on approach, but they will soon get over that fear and approach regardless...

Coons in most areas are quite urbanized, and almost all 'scare' or 'inconvenience' tactics to deter them will fail...

I know some people insist things like motion lights help, well just last week a pair of coons was going in and out of my garage tripping the garage door light, the light going on and off didn't phase them one bit they just carried on as if nothing changed...

 

[TJordan]

When it comes to a free chicken buffet, walking 6' more isn't going to deter any coon or for that matter any hungry predator in reality... The only real thing moving it away from a 'forest line' is that it could make it more visible for you to see the attack if you happen to be watching, and give some animals a minor delay due to lose of cover on approach, but they will soon get over that fear and approach regardless...

Coons in most areas are quite urbanized, and almost all 'scare' or 'inconvenience' tactics to deter them will fail...

I know some people insist things like motion lights help, well just last week a pair of coons was going in and out of my garage tripping the garage door light, the light going on and off didn't phase them one bit they just carried on as if nothing changed...

The 6' will allow the dog to roam around the perimeter. I guess that's what he's thinking.

 

[Sylvester017]

My roosters start crowing and by proxy my hens start stirring between 2am and 3am just waiting for enough light to get going for the day and honestly it's perfectly normal for chickens to be awake and ready to go 2-3 hours before sunrise... Same with many wild birds in my area, about 3am the songs start coming from the trees...

Song birds are ok during the early morning but my DD has Mocking Birds that twitter loudly in the trees all night long all through the night every day of the week that I never get any sleep at her house. I'll take my quiet chickens over any song bird any day of the week

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[Sylvester017]

A tight budget doesn't allow for a store bought one. We are using salvaged wood for the frame and just buying the plywood.

Wish I could get one of those tuff barns

Yep, budgets have to be followed. That's why it took us 5 yrs to save for our final coop and to protect the coop investment we made sure it had a spot under a patio roof to ensure its longevity. I got tired of making modifications and additions to the old little coop but we're finding even with the new coop we still have to change little things here and there. Coops are like people houses -- never done!