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[sdm111]

Thanks for pointing out u just can't throw these games together even hens does make for some unintended excitement though. Would also like to say that hens can get along if brought up together but when they go broody it can be like they never seen each other.
Sorry for your loss shubin at least u know he wasn't dunghill. If that other ones got problems eating make u some slurry with starter and some water with vitamins and electrolytes. Sit the bowl on the counter and dip his beak in if he can't see do the same with vitamin and electrolyte water he'll be back in no time.

 

[centrarchid]

Wow thats a good idea... I try to use painters tarp, but it requires too much rope/tie downs etc. Be careful the winds dont pick up the pens and tumble them down your yard... This is what happens to my pens when there is too much wind resistance (the wind usually the roof picks up like a sail and throws them around...) This happened last week after after crazy wind gusts hit my yard... Brand new coop just 2 days old, flew up the hill, traveling about 100ft and hit my house... WAS NOW -- Destroyed the roof, broke welds and bent metal. The winds also destroyed my kids new Xmas trampoline which took out a portion of my chain link. AND to make things worse .... one side of my avairy got destroyed... which let out my older hatch.. I discovered this scene when I got home from work.... (they were actually laying on top of eachother not moving, but I moved them out a bit when I checked to see if they were alive...) The straight comb survived (barely) but the pea comb succumbed to his injuries overnight and passed away. So I HATE the wind... dont know if your wind gets that bad tho...

Wind for me is also a concern. I do not understand how the birds get killed by the cages tumbling but they do. I set my wind breaks so they break away when winds get really bad.

 

[sdm111]

The way mine are staked I am pretty confident they aren't going anywhere. Especially right now they would just rip off not by design though by age. And we don't get too bad of winds unless a hurricane came through.

 

[centrarchid]

When winds >35 mph come out of the south by southwest, wind speeds around my property can exceed 50 mph. Stakes could resist that but then pens would be bent over. Stakes are seldom use now as that also makes the frequent moves much more laborious.


laborious is a big where worth a bonus in my chicken count putting me up around 3.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Laborious = 5 total chickens

 

[sdm111]

New record last night 18 that's real cold for here

 

[maranfarmer563]

Usually when we get real cold we don't have the wind. Below O last night,that's why I have to move all birds into the barn for the winter. Hopefully it won't stay real cold to long.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Yep 18 seems awfully cold for that far south.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Usually when we get real cold we don't have the wind. Below O last night,that's why I have to move all birds into the barn for the winter. Hopefully it won't stay real cold to long.

how do you have your games set up in the barn?

 

[roosterhavoc]

Usually when we get real cold we don't have the wind. Below O last night,that's why I have to move all birds into the barn for the winter. Hopefully it won't stay real cold to long.

do you have games set up in the barn? How do you keep them separated? Sorry for the similar post computer is acting funny