Stella's Social Club

[Happy Chooks]

I have no words for this except one slice left.

I might have to make that!

 

[Happy Chooks]

 


Sounds like Kelly is ready for Stella's Place, the memory division!    (me too)

Plenty of company in there!    

Oh, aren't you two funny.

 

[Happy Chooks]

The horse farm where I've worked as office manager for the last 22 years has recently been put up for sale.  It's listed with Christie's, and locally, and they seem to be marketing it as an estate rather than a farm.  The main house is really spectacular and everything in the house is included.  I thought you guys might be interested in seeing it.

http://www.houlihanlawrence.com/property/44068319/

Yeah, but where is the chicken coop? I wouldn't want to clean 18,000 square feet. If I had that much money, I suppose I wouldn't have to.

Amazingly beautiful. Does this mean you are out of a job?

 

[The Sheriff]

We have a raccoon problem. They have been banging around at night over by the coop and Michael saw one running away from the coop in the daylight. Michael saw their eyes in the dark last night when he drove in the driveway.

I think the coop is as safe as it can be. I have two different locks on the door and one is up high. The windows are covered with hardware cloth and the windows are closed at night. The ventilation is up near the roof and it should be adequate for seven hens. The floor is thick plywood and the walls are siding. The run is non-climb horse fencing with 18 inches of hardware cloth around the bottom. The top is covered by flight netting stapled to the wood fence every 2 inches. We have a heavy duty automatic pop door with no place for them to get their fingers in and pry it open.

I think we have done all we can do.

 

[drumstick diva]

Mary they will bite and claw through your flight netting - it's the weakest link !!

 

[rancher hicks]

We have a raccoon problem. They have been banging around at night over by the coop and Michael saw one running away from the coop in the daylight. Michael saw their eyes in the dark last night when he drove in the driveway.

I think the coop is as safe as it can be. I have two different locks on the door and one is up high. The windows are covered with hardware cloth and the windows are closed at night. The ventilation is up near the roof and it should be adequate for seven hens. The floor is thick plywood and the walls are siding. The run is non-climb horse fencing with 18 inches of hardware cloth around the bottom. The top is covered by flight netting stapled to the wood fence every 2 inches. We have a heavy duty automatic pop door with no place for them to get their fingers in and pry it open.

I think we have done all we can do.

My only coon attack was through the soffit on the back side of the wooden coop. I never thought a coon could climb up there but it did. That was when I first got chickens. I've since closed it up with hardware cloth.



Now this is the room off the back of the house where I housed my first 25 birds and the soffit here is open still. I'd never considered anything getting in, but I have had a squirrel and bird get in that room. Now it's filled with junk from my kids. You can barely move to get to that door. I've also mowed that grass too. My SIL just let it grow while we were in TX last May/June. You'd have thought he'd have at least mowed it so the kids would play on the swings, but he didn't. Took me days to mow everything. I was not happy. I just don't get people sometimes.

 

[jerrey]

So very sorry. Being a caregiver is very difficult even for someone without a high stress job. Sending love and prayers for everyone.

Stella I have not posted much but I read this a lot God is always there I pray for you and your family GOD BLESS

 

[Happy Chooks]

We have a raccoon problem. They have been banging around at night over by the coop and Michael saw one running away from the coop in the daylight. Michael saw their eyes in the dark last night when he drove in the driveway.

I think the coop is as safe as it can be. I have two different locks on the door and one is up high. The windows are covered with hardware cloth and the windows are closed at night. The ventilation is up near the roof and it should be adequate for seven hens. The floor is thick plywood and the walls are siding. The run is non-climb horse fencing with 18 inches of hardware cloth around the bottom. The top is covered by flight netting stapled to the wood fence every 2 inches. We have a heavy duty automatic pop door with no place for them to get their fingers in and pry it open. 

I think we have done all we can do. 

The ventilation holes are covered with hardware cloth, correct?

 

[robhuncor]

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There is a coop, within sight of the main house! I got them started with chickens about 15 years ago. One year I even set up my incubators, in the office conference room, no less, and hatched out a bunch of barnyard mixes - and some ducks - for them. They have a live-in couple that does all the cleaning, cooking and serving at meals. I will be out of a job eventually but I think it will be a long time before it sells. The farm work goes on - there are still over 100 mares and young stock on the place. The 6 stallions were moved off last year and that cut back on my work so I've been part time since then. Foaling season starts in January and then it gets busy.

 

[robhuncor]

We have a raccoon problem. They have been banging around at night over by the coop and Michael saw one running away from the coop in the daylight. Michael saw their eyes in the dark last night when he drove in the driveway.

I think the coop is as safe as it can be. I have two different locks on the door and one is up high. The windows are covered with hardware cloth and the windows are closed at night. The ventilation is up near the roof and it should be adequate for seven hens. The floor is thick plywood and the walls are siding. The run is non-climb horse fencing with 18 inches of hardware cloth around the bottom. The top is covered by flight netting stapled to the wood fence every 2 inches. We have a heavy duty automatic pop door with no place for them to get their fingers in and pry it open.

I think we have done all we can do.

Diva's right about the netting. Do you have a Hav-a-hart trap?