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[TexasSam]

@TexasSam I like it! But don't have the patience for that much fitting or cutting! Don't forget to leave a clean out chute.

Did you buy plans to get all the angles right or wing it?

Every triangle is the same size and every 2x4 is the exact same. The best part about it is the wind can blow hard as it wants and no problem

 

[TexasSam]

I can see the perfect door for that coop buy a copper Texas star or custom make it to fit that opening with a Hardware cloth backing. That would look awesome and make the neighbors jealous(well if they are native).

That would make a good door

 

[TexasLisa]

Guys, be on the lookout for your fall predators. I walked into the coop yesterday morning and found this:

When I found her she was still alive.



Here is the predator:



Both have been disposed of by me.

 

[TexasSam]

Guys, be on the lookout for your fall predators. I walked into the coop yesterday morning and found this:

When I found her she was still alive.

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Here is the predator:

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Both have been disposed of by me.

Dirty little bastard did you play wack a mole with him

 

[RUNuts]

@TexasSam is that Bozo in the mushroom cloud? I haven't seen Bozo the clown in years! Where did you find that picture?

 

[TexasSam]

@TexasSam is that Bozo in the mushroom cloud? I haven't seen Bozo the clown in years! Where did you find that picture?

I found it a little while ago on google images

 

[TexasLisa]

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Dirty little bastard did you play wack a mole with him

Possum is dead dead dead!

My flock has been traumatized. Between the possum killing the hen and me killing the possum in the coop, they do not want to go back in. Last night my husband and I had to herd them in. Today I didn't let them out of the pen. I am hoping to shovel out the old shavings and put down new tomorrow. Hopefully that will help.

 

[AllenK RGV]

Possum is dead dead dead!

My flock has been traumatized. Between the possum killing the hen and me killing the possum in the coop, they do not want to go back in. Last night my husband and I had to herd them in. Today I didn't let them out of the pen. I am hoping to shovel out the old shavings and put down new tomorrow. Hopefully that will help.

I am fortunate my 10 year old cat has killed and brought me the treasures 3 juvenile possums, 2 full size rabbits and left them for dead in one of my sheds where I leave a window open for that punk. Nothing settles the stomach like a dead rotting rabbit corpse covered in maggots on the end of a shovel. My point is I am hoping that my cat has sent a clear message to possum mama that this property isn't a suitable home. Plus there is hardware cloth to take care of the rest. So sorry for your loss.

 

[AllenK RGV]

Y'all in North Texas missing your Red Tailed hawks? Please feel free to take em back. We have a few too many of them here. I had compiled this list for anther thread but thought you guys might enjoy the fact your hawks come bug the nice folks in Deep South Texas. Here is the list of the nations garbage predators that get dumped on us every winter:

Symbols used:
R – resident, M – migrant, W – winter, S – summer, V – visitor; might appear at any time of the year but is not usually present at the site, X – rare; very few records, F – fly-over; not usually seen perched

Acciptridae Kites, Eagles, and Hawks:
Osprey Pandion haliaetus MW (thankfully this one is a fish eater)
Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus MFX
White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus R
Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis MF
Northern Harrier Circus cyanea MW
Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus MW
Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperi MW
Harris's Hawk Parabuteo uncinatus R
Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus MW
Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus M
Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni M
White-tailed Hawk Buteo albicaudatus V
Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis MW

Falconidae Falcons & Caracaras:
Crested Caracara Caracara plancus V
American Kestrel Falco sparverius MW
Merlin Falco columbarius MW
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus MW

 

[TexasSam]

Possum is dead dead dead!

My flock has been traumatized. Between the possum killing the hen and me killing the possum in the coop, they do not want to go back in. Last night my husband and I had to herd them in. Today I didn't let them out of the pen. I am hoping to shovel out the old shavings and put down new tomorrow. Hopefully that will help.

I shot one the other day with a air rifle he was sniffing around my Ameraucana coop