Utah!

[writermom]

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Nothing down in Utah County as far as I know, but the Tour de Coops is expanding into the South Valley this year. It's been limited to the downtown/U of U/Sugar House area for the past couple years, but now they are looking for coops to tour that are south of 2700 South, too. There are two tours this year: Downtown and South Valley. They want a good range of coop types, from fancy coops to not-fancy-but-practical coops, and they like it when homes have other things to offer, such as xeric landscaping, gardens, composting, etc.

If anyone here wants to share their coops/ideas with other backyard chicken aficionados (and gather ideas from them, as well), fill out an online application and get tour info at http://wasatchgardens.org/node/468. The tour is scheduled for June 18 from 10am to 2pm.

 

[muttly]

Hey Roller, I'm always surprised at the places you'll see coyotes, those wily buggers will go anywhere! While they don't climb they will dig. Before we covered our run and added some electric fencing we had a fox that was very bold. He was jumping onto the roof of the coop ( over 7 feet ) then climbing onto the roof of the barn and this had probably been going on for sometime, the only way we found out about this mid-night visitor was some fresh snow. The fox was very thorough investigating every vent, door, window, nook and cranny! All your local predator's know you have tasty chicken and they will always come by and check to see if they can get one. plan for the worst hope for the best cause everything loves chicken!

 

[writermom]

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As others have said, lots of raptors around here on the east bench of Cottonwood Heights. Rats are a nuisance, too. When I worked at the aviary in Liberty Park, we had a bad run with a large male bobcat - he ate lots of our birds over the course of several weeks before we finally managed to trap him and have him relocated. The wildlife officials were stunned that a bobcat was in Liberty Park. They expected it to be a fox, but bobcat never crossed their minds. You just never know what's going to venture down from the mountain looking for food.

 

[Happy Valley Farms]

The most common complaint are neighbors' dogs. I've heard of mink eating the heads off of chickens in Utah. Guess there used to be a bunch of mink farms around. I heard one lady tell how a hawk snagged her pet white leghorn right out of a tree up in Sugarhouse, Utah. I sell mobile chicken coops in Lindon, Utah. They let your chickens free range while protected. Chickencoops.biz

 

[the-bird-man]

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hey cody!!! this is brad. everyone this is cody, the guy i got my girls from

cody. happy you can join us and share your wealth of knowledge

 

[Happy Valley Farms]

Thanks Brad... How are they doing now? Did you get your chicken tractors built yet?

 

[Happy Valley Farms]

Apparently I have to make 10 posts on BYC before I can add a link to my website on my profile page. I apologize for the annoyance. I'll put a link on each of the posts to websites that I enjoy so the posts aren't a total waste of your time.

Thanks,

Cody
http://www.plamondon.com/faq_deep_litter.html

 

[Happy Valley Farms]

And another... This book was written over 100 years ago... http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13254/13254-h/13254-h.htm

 

[Happy Valley Farms]

Every wanted to grow potatoes in a bucket? Now you know how - http://livingthefrugallife.blogspot.com/2010/05/potatoes-in-buckets-20-finally.html

 

[Happy Valley Farms]

This lady sells French Black Copper Maran's - She's nice... I've talked with her quite a bit... http://snakeriverperformancehorses.com/poultry.html