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[Chicken Rustler]

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Will this one help ya out ??? It's only a 6 foot bar

 

[Rainwolf]

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Will this one help ya out ??? It's only a 6 foot bar
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Holy Smokes!

Might be a tad to big but if I can change the bar to say 2-3 feet I'd give it a try!

I really would

might even try to use the 6' bar to make a slabber

my neighbors would *love* me

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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Will this one help ya out ??? It's only a 6 foot bar
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/23104_dsc03377.jpg

Now THAT is a chainsaw.

 

[Illia]

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I still LOVE your sig.

Congrats on the wins though.

 

[cheryl98117]

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Oh good luck LaSombra, and Stephanie hen! I hope its nothing detrimental, and she can be all fixed up. I will be thinking about you today, hope all goes well!

 

[cheryl98117]

Well now that my DH's weekend is over, I can get Chloe and myself back onto our normal schedule!

I will be starting site prep for the future AM's coop. Have to trim back some branches, level the site for the coop, pull out the cement chucks, and big rocks, and clear some vegitation.

I also need to start building the frame for my pump house... Unfortunately it sits on the edge of my driveway, and it gets hit about 4-6 times per year...

My old neighbors "who lived above the garage" thought I was insane, because I always went off over people backing into our well pump... They just didn't understand that if that well cap gets damaged we could be in a world of trouble with an EXPENSIVE fix on our hands... Grrr!!!

Stupid people!!!
So now I get to rebuild before winter arives, and I also get to bury four 6" round posts 4 feet off the pump house, as a buffer/protection, from stupid people...

Ugg... I also need to figure out how to fix my existing coop... I just don't think it is big enough, "not enough roost space" and I don't believe it has enough ventilation... Might take some pictures and ask what you all think later today...

I'm also trying to figure out just how big to build the new coop for the AM's.. How high should the roosts be? I want a minimum of 5 square feet per bird, but am unsure of how much roost space I should give them. Would it really matter if the coop isnt tall? Would 4 - 5 feet tall work? "As long as the roosts are higher than the nest boxes?" I'm thinking about having an semi open front coop. 3 and 3/4 walls. This type of coop has seemed to keep my birds happier and healthy, apposed to the one fully enclosed coop that my flock is in now...

Anyways... I best get to doing something!

 

[LaSombra]

Looks like the good news is that Stephanie doesn't look to have broken bones. However, the bad news is they think she has "crooked neck" and she's very underweight. They want me to give her antibiotics and keep her isolated until she regains her strength. None of the other chicks from her batch seem to have any problems, though. I do remember losing one other welsummer chick for no apparent reason when they were little, though. Maybe there was something wrong in their incubation batch at the hatchery. I don't know.

Anyway, I put her in the isolation coop with medicated water and her own feed. She was eating and drinking right away, so that's a good sign. Maybe she'll get better after all.

 

[Illia]

Okay, I'm posting this here just a tad before CL. . . . I have 3 Araucana pullets for sale, $25 each.

Two are laying, one stopped laying just a week ago. All of them are clean faced and have color faults but will be great for simple laying hens or crossbreeding (they make amazing Olive Eggers)

 

[lacasitarojafarm]

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My husband had a Turken that was like that, underweight and she was at the bottom of the pecking order and we thought she was going to die. He brought her home and gave her antibiotics and vinegar in her water and she's gotten better BUT now she lives in our backyward and she too small to put back in the coop with the other girls! They jump on her and want to peck her to death!

 

[TheReidHomestead]

cmsdvm: Congrats on your fair wins!!!

Cackling Hen: Welcome back! Sorry to hear your son isn't doing so well.

LaSombra: Glad to hear Stephanie is doing better!

lacasitarojafarm: I don't have any now, but I do have 4 Lavender Ameraucan chicks that are a month old. Hopefully if the mix is right, I could have eggs next spring. You might try Monicas. I know she has some older ones. She's in Duvall. I think she has the Maran's too. Just not sure if they are all laying for her yet!