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Well after 2 weeks of brooding and 4 weeks of molting, Foghorn finally laid an egg and that means I won't have to murder her skinny rear end.
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Sep 15, 2021 23:13
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Just flip that crock pot over and motion her inside
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Sep 16, 2021 20:51
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 Could only get a pic of her leaving, but Karen keeps walking in the drat house like she owns the joint.
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Sep 25, 2021 14:41
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Karen decided to join me for breakfast This was taken immediately before I had to shoo her away from her fried child
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Sep 28, 2021 13:58
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I think Karen has either gotten out or was taken, I can't find her in the backyard and there's no sign of her in my cameras after 11:30am The other two are huddled together, not sure if that's an indication of a predator or not. Mustache Ride fucked around with this message at 23:16 on Sep 30, 2021 |
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Sep 30, 2021 23:13
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Neighbor found her dead in his yard. Bye Karen. 
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Oct 1, 2021 00:12
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Rain past couple of days opened a hole in our fence, and it's possible one of his dogs cornered her. Can't see any bite marks and no blood though. Not really sure what happened honestly
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Oct 1, 2021 00:41
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A buddy of mine offered me 2 of his toddlers to replace Karen. Brought them home today. I'm worried one of these cheep cheeps might be a rooster. Thinking of Orange and Popcorn on the names. Foghorn and Sandwich were not impressed with the new cheep cheeps
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Oct 3, 2021 17:59
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Nettle Soup posted:The back gate got left open without my knowing, and the dog got out the back. Down one chicken and another injured I feel you dude, hope your injured bird makes it.
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Oct 11, 2021 15:39
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Way to go cheep cheep
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Oct 13, 2021 13:37
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So much chicken poo poo on the sweaters
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Oct 16, 2021 20:15
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Sorry to hear that dude Poor little chickens
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Oct 20, 2021 21:03
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Got all my cameras and auto-gate working again.   Feels good to be able to watch the ladies again after everything has been down for more than a month.
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Oct 23, 2021 23:38
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Thanks, I guess I haven't posted the coop in any detail in this thread, cause I didn't know it existed when I built it, but basically the house is on a hill, and the backdoor opens up to 7 feet above ground. They built a deck and a staircase down to the yard, but left it open. I had decided to enclose below the deck when I bought the house to use it at covered storage, and figured I could make the useless space under the stairs as a chicken coop. We fenced in the gap level with the staircase and built a door. Later on I added a linear actuator I got off of Amazon and an 8 pole relay hooked up to a smart wifi switch so it auto opens 20min before and closes 20min after sunrise.  I also chopped up that red nesting box and inset it into the door between the shed and the roost under the stairs because of a lack of space. I was originally worried about the smell in the house if I left the backdoor open because the coop is so close, but I actually can't smell anything, and with the way my backyard is a hill I'm not sure any other coop location would have worked. I really like this setup and it's easy to clean out both coop and roost without too much bending over in chicken poo poo with the big doors.
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Oct 24, 2021 15:00
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"Also here to eat any eggs"
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Oct 26, 2021 12:43
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Weird rear end poultry just standing in the rain And the little cheep cheeps are staying dry.  Chickens don't make any sense.
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Nov 3, 2021 17:41
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 Popcorn and TBD (named because we haven't determined it's not a rooster) are getting bigger, but staying skinny since they get chased by the puppy.  Sandwich is fat and when the puppy pounces on her she goes into the receiving position.
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Nov 10, 2021 22:39
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Something like this? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L2OMAP6/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_navT_g_WZM5CSYZYRAE770QEJTZ
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Nov 24, 2021 20:54
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This might work https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Y4T1K91/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_navT_g_7ZXJJFP9MH8V2WX6QTA7
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Nov 24, 2021 22:22
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So I'm preparing the house for winter (what I live in Texas, this is the first morning it's been less than 40F), has anyone used a chicken water heater like this? I'm probably going to hook it up to a homebrew temperature controller plug and just leave it in the homer bucket over the winter, I'm just hoping the nipples won't freeze like they did last February.
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Nov 29, 2021 17:00
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Yeah something like this? https://www.amazon.com/Inkbird-Max-1200W-Temperature-Controller-Greenhouse/dp/B01HXM5UAC/. Cool, thats what I was thinking of.
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Nov 29, 2021 18:28
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Sorry to hear about your chickens dude. I agree about eating the predator.
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Dec 2, 2021 18:47
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Hello leghorns
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Dec 23, 2021 23:09
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 My chickens refuse to leave the run despite the door open to the frozen backyard.
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Feb 4, 2022 19:26
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It's official, TBD is a hen. Renaming her to GTC (General Tso's Chicken). Closeup of the green egg.  Anybody have any ham?
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Feb 12, 2022 01:28
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Here's what I got: Grandpa's Feeder Homer bucket and Chicken Nipples I bought a linear actuator and hooked it up to a smart plug to open and close the coop door, but it's rather complicated. Happy to go into more detail if you want.
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Feb 20, 2022 00:38
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PerniciousKnid posted:I'd be curious to know more, but smart plug sounds like it's connected to grid, which I probably can't do in my yard. Yep it's on grid. I ran an extension cable off a gci plug in Weatherproof outdoor plug box out to the coop. I also put WiFi cameras out there to watch the run gate and nesting boxes.   Basically I bought a 12v linear actuator, 2x120v to 12v power supplies a 8pin 12v relay, and a smart plug. I put it all in a weatherproof box. Smart plug is set to voice commands "Hey Google open|close the chicken coop" and also will open at sunup and 30min after sundown. One 12v power provides power to the actuator (with reverse polarity on another pair of pins to close) and another acts as the trigger. It's very complicated and if I designed the coop again I'd get one if the slider things like Joburg mentioned instead of an opening door, but it works pretty good for the coop design I have. Mustache Ride fucked around with this message at 02:01 on Feb 20, 2022 |
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Feb 20, 2022 01:57
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General Tso did not like being picked up
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Mar 1, 2022 22:40
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Poor chook. Sorry dude, sometimes this poo poo happens. Probably got scared somehow.
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Mar 13, 2022 13:22
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A lot of news about the new bird flu today in the north east, y'all be careful with your chooks.
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Apr 4, 2022 13:45
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Casserole
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Jun 3, 2022 18:40
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I'm doing construction staples (stainless staples basically) and a max of 24 inches between studs and it's working okay. Put a linear actuator on your coop door. Probably hold it stronger than a flimsy latch and if you get a smart setup it can close at sundown.
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Jun 15, 2022 11:27
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It's consistently been over 100F for the past month here in Texas. I've gotten my chickens a swamp cooler and they love it.
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Jul 16, 2022 00:04
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How hot did it get? I've been using a swamp cooler and giving them fresh water every day and they've survived up to 106 during the day (in the shade it's not that bad, of course) and it stays about 85-90 in the insulated coop at night. Everyone seems fine, I'm still getting eggs and since I installed the swamp cooler I haven't seen mouth breathing or holding their wings up. Sorry to hear about your chooks man, may they roost in peace.
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Jul 26, 2022 14:10
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Got to remember to rotate your hens
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Aug 5, 2022 01:40
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I've heard of people having success with a motion sprinkler like this if you have enough room around the coop.
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Aug 6, 2022 14:57
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Foghorn is a very angry floof this week.
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Aug 9, 2022 15:15
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That's a big angry cockatrice. The floofs summon the dragon
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Aug 10, 2022 00:26
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Looks like a Doris to me
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