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CountFosco posted:
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May 2, 2016 17:45
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Faerunner posted:Nah, building a coop is easy. I managed it, and I had literally never put anything bigger than a shelf together before. It's not master carpenter quality but it's weather-proof and the chickens don't complain if the door's a little off square... Thank you for the reassurance! I'm most worried about weather-proofing, as it's windy as hell here and rained twice as much as usual this April. I'm sure El Niņo won't help this summer either. My entire backyard slopes downward so I'm scared of drowning my chickens!
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May 3, 2016 03:50
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samizdat posted:Thank you for the reassurance! I'm most worried about weather-proofing, as it's windy as hell here and rained twice as much as usual this April. I'm sure El Niņo won't help this summer either. My entire backyard slopes downward so I'm scared of drowning my chickens! Chickens are pretty impervious to temperature as long as they are out of the wind and elements, but you don't want to locate it in an area where standing water is possible. I had to rebuild my entire coop last year to make it rat proof. I don't know if that is an issue where you are, but rats absolutely can kill chickens.
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May 3, 2016 05:32
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Yeah I'm looking at elevated coops and designs that are up on posts to be safe. I'm not sure if there are rats here, but I wouldn't be surprised because there's some farm land in the area. Would a chicken have an issue if water ran down past the run area or would it figure out that it should go inside?
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May 3, 2016 14:50
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Zeta Taskforce posted:Chickens are pretty impervious to temperature as long as they are out of the wind and elements, but you don't want to locate it in an area where standing water is possible. I had to rebuild my entire coop last year to make it rat proof. I don't know if that is an issue where you are, but rats absolutely can kill chickens. What's weird is rats tunnel in and just hang out with my chickens, Templeton-style, and never so much as eat an egg. They'll enjoy some food when we feed the chickens, but there seems to be almost a camaraderie.
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May 3, 2016 15:23
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For our chicken coop we took hardware cloth and buried it around the perimeter of the coop eighteen inches deep, to prevent burrowing. Hard work, but it does give us some peace of mind in that regard.
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May 3, 2016 16:25
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CountFosco posted:For our chicken coop we took hardware cloth and buried it around the perimeter of the coop eighteen inches deep, to prevent burrowing. Hard work, but it does give us some peace of mind in that regard. I did the same thing. Like Brawnfire, rats came to snack on the chicken food, but then they discovered chicken tastes better. I couldn't plug the holes fast enough, they kept getting in. The chickens seemed fine during the day, they were safe at night where they perched, but were especially vulnerable at dawn and dusk. I rebuilt everything with half inch mesh hardware cloth, buried it around the perimeter of the run and also dug up the run and put a layer on the ground underneath, and built a double layer wall around the run. I stapled steel wool on any visible crack on coop. It wasn't cheap or easy, but it is a fortress.
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May 3, 2016 18:03
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Zeta Taskforce posted:I did the same thing. Like Brawnfire, rats came to snack on the chicken food, but then they discovered chicken tastes better. I couldn't plug the holes fast enough, they kept getting in. The chickens seemed fine during the day, they were safe at night where they perched, but were especially vulnerable at dawn and dusk. I rebuilt everything with half inch mesh hardware cloth, buried it around the perimeter of the run and also dug up the run and put a layer on the ground underneath, and built a double layer wall around the run. I stapled steel wool on any visible crack on coop. It wasn't cheap or easy, but it is a fortress. I have six chicks growing up rapidly, and have been thinking of a run improvement. I should probably work on making it more secure, just in case the rats suddenly crave meat.
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May 3, 2016 18:08
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Oh man neat, I found a guinea hen of mine that's sitting on a pile of eggs literally bigger than she is.
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May 4, 2016 16:53
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Fluffy Bunnies posted:Oh man neat, I found a guinea hen of mine that's sitting on a pile of eggs literally bigger than she is. Yesterday, we couldn't find Pewter. We went looking all over the backyard, and found her looking like a chicken pancake amongst some bushes. Underneath her? NINE EGGS. We can definitely verify hers are the pink ones now. We also had no idea where Not Crow was, and ended up figuring she was eaten or something by the time we had to close up the coop for the night. Today, she's out there pecking amidst the rest like she was never gone. Chickens are weird.
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May 4, 2016 17:09
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Hardware cloth is under mine too. Good thing since something tried to borrow into it from underneath. I can't recommend it enough.
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May 4, 2016 22:23
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Scratch that! I just happened to find a nest and she was LAYING not broody! E: They ARE all fertile though so I'm gonna take up a collection and see what happens.
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May 5, 2016 00:06
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Turns out Not Crow had a little spot behind a neighbor's fence two houses down. ELEVEN eggs.
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May 5, 2016 01:02
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turkeys peep non stop at all hours of the night they are driving me loving insane please make it stop
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May 5, 2016 14:51
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Ausrotten posted:turkeys peep non stop at all hours of the night peep
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May 5, 2016 14:57
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i'm moving them to the kennels this weekend because if they wake me up one more time im gonna snap and feed them to the dogs. i need to get a better brooder set up there anyways because im p sure guinea keets are also going to be annoyingly loud they are insanely cute and kinda sweet though so its not all bad
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May 5, 2016 15:54
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Ausrotten posted:i'm moving them to the kennels this weekend because if they wake me up one more time im gonna snap and feed them to the dogs. i need to get a better brooder set up there anyways because im p sure guinea keets are also going to be annoyingly loud One of our turkeys last year, nicknamed Whistler for obvious reasons, was the loudest most annoying bird I've ever known. Sweet jesus, it was nearly nonstop whistling and noise with her.
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May 6, 2016 03:35
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I have never had turkeys and you guys are making me happy about that. Quails on the other hand are an absolute dream as far as noise goes.
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May 6, 2016 04:07
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Lynza posted:One of our turkeys last year, nicknamed Whistler for obvious reasons, was the loudest most annoying bird I've ever known. Sweet jesus, it was nearly nonstop whistling and noise with her. that is a very appropriate name for a turkey e: one of my cochins decided to get broody it seems. boy she was loving pissed when i tried to take the eggs from her, i don't think i've ever seen her fat rear end move that fast Ausrotten fucked around with this message at 05:36 on May 6, 2016 |
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May 6, 2016 04:55
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PSWII60 posted:Quails on the other hand are an absolute dream as far as noise goes.  ) so all day and all night all i heard was koo-KREE! koo-KREE! koo-KREE! on the other hand that makes it easier for me to find them when they escape, because nothing else around here makes that noise so i just have to follow it and eventually i'll find the lost roounrelated: 
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May 6, 2016 05:49
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PSWII60 posted:I have never had turkeys and you guys are making me happy about that. Quails on the other hand are an absolute dream as far as noise goes. I loving love turkey noises. I also love the stupid rear end koo-KREE noises. Make birds make noises at me all day but the second the pig starts screaming I want to go get a knife.
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May 6, 2016 13:05
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Fluffy Bunnies posted:I loving love turkey noises. I would probably be okay with turkey noises, I'm just happy I didn't get any because I'm sure my neighbors would have a fit. I used to have for Roosters that would repeatedly crow throughout the night at a streetlamp. They had a fit about that too. I wish I'd have known long ago how much I enjoy raising poultry and farming in general. I would probably be living in a fairly different area with a fairly different lifestyle. How are guinea fowl? My roommate wants some.
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May 6, 2016 18:10
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guineas are probably not a good idea if your neighbors threw a fit about roosters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_B2lMEyBsk
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May 6, 2016 19:46
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guinea fowls are the loudest little shits in the world
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May 7, 2016 00:28
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May 7, 2016 03:32
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Zeta Taskforce posted:I did the same thing. Like Brawnfire, rats came to snack on the chicken food, but then they discovered chicken tastes better. I couldn't plug the holes fast enough, they kept getting in. The chickens seemed fine during the day, they were safe at night where they perched, but were especially vulnerable at dawn and dusk. I rebuilt everything with half inch mesh hardware cloth, buried it around the perimeter of the run and also dug up the run and put a layer on the ground underneath, and built a double layer wall around the run. I stapled steel wool on any visible crack on coop. It wasn't cheap or easy, but it is a fortress. I want to make a wood sign to hang on my coop called "Fort Clucks"
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May 7, 2016 22:35
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go away 
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May 8, 2016 04:43
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broodface is the best
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May 8, 2016 06:37
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She looks hungover.  New brood during coop renovations.  
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May 8, 2016 07:24
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Ausrotten posted:turkeys peep non stop at all hours of the night york york york york york! york york york york york! york york york york york...?
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May 9, 2016 05:26
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 Can't stop won't stop brooding
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May 9, 2016 20:28
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Brawnfire posted:
Wow look at that expression. That's some powerbrooding right there.
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May 9, 2016 21:40
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i had one tiny black australorp duckwing cross try to brood 22 eggs. she spread her wings out to try to cover them all so for a few days she was a flat plane of feathers about 14 inches wide and 2 inches deep with a furious pointy face. then our big white sussex cross hen jumped into the nesting box with her, they brooded the eggs together - they'd leave at the same time to feed and have a bath and another chook would come in and gently turn the eggs while they were gone - and although they lost most of them to ninja reptiles they ended up with six chicks, which they've raised cooperatively ever since. they sleep in the same box still and never leave each others' side. gay hens
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May 9, 2016 21:51
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   absolutely ridiculous (they were both moulting when these photos were taken so they look kind of haggard)
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May 9, 2016 21:54
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I'm not even sure pompom is setting on real eggs. in the half second i hand my hand under her before she tried to eat my eyeballs all i felt were ceramic eggs godspeed dumbass
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May 10, 2016 01:44
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Avshalom posted:i had one tiny black australorp duckwing cross try to brood 22 eggs. she spread her wings out to try to cover them all so for a few days she was a flat plane of feathers about 14 inches wide and 2 inches deep with a furious pointy face. then our big white sussex cross hen jumped into the nesting box with her, they brooded the eggs together - they'd leave at the same time to feed and have a bath and another chook would come in and gently turn the eggs while they were gone - and although they lost most of them to ninja reptiles they ended up with six chicks, which they've raised cooperatively ever since. they sleep in the same box still and never leave each others' side. gay hens I belive the term you want is "Lesbihens"  .
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May 10, 2016 06:31
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Neddy Seagoon posted:I belive the term you want is "Lesbihens"  ADORABLE lesbihens, too!
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May 10, 2016 06:45
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Neddy Seagoon posted:"Lesbihens"
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Ausrotten posted:I'm not even sure pompom is setting on real eggs. in the half second i hand my hand under her before she tried to eat my eyeballs all i felt were ceramic eggs
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