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2/2/2025 3:15:29 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By haveTwo:
Yours leave that very thin shell from watermelons?
That was pretty much the one thing (well one part of one thing) they never seemed to eat.  Other than that we'd scrape plates into a take home box and they'd eat everything.
They really are little dinosaurs.
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Yeah, they LOVE watermelon rinds.   Like you said, they eat every bit except the thin green outermost layer.
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2/2/2025 7:53:10 AM EDT
[#2]
I use a 4 ft plastic kiddie pool, in winter just throw a tank heater in it
Originally Posted By TacticalGarand44:
Bring it. Our side has a hundred billion bullets. Your side doesn't know which bathroom to piss in.
2/2/2025 8:41:59 AM EDT
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Coop, and run I built. We have about 15 chickens now and 5 or so more on order for spring.
2/2/2025 12:41:11 PM EDT
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Yalls shit is way more refined than mine





Originally Posted By TacticalGarand44:
Bring it. Our side has a hundred billion bullets. Your side doesn't know which bathroom to piss in.
2/9/2025 10:40:42 AM EDT
[#5]
I live in the city and had such problems with predators I built a larger enclosure and don't let them free range anymore.  I PROMISE you you'll have possums, racoons, hawks and owls.  

I've shot 4 possums in my chickens and have seen foxes, hawks and owls kill them in my yard.
2/25/2025 6:48:29 PM EDT
[#6]
The snow is melting and we are averaging 2 eggs per day.  

I think this spring we will get 2 more birds, not sure what breed.

I would like an egg per day average.
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2/26/2025 8:19:04 AM EDT
[#7]
Picked up 6 this year

2 red stars, 2 cinnamon, and 2 laced...we'll see how they do
2/26/2025 9:54:31 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By staringback05:
Picked up 6 this year

2 red stars, 2 cinnamon, and 2 laced...we'll see how they do
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Nice!
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3/8/2025 4:30:38 PM EDT
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So it begins.  

Going to stain it to match the house once the wood seasons.

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3/8/2025 7:23:53 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By FZJ80:
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So it begins.  

Going to stain it to match the house once the wood seasons.

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Nice!
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3/9/2025 10:00:42 AM EDT
[#11]
Very nice coop.

We actually come out ahead, not by much but they do pay for thier feed, 7 dozen Thursday to last night.  Should get another dozen tonight. Wife takes them to work $5 a pop so that's $35 bucks and 3 weeks of feed is about $50 plus scraps.

Plus I like them
Originally Posted By TacticalGarand44:
Bring it. Our side has a hundred billion bullets. Your side doesn't know which bathroom to piss in.
3/26/2025 10:40:19 AM EDT
[#12]
Question: I have been letting the chickens roam around the backyard during the day. I need to apply a pellet weed and feed to the lawn. With rain in the forecast, how long should I keep the chickens in their run and away from the grass?
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3/28/2025 5:38:33 AM EDT
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Just looked at that, since that's a new question to me.  If they have plenty of food available, of expect them to avoid anything truly poisonous.

I'd keep them off until a good rain, or watering.  Maybe toss the eggs for a few days if you want to be really cautious?

The weed and feed my wife puts down disappears as soon as we water.
3/28/2025 7:49:25 AM EDT
[#14]
They will eat fertilizer beads/pellets. After rain if it dissolves it should be fine since they won't have anything left to eat.
Originally Posted By TacticalGarand44:
Bring it. Our side has a hundred billion bullets. Your side doesn't know which bathroom to piss in.
3/28/2025 8:20:00 AM EDT
[#15]
Chickens are easy once you are set up for them. We're getting ready to start our 3rd flock. Our last flock got whittled down from 12 to 6 from racoons, and chickens doing dumb stuff. We still get a couple eggs a day.  Might get 10 or so this spring. Have to keep them separated until the pullets get big enough that the hens won't kill them, but other than that they are pretty low maintenance.
3/28/2025 8:54:16 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By bansil:
They will eat fertilizer beads/pellets. After rain if it dissolves it should be fine since they won't have anything left to eat.
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That's what I was hoping but I didn't know if since there was a weed preventer it would stay in the grass and harm the chickens if they ate the grass.
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3/28/2025 10:15:47 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By TOTHEMAX:


That's what I was hoping but I didn't know if since there was a weed preventer it would stay in the grass and harm the chickens if they ate the grass.
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Originally Posted By bansil:
They will eat fertilizer beads/pellets. After rain if it dissolves it should be fine since they won't have anything left to eat.


That's what I was hoping but I didn't know if since there was a weed preventer it would stay in the grass and harm the chickens if they ate the grass.


Maybe look up the chemical that's the weed preventer, and how it works?  I'd imagine only the targeted weeds take it up?  In that case, wait for the weeds to die and wither, there'd be less chance of them ingesting the killed weeds?

(total guess, by the way)
4/1/2025 9:53:57 AM EDT
[#18]
Brooders:
Does anyone have a sq.ft / chick rule of thumb?
I have 50 Sasso male meat chicks on the way.
I'd intended to make some nice plywood brooder boxes, but work and life got in the way. I'm looking at throwing together a brooder using a kids play pen and foam mats on the side and floor for insulation. Math shows it will be 1/2 sq.ft  per chick. I plan to get them in to their pasture chicken tractor between 3 and 4 weeks, once they are funky feathered.

Also, thoughts on splitting the brooder down the middle and dividing the flock in half? My reason would be to make grabbing individual chicks for check-ups easier.

Heat source: I'm going to try two Brinsea hover type radiant heaters, instead of heat lamps.  Even though I always double secure my heat lamps, I'm paranoid about them.
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4/1/2025 10:57:30 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By TexCorriente:
Brooders:
Does anyone have a sq.ft / chick rule of thumb?
I have 50 Sasso male meat chicks on the way.
I'd intended to make some nice plywood brooder boxes, but work and life got in the way. I'm looking at throwing together a brooder using a kids play pen and foam mats on the side and floor for insulation. Math shows it will be 1/2 sq.ft  per chick. I plan to get them in to their pasture chicken tractor between 3 and 4 weeks, once they are funky feathered.https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/276591/1000025241-3505464.jpg

Also, thoughts on splitting the brooder down the middle and dividing the flock in half? My reason would be to make grabbing individual chicks for check-ups easier.

Heat source: I'm going to try two Brinsea hover type radiant heaters, instead of heat lamps.  Even though I always double secure my heat lamps, I'm paranoid about them.
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Not specific to chickens, but having the ability to separate is good with all kinds of animals.  What about a temporary divider you can use if need be?

Could make it so it moves, I've seen some people do that to push them all to one area for easier grabbing.  Kind of a smaller verson of the push board used to get animals through chute systems.
4/1/2025 11:33:09 AM EDT
[#20]
i got three new mini down syndrome velociraptors this weekend
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4/1/2025 2:02:41 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By haveTwo:


Not specific to chickens, but having the ability to separate is good with all kinds of animals.  What about a temporary divider you can use if need be?

Could make it so it moves, I've seen some people do that to push them all to one area for easier grabbing.  Kind of a smaller verson of the push board used to get animals through chute systems.
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Makes sense
I have some materials to make dividers, makes sense

Progress on the 20x7 tractor
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4/1/2025 4:06:08 PM EDT
[#22]
Huh, I was thinking a bit of plywood, but looks like you're going big!

Go to 10:40 for what I had in my head.  

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4/1/2025 4:20:38 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By weapons_free:
i got three new mini down syndrome velociraptors this weekend
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Sweet
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4/2/2025 4:35:51 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By haveTwo:
Huh, I was thinking a bit of plywood, but looks like you're going big!

Go to 10:40 for what I had in my head.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5jDYau03ww
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That's the plan.
I don't think the Salatin style will hold up to our livestock and feral hogs, or wind

I want to provide for all of my family and close friend's protein needs. Selling any surplus should defray some operating costs, but is not key. My cousin (ARF guy as well) and ranch hand are taking care of this tractor build.

Next up will be a 100 bird eggmobile to expand my wife's layer flock. I'll be building it in a shop I just rented, off of a hay wagon.

The 51 Sasso meat chicks arrived! Working on expanding the brooder now

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4/2/2025 4:36:58 PM EDT
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4/12/2025 10:46:34 PM EDT
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My wife's fancy chickens have picked back up some production. The leghorns didn't drop production nearly as much through the winter, but the black copper maran especially really fell back

One of the Americaunas I think throws these footballs :
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4/13/2025 8:37:10 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By TexCorriente:
My wife's fancy chickens have picked back up some production. The leghorns didn't drop production nearly as much through the winter, but the black copper maran especially really fell back

One of the Americaunas I think throws these footballs :
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That's a big egg!

We have a jumbo a few weeks ago. Double yoke
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4/23/2025 1:20:16 PM EDT
[#28]
Picked up 13 Black sex link chicks this morning.
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Some info on the breed.
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4/23/2025 10:16:06 PM EDT
[Last Edit: TexCorriente][Edited] [#29]
Now ya done it!

My meat birds need to move to their chicken tractor,  but work has me traveling everywhere and I'm late getting it done



Big dog crate I got for hauling birds:
It's 54x32x45 and heavy already
I'm adding two more floors once I use it to move the young broilers. That will give me enough room to haul all 48 to the processor once grown.


Tractor is awaiting tenants



Waterer: I'm putting together the tractor water system now. The system will have two 10' sections of PVC, each with 12+ horizontal nipples. The tank is an old Igloo coffin cooler (35 gallons i think) that's been in my way for years. I'm plumbing out of the existing drain to gravity feed the waterer pipes.

The plan is to rotate frozen milk jugs of water to provide cold water to the birds through the hottest days.

The tractor is also getting two misting fans

Edit: chicks are in their new digs

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5/16/2025 8:15:24 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By TexCorriente:
Now ya done it!

My meat birds need to move to their chicken tractor,  but work has me traveling everywhere and I'm late getting it done

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/276591/1000025654-3524567.jpg

Big dog crate I got for hauling birds:
It's 54x32x45 and heavy already
I'm adding two more floors once I use it to move the young broilers. That will give me enough room to haul all 48 to the processor once grown.

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/276591/1000025671-3524568.jpg
Tractor is awaiting tenants

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/276591/1000025674-3524569.jpg

Waterer: I'm putting together the tractor water system now. The system will have two 10' sections of PVC, each with 12+ horizontal nipples. The tank is an old Igloo coffin cooler (35 gallons i think) that's been in my way for years. I'm plumbing out of the existing drain to gravity feed the waterer pipes.

The plan is to rotate frozen milk jugs of water to provide cold water to the birds through the hottest days.

The tractor is also getting two misting fans

Edit: chicks are in their new digs

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Need some updated pictures.
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5/17/2025 12:52:13 AM EDT
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Been meaning to

Still have all 48, and they look good
I had plans to do weekly weigh-ins. Just haven't had the time

I'll post some more this weekend

The dog crate is no longer in there. I've got to get their nipple waterer set-up now that it is getting hot. Luckily they are in with some billygoats with a trough to fill the bucket drinkers easily.

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6/4/2025 9:58:59 AM EDT
[Last Edit: TexCorriente][Edited] [#32]
Well... shit

Look at these happy free-ranging meat birds


Wait a second... nobody let them out this morning

Uh-oh. Look closely.  Shiny side down is always bad.



A micro-burst hit the ranch last night. A few hundred yards away trashcans and empty feed sacks didn't get blown around. This thing can't be budged with two guys lifting one end.

No birds were hurt, but it crushed the four billygoats that were sheltering on the side of it. Killed two, and injured two others... probably will have to put them down.
They were supposed to go to the sale last week

If it had been sustained winds, the chickens would have been in the next county!
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6/4/2025 10:06:39 AM EDT
[#33]
Wow.  That sucks man.
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6/4/2025 7:56:59 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By TexCorriente:
Well... shit

Look at these happy free-ranging meat birds
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/276591/1000026802-3555832.jpg

Wait a second... nobody let them out this morning

Uh-oh. Look closely.  Shiny side down is always bad.

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/276591/1000026803-3555833.jpg

A micro-burst hit the ranch last night. A few hundred yards away trashcans and empty feed sacks didn't get blown around. This thing can't be budged with two guys lifting one end.

No birds were hurt, but it crushed the four billygoats that were sheltering on the side of it. Killed two, and injured two others... probably will have to put them down.
They were supposed to go to the sale last week

If it had been sustained winds, the chickens would have been in the next county!
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Damn!
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6/8/2025 3:10:41 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By TexCorriente:
Well... shit

Look at these happy free-ranging meat birds
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/276591/1000026802-3555832.jpg

Wait a second... nobody let them out this morning

Uh-oh. Look closely.  Shiny side down is always bad.

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/276591/1000026803-3555833.jpg

A micro-burst hit the ranch last night. A few hundred yards away trashcans and empty feed sacks didn't get blown around. This thing can't be budged with two guys lifting one end.

No birds were hurt, but it crushed the four billygoats that were sheltering on the side of it. Killed two, and injured two others... probably will have to put them down.
They were supposed to go to the sale last week

If it had been sustained winds, the chickens would have been in the next county!
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6/8/2025 3:28:01 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By haveTwo:
Just looked at that, since that's a new question to me.  If they have plenty of food available, of expect them to avoid anything truly poisonous.

I'd keep them off until a good rain, or watering.  Maybe toss the eggs for a few days if you want to be really cautious?

The weed and feed my wife puts down disappears as soon as we water.
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Been following this thread when I've been on, and really enjoy seeing everyone's chicken setups!

I can't fully answer this question because everybody has to make their own decisions about exposure like this, but I can add some understanding.

Points to note:
**Any chemical you put on any plant, gets processed by that plant.  So anything you spray on the grass, gets processed by the grass, as well as the broadleaf (or other) weeds you're trying to kill.

Weed N Feed is usually 2, 4-D and maybe something stronger as a kicker, and sometimes even includes crabgrass preventative.

So yes, it's in the grass.  It also may be in the top layers of the soil (the crabgrass preventative hangs out there.)

**If I am renovating a lawn, and I spray  2,4-D on the lawn  (I'm generally spraying stronger stuff than that, but sticking with the most likely Weed N Feed chemical) I cannot then reseed that lawn for 3-4 weeks, because that's how long it takes for the grass to process and break down the herbicide.

So you can pretty much guarantee that your chickens are ingesting the chemical if they are running on that grass.  

The REQUIREMENT:  Almost all chemicals say, "stay off grass until dry."   That sounds so quick.  So nice and safe doesn't it?   I will tell you that I ask my customers to keep their animals off the grass at minimum overnight, and better, until the chemical is watered in and everything is dry again.  But those pets are probably not eating the grass.  Your chickens will be.  

As for me, I will not run any food producing animal on grass I treat.  The area where my chickens are is fenced and that's where they stay because our predator pressure is so high.  BUT...I'm planning for movable chicken tractors that will get rolled around the yard, and the chickens will get fresh forage daily.  At that point, the entire back yard for me, would be left untreated. (Mine's not treated anyway because I'm studying herbalism and I make medicine out of the weeds.)  

All that to say, the more I've studied chems, the less I want to use them on my own tiny "homestead."  (Calling my 1.5 acres a homestead is a stretch, but I'm trying to shift back to my upbringing and take baby steps toward growing more of my own food, so my mind is on this.)  It's very difficult to not use any.  I'll never be 100 percent chem free (I use them in my gravel driveway, for example.)

**I cannot say whether the chemical makes it into the eggs.  Logic says to me that it would, but a lot of money has gone into studies that you may or may not choose to trust.  You might find some if you're willing to look them up and read through the dull stuff.


YMMV of course and this is a personal decision.  I hope this post is in some way helpful.
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6/16/2025 9:44:25 AM EDT
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Getting the coop stained.  Planning on waiting a couple weeks and then going over everything again.  

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6/23/2025 7:49:23 AM EDT
[#38]
Final update on my meat birds
Sasso breed from Freedom Ranger hatchery. Kind of a hybridization of heritage breeds optimized for free ranging.

47 of 51 made it to slaughter
1. 2 died in the brooder
2. One was inexplicably eliminated by the flock in the coop
3. One somehow broke it's back. Maybe during coop (tractor) movement?

Other than aome early cases of poopy butt, these were trouble free birds. No meds used or needed.  No signs of aggression shown towards each other or during handling (other that the one bird getting killed off). Did fine in some humid 95* days.

Average carcass yield of 4.4 lbs, slaughter at 11 weeks and change. I didn't get live bird weights.

We roasted the first, smallest one yesterday. Flavor was good, but I let it get way too hot and it ended up tougher than I'd like. But not at all bad.
Legs are about 50% longer than commercial birds, and my carnivore 7yo girl appreciated that.
Breast size is smaller than a CC, but not at all disappointing.



My transport crate was a used 50×32 dog crate with two floors added, for a triple deck crate. Worked great! Not too deep to easily wrangle birds, but fit within a f150 short bed just fine.
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6/28/2025 4:37:16 PM EDT
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Almost done, finally, I think, maybe.  

Lined the inside with 3/4” pine, finished staining, getting random things sorted.  

@Krauss

I liked how your coop looked.
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7/2/2025 8:39:39 AM EDT
[#40]
Mine is still in progress, there are quite a few small things I left as-is right now just to get them in there this past weekend and out of their temporary enclosure in our garage.

I've got some of those concrete blocks buried around it but I think I'm going to dig a better trench around the perimeter of the coop & run, and just spread out bagged QuickCrete mix and water it in to prevent predators digging in. We both work at least partially from home, I have motion/floodlight cameras on both sides of the house that face the coop and we have a large dog. I know the birds will attract predators but we almost never see larger animals around here because of the lights and activity. Also need to finish trim around the roof, replace the trim on the right clean-out door (the one with the gap), finish painting the bottom under the coop and screen that in so they can access that portion of the ground as well, I'd like to install a gutter along the right end and set up a rain collection barrel for my wife's plants, and eventually (once I recover from this financially), run electric out to it and put a 2-4 outlet weatherproof box in the run for lighting and additional fans if necessary to combat the summer heat/humidity. The ghetto 255 AC I added to it was because of all the rain storms we've had the last 7-10 days. It's been massively humid outside and the air inside the box was suffocating me without the fan in it as I was putting in pine shavings and sand on the droppings board. Would like to make a longer ramp as well (or possibly build one that is L-shaped to allow me to bring a wheelbarrow inside the man door).

I started building this thing on January 4th and finished it June 28th because of work, some medical issues earlier this year (took both time & money that I'd set aside for this project), etc. Never intended on doing most of the work on it during the summer, but at least it's livable now and my wife has stopped complaining that the house smells like a barn all the time.

The goal is to make this thing as self-sufficient as possible so in the event both of us are gone for a few days, I can stock them up on food & water with a clean coop interior and only have to have someone stop by for 10 minutes or so to check them & collect any eggs.





7/28/2025 8:53:51 AM EDT
[#41]
Well, I have noticed a neighborhood cat hanging around lately. Some small rabbits live under our back shed, and this cat will climb over the fence and wait for the rabbits. I usually scare it off.

The other week, I was drinking my coffee, and this cat was about 2' from my chickens, getting ready to pounce. I grabbed my pellet gun and took a shot, but missed. The cat didn't move. I adjusted for drop and shot, the cat jumped a foot or two in the air and ran off.

I had just gotten that gun from my stepdad dad and it was not sighted in. I put a target out and shot some rounds, but it was inconsistent and inaccurate. He had another one that he gave me, and this puppy is very accurate but powerful.

Fast forward to a few days ago, and the cat is back. It is sitting behind the fence with its head sticking out. I took a shot at the fence where his body would be, and the cat took off. The shot went through the fence (1/2" cedar) and blew out the other side. I figured the cat would not come back after that.

This morning, he was back. Same spot, getting ready to pounce on the rabbits. I grabbed the gun and slid the door open, and he ran.

I am pretty sure that if I hit him, it will not end well for him. I hate to kill someone's cat, but the little bastard has had a few warnings. And what's to say he won't get froggy and go after a chicken?
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10/26/2025 9:12:51 AM EDT
[#42]
What is everyone doing for water in the winter?

Looking at the heated waterer Premiere 1 offers.  

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10/26/2025 10:07:23 AM EDT
[#43]
We have this one and it works great.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078XNH249?tag=arfcom00-20
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[#44]
Still trying to find a small solar powered (by a remote panel) light to mount in the coop. I dont have a lot of room so it has to be small and compact.
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11/28/2025 9:08:03 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By TOTHEMAX:
Still trying to find a small solar powered (by a remote panel) light to mount in the coop. I dont have a lot of room so it has to be small and compact.
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We bought a few of the bulb size LED rechargeable lights, you can set them for up to 4 hours and I get 2-3 runs on each bulb before I have to charge.  They are bright enough to work in the coop, and should help keep them laying this winter.Attached File
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1/6/2026 11:19:17 AM EDT
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Cant wait for spring or when I get a non b.s. weekend


Mine currently reside in my garage/workshop


Cnt wait to evict them

There entertainment though

Go to the 35 second mark




the chickens. the keepers of my property



let the mini t reca out at 6am and went back to bed cause im sick. 8hrs later we're are they lol



The rooster


Colonel Sanders


He served in the deep fryer wars of 2024


Church's versus KFC versus bojangles


He was a Mexican Rottweiler in a past life

Total dick to everyone but me



And at it when I get home im like


Were they at?


Currently visiting thr neighbors house(s) like a bunch of hobbies looking for precious 😆



Occasionally I let them inside and they'll lay down in front of the TV and watch a show or 2 and get up and want outside


1(800)kbi 4cat

Montani Semper Libre

Qoute : FCSD - Hold up! I could have tip toed around here with just my hand covering my ass, instead of jamming my thumb in my asshole? Y'all motherfuckers need a user manual or something.
1/26/2026 3:15:32 PM EDT
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My new birds are finally outside but the cleanup is terrible.

This was a new flock so more girls than we’d usually do inside.

Pity it was so short a time before the cold.
2/20/2026 7:28:31 PM EDT
[#48]
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Originally Posted By kbi:
Cant wait for spring or when I get a non b.s. weekend


Mine currently reside in my garage/workshop


Cnt wait to evict them

There entertainment though

Go to the 35 second mark


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZyDljWElFg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcYxurDrFs


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usdUCQk6VCg


The rooster


Colonel Sanders


He served in the deep fryer wars of 2024


Church's versus KFC versus bojangles


He was a Mexican Rottweiler in a past life

Total dick to everyone but me



And at it when I get home im like


Were they at?


Currently visiting thr neighbors house(s) like a bunch of hobbies looking for precious 😆



Occasionally I let them inside and they'll lay down in front of the TV and watch a show or 2 and get up and want outside

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@kbi

We can’t let ours out unsupervised or predators get them!
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2/20/2026 7:38:10 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By C-4:


@kbi

We can’t let ours out unsupervised or predators get them!
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I've only lost one to a hawk  few months ago


The girls re good using cover tk hide


And the racoon(s) and possums dont go into the garage ( been lucky)


Ive been getting home round 2am - 4am from.any odd jobs i can find


1st thing I do is check rhe garage nd do a head count


Got one neighbor with 2 breed of piece he lets wander


Hes been told if there over at my house  they're done


Sheriff says just let them know so he can fine him for loose dogs


Other neighbor lost his goats recently but no id on suspects


Coyites avoid my place lole the plague


But there is bobcat close by


God mating season is coming up
1(800)kbi 4cat

Montani Semper Libre

Qoute : FCSD - Hold up! I could have tip toed around here with just my hand covering my ass, instead of jamming my thumb in my asshole? Y'all motherfuckers need a user manual or something.

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