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[Oldpath05]

This is my chicken coop it holds the chicken and the eggs..........View attachment 676728

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[Oldpath05]

To me, that chicken coop is not even in the realm of being realistic,, the time and $$$$ he spent does not make sense,,

Why would you build a coop that high? the chickens have no chance of staying warm, all the heat will escape up, or through the tall walls.

Here is the one I built in 2008, it is 10X12, and works perfectly,, no one ever has to walk in it,,I change the hay(grass clippings) in the box area twice a year.

This pic is right after I installed it,, the open area on the left is a sealed feed storage closet.
The "porch" area to the right has a floor of 2X4's as slats, with gaps,, it stays clean, just from the wind, and weather.
Some of the floor is wire, I found some 1/2" square opening stainless steel wire for the floor, if the galvanized ever rusts away.

Maybe his chickens prefer the house feeling rather then feeling cooped up, you dont want chickens to get depressed and suffer from anxiety attacks...

Wheres the nest so you can collect the eggs? Kinda low head room to walk inside.......

 

[Loaderman22]

I used to raise chickens, with my dad and our neighbor. We'd have 250 chickens at a time, and then 50-75 turkeys seasonally. A lot of work, but it sure was tasty. Tasted much better than store bought. One year we raised. 50 lb turkey, he was huge!!

 

[goeduck]

I do not have chickens but if I did, my thoughts would be to make an open bottom cage on skids and set it up next to an an electric fenceline. Then put a hot wire near the ground (low enough for weasels to get get zapped) around the cage and have a clip to attach it to the fence Hotwire. Then move the skid every few days to allow the chickens to scratch the ground and eat whatever bugs they find.

 

[two_bit_score]

I do not have chickens but if I did, my thoughts would be to make an open bottom cage on skids and set it up next to an an electric fenceline. Then put a hot wire near the ground (low enough for weasels to get get zapped) around the cage and have a clip to attach it to the fence Hotwire. Then move the skid every few days to allow the chickens to scratch the ground and eat whatever bugs they find.

You should patent that design.

 

[goeduck]

You should patent that design.

I wonder if a weasel can a take 7K volt zap. Skunks may be able to. Trouble with zapping the weasels is, they keep the mice pupolation down. Choices, choices.

 

[two_bit_score]

I wonder if a weasel can a take 7K volt zap. Skunks may be able to. Trouble with zapping the weasels is, they keep the mice pupolation down. Choices, choices.

Turn down the juice a little. Just stun ‘em, not kill ‘em.

 

[Green Acres Homestead]

Mice chipmunks and ants is the un-mention problem that no one seems to mention about with these outside totes and wood boxes that sit out side for weeks on end. I was thinking about this the other day when I was thinking of going that route, then I shot another chipmunk and got more mice in a trap. Now I'm thinking that a woodshed that have air vents with screens might be better.

I cant have anything that sits outside for a few weeks that rodents dont get into, my Rhino was under my deck last May for a few weeks cost Flo $1,300.00.....
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I have an RV that the squirrels got into. They chewed the cupboard etc. Snap traps got thee so far. Buggers.

 

[Green Acres Homestead]

They taste better cooked.

Turn down the juice a little. Just stun ‘em, not kill ‘em.

 

[Jstpssng]

I used to lose a lot of chickens to weasels...I moved the henhouse from where it was next to my house underneath a tree; up into my field, where there's no cover. That was about 5-6 years ago and I've sen one weasel since. Those little buggers are tough though... I shot him with a .22 magnum hollow point, and he ran off with his intestines sticking out the hole in his side.

I raise meat chickens and a few turkeys every year. They do indeed taste better yet I get tired of everybody telling me "Well I went down and bought two turkeys for $8.00 today..." My neighbor who knows everything is always telling me that. Yet I started raising them after my brother had a heart attack and commercially grown turkey is one of the things his Dr told him not to eat.