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That’s exactly what we have. I actually took this picture because there were three chickens in that box – the previous picture in the series was cuter because you could see two inside and Gray on the floor looking in, but this one shows the boxes better. However, I do on other occasions find...

Here are some pictures of my setup. The first is from inside the tractor/coop, the second shows the end of the chunnel, with tractor/coop to the right. I cut a 12” square out of the hardware cloth at the back of the coop and framed it in 1x3s. You can see a side view of the frame in the second...

Definitely the way to go in theory. In reality, I am a person who will never build until I have rapidly growing chicks to house! (We lucked out and got a bear-damaged hoop tractor/coop from some neighbors and patched that up. It worked great surrounded by electrified poultry netting for...

For my chicken tunnel where I had openings in the run and coop hardware cloth I framed the openings with wood – sandwiched the edge of the hardware cloth between two pieces. The side of my chicken tunnel likewise had framed openings. I just screwed went through one frame into the other. I’ll try...

What kind of hawk did you see? We have broad-winged hawks around here – I hear them every day that I spend any amount of time outside and see them fairly regularly– and so far they have not bothered my chickens or pigeons in ~3 years. However, I lost two pigeons last winter, one for sure and...

Baby (hatched 4/18) is going to be mostly white with some dark feathers on the top of the head & in the tail. I looked in for a quick check and got this picture of Dad, Mom, and Baby! They were not happy with the home invasion. If all goes well my other pair will hatch one next week.

Dry & uncooked as they come out of the bag (from the dried peas and beans area in your supermarket). If she’s loving chicken feed then that would boost the protein so you don’t need the peas! You want all-flock or similar, not layer feed, since long-term the extra calcium in layer feed would...

I was surprised to read this follow-up post where you mention your dog, because that is what has kept groundhogs away from us. I dimly remember my mom dealing with them in her garden here when I was very young (pre-1970), but none since then. Then sometime after my mom died and her last dog...

I think rather than corn and rice, the thing to add to this would be dry peas or lentils. My memory is that pigeons should have about 14% protein so you want to boost that a little, which peas or lentils will do with their higher protein content (20+%). (Edit to add that the linked seed mix...

There are pigeon & dove seed blends that come in 5 pound bags, one by Brown and one by Kaylee, that are stocked in many Petsmart and Petco stores. The first is also available via Chewy. They are a little low in protein, but you could pick up a bag of dry peas at your local grocery store and add...

Who doesn’t love baby pictures? I tossed my pigeons some peanuts and Dad left the nest to indulge, giving me the perfect opportunity. Probably three days old (but I didn’t check until two days ago)…

I posted a while ago (last fall/early winter?) about losing 2 of my 8 pigeons, one found dead and one to a hawk. A month or so ago I lost another, my favorite female. (Poor Miraboo has now been widowed twice in 6 months, with no one left to pair up with.) So I’m hatching some babies from my two...

I would close both of those types of gaps up. For the long 3/4” gaps along the sides of your roof (i.e. between the purlins) it would have been easy to cut length of 1x2s to sit on top of the end rafters between each purlin before the roof was put on, but now I am not sure how you would anchor...

We had those in Massachusetts when I lived there. it worked the same way, dispensing a ticket you took to the cash register. The purpose was to return the bottle deposit that had been paid upon purchase of the beverage. The machines read the barcode to make sure it was a brand sold in the store...

If I set it up with the 8” gaps on each side I would just consider that space for whatever is in the beds to spread a little, as it inevitably will. But if you have use for the 2 x 4 bed elsewhere, I’m sure you could fudge the panels so that the (slightly) uneven ground is accounted for. I...

Fingers crossed that one of them will work out!! 🤞

We were definitely thinking about snow when we chose the door swing, though it would barely have been a problem this winter! I saw a door like yours — maybe actually yours — on here in the past and I think saved a picture of it, because it seemed like a great solution. But as it happened we had...

And you even inset the door (meaning size had to be precise)! I built a hoop run last fall, trim boards (that will properly anchor the hardware cloth) and skirt still to be added when things warm up here, and I just made my door overlap. That way it doesn’t matter that my doorway ended up out...

I found the same thing when I was setting up my feed barrels several years ago – I made one dolly using some salvaged casters, but that used up my supply. When I started shopping for more, I could not believe how much cheaper it was to buy them already part of a dolly!

Days ago I said I’d get some pictures of the dollies I made for my feed storage galvanized barrels. Of course I only thought about it when I was in the house, not the barn — until today. I’m not sure if the dollies are still on sale, but if not they will be again so I’ll go ahead and post! I...