2020 Chicken Raising Thread

[Etxnoodler]

We tried to re-establish quail on our place. Bought 50 pair of pen raised birds from a breeder in So. Texas. Built a pen (shelter) for them that included water and a feeder, hoping it would protect them from predators until they acclimated to their surroundings. Unfortunately, they were all gone within a day or three.

Would like to give it another try but haven’t come up with a better plan to help them develop their adaptive response mechanism.

Releasing tame birds doesn’t work.

[No-Tox]

Releasing tame birds doesn’t work.

Yep, all you accomplish is giving predators easy meals.

[coop2564]

Yotes and hawks kill about half mine every year. Lots of rats snakes too they kill the babys.

[Shake N' Bake]

Just knocked this chicken killer down a few minutes ago . No Matter how good your coop is built they find a way in .

Heck yeah!

[AgHntr10]

Just jumping in on this thread but we started raising chickens 2 years ago with some chicks one of my wife’s coworkers hatched in a classroom. Out of 7 chicks we ended up with 4 roosters and 3 hens, so we culled 3 roosters and added 3 more hens. Up until last month we had never lost one to a predator. It just so happened the first one I lost was 18 days into sitting on 8 eggs I was hoping to hatch, now forward a month and I’m down to one hen and a rooster left. I have more chicks on order but first I need to get rid of the problem. He has been around a few years and even sat down in the pasture 100 yards from us in the middle of the afternoon watching us as we were painting the coop 2 years ago. My parents and uncle who are neighbors enjoy watching him so I told them I would let him be until he became a problem, now the time has come.

[bmac]

I have 4 chickens and still waiting on eggs. Bought 1 older bird and 3 younger pullets hoping to have eggs trickle in but only got 1 in a month. Hoping they all start soon


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[AgHntr10]

No luck last night, he just cruised by.

[Stan R]

2020 Chicken Raising Thread

I’ve had chickens for a little over 4 years. Started with a tractor supply coop then build and added added on several times to mine. Currently have 13 chickens of various kinds.
I can close off 1 section in the back. I let grass grow there, it leads to a temporary place for grass and I can shut it off to integrate new checks. Just added 4 new ones. Have 2 feeder tubes and 1 automatic water station part is covered by tin to give them a had shade. Need to fix the roof it leaks too much.
















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[Chew]

Stan, you had any varmints around your chicks yet?

[Stan R]

Not yet

I overbuilt .. outside bottom boards buried in 12 inch concrete. Bottom part of fence is 1/4 inch hardware cloth all the way

Did have a small problem before I added the hardware cloth at the bottom


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[mmoses]

Chicks arrived today. need to finish the coop now.

[No-Tox]

Not yet

I overbuilt .. outside bottom boards buried in 12 inch concrete. Bottom part of fence is 1/4 inch hardware cloth all the way

Did have a small problem before I added the hardware cloth at the bottom


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No such thing as over built.

[Shake N' Bake]

Heres some pullets for sale if anybody's looking.

https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink/topic?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscussions%2Etexasbowhunter%2Ecom%2Fforums%2Fshowthread%2Ephp%3Ft%3D769536&share_tid=769536&share_fid=1255&share_type=t&link_source=app

[Rubi513]

Heres some pullets for sale if anybody's looking.

https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink/top...ink_source=app

Dang!
I need to start selling chickens!

[MIHunter]

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