Posted by KEH on December 16, 2012 at 15:53:41 from (209.213.19.196):
In Reply to: chicken coop question posted by NewEnglandFarmer on December 16, 2012 at 08:52:56:
Daughter got into having a few chickens. She has a small moveable coop and a short moveable net fence which is electrified. Coop and fence is moved to fresh grass occasionally. She also has a couple of guineas. She had six guinea chicks(called Keets) originally but a black snake got some. She put the snake on the wrong side of a Tarus Judge, which I posted about earlier. The 2 guineas are now grown. A hawk dived into the small fenced in area but missed killing a chicken. The 2 guineas attacked the hawk and ran it off. On occasion some animal has tried to get at the chickens, I think without success.
A small permanent coop was built. She and hubby put in posts and I installed a fence of 5 foot dog pen wire, with a few inches at the bottom turned out flat and buried. A top of dog pen wire was put on top of the pen. I built a gate of wire and red cedar and we put concrete under it. No chickens have been lost from that set up. No bite marks on that wire.
We had chickens for serious gastronomical purposes when I was a boy. They free ranged during the day and were put in a coop at night. Never lost one to a hawk, but people shot hawks then and hunted foxes and coons. Occasionally we caught a possum that had gotten in the chicken house. I don't remember eating any possum but once, and that was enough for me. The way to carry a possum, incidentally, is by the tail. If the possum tries to climb up his tale to bite you, just shake him down.
Dogs, raccoons, hawks, and sometimes possums are enemies of chickens in this area. Snakes will steal eggs and eat baby chicks.
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