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    How to advise a friend on their chicken care

    I wonder if you could move that "temporary" structure a bit closer to your birds (next to it) and then pull one of your birds into the temporary enclosure, etc..... and maybe the neighbors will forget all about the hen? I was going to suggest secretly rehoming her and her "boyfriend" but word...
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    How long do I have to wait?

    I had that happen with leghorns I bought as day olds in July. They started laying during January. And Andalusians that hatched in August, started laying in Feb-March. The increasing daylight is a factor, depending on breeds/ages, and how much sunlight you get. I'm in Arizona, was north of Phoenix.
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    Blocking off areas

    Depending on how high the rest of your fence is, and how wide the "exits" are, you could look for used gates on Craigslist, or scraps of wire/field fencing. A span of fencing like 2/4inch 5 ft tall no climb could be zip tied or bungied to your existing fence or even to your house wall or a tree...
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    Arizona Chickens

    ...no taller or wider than what you have, and use the shade cloths to provide wind and rain break. (shade cloths in an arc like a hoop coop will keep the coop dry, I've done it before)**.BTW***, I've seen people keep chickens free ranging among the oleanders, the birds know better than to eat them.
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    Arizona Chickens

    The shredded tarps may have saved the frame of the coop (gave their lives so to speak). If you do metal or anything stronger than tarp, the frame might not be able to take the force of the wind. Twisted frame, or blow-over of the structure. I forget--is this a flat top, or does it have a peak...
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    Pullets And Cockerel Sleeping the nesting box.

    How old are these young birds, and is there a picture? Birds will naturally roost/sleep where they're used to, so they're simply trying to sleep in their usual spot, which for some crazy reason, the mean human blocked off...
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    Overhead protection netting question

    Technically the OP is not doing a 24 ft long slope and putting the 8 foot pole at one end. But, they're doing a 12 foot run and a 2 foot rise. so take the square root of (144 + 4) and double that. It's twice as steep of an angle. Yet, they get two hypotenuses, each 12.17, which is somehow...
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    Hot summer, over 100F. Okay for chicken brooder?

    It's probably already in this thread, but baby chicks can't tolerate ANY amount of hotter than the target. For day olds, they can't handle the heat. Remember they only need to be able to get AS WARM AS for as long as they want, they must be able to get much cooler. I once hoped my Andalusians...
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    Male runner ducks pecking each others necks

    It's mating season. There must be a duck (which is a female) around, maybe nearby. Even if you are sure there isn't a female nearby that you're aware of, you need to separate them or it'll keep happening.
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    Recreate the Producer's Price coop roof?

    I've used that on sheets of plywood both flat and sloped like a roof should be, it worked fine.
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    Recreate the Producer's Price coop roof?

    I've cut the tin metal roofing sheets with tin snips, yes it leaves sharp edges. I think the poly carbonate roofs (see link below) cut with a table saw, circular saw, etc but probably a right and very wrong way to do it. For all of them, use the recommended washer/foam type screws, and...
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    Arizona Chickens

    Now that I'm in the Valley, I only have coturnix quail. They've been panting a bit. I'm using a small cottage cheese tub half filled with ice, dumped onto a plant pot tray. They took right to it. When I had chickens I used trays similar to what you have, plus some smaller/shallower. But I just...
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    Please help; hatchery fiasco…10 unknown chicks!!

    Well I did have one white leghorn from Ideal that took FOREVER to get a big floppy comb--so much so I thought I had an easter egger! I had a male silver phoenix with an assortment once, they should be smaller than the leghorn, not the other way around. Could she just be a runt, or bantam silver...
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    The Egg Song

    I agree. It's hard to recognize the difference between egg song and the alarm even having heard both of them. Almost a feeling.
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    Will it be ok to block the rafters off in my coop with chicken wire?

    Having observed my chickens over the years, they often use the blocks/stairs to get up onto the roost, but never to get down. So it'd have to be a ramp, but a ramp long enough to get all the way up, might not fit in that coop.
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    How big should the "enclosed" portion of an outdoor quail pen be?

    FWIW, I'm a newer quail owner, after having flocks of chickens and ducks for several years. My 6 jumbo coturnix females, ready to lay any time now, are in a 12 sq ft (26 inch by 6 ft) outdoor cage/pen. No wire floor, just peat moss, dirt, and pine pellets. I give it a once over daily. They're...
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    Will it be ok to block the rafters off in my coop with chicken wire?

    I haven't tried to block with anything but shade cloth (which is highly visible). But, chicken wire gives. I imagine they'll try to roost, hit their head on the chicken wire, and eventually give up and go roost on the next highest place. The only other choices other than chicken wire, would be...
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    Moving Chicks Outside

    I used to have a brooder plate (it failed with no indication or warning though). There should be two settings: Horizontal, if your chicks can all fit under it, would be low wattage, I think 40W. Vertical, works like a space heater, using 400 watts, almost as much (or more) than brooder heat...
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    Duck panting and over heating

    You could also get a lower wattage bulb. Does the duckling have a flockmate?
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    Rodent Repellent??

    If it's the .5% peppermint oil it should be fine. I haven't used it. I have successfully used my own mix of essential oils: mint, cedar, rosemary, cinnamon. Not necessarily all at once, but at least get the mint and/or cedar. It has worked to deter the return of some rodent that previously...
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