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got them! blogged...
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You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
Max Ehrmann, Desiderata
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Congratulations!!!!
Saw the pictures, bless them....hope they settle in well!!
8 chickens, 1 Whippet and a small garden
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My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
Diversify & prosper
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Got mine too. Safely installed in the shed. On nightshift at the mo, so will upload pics when I'm at home.Kirsty b xx
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Great news both of you.
May your chickens live in perfect peace and comfort now and give you many eggs.
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Girls settling in well. Blogged pics.Kirsty b xxComment
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Kirsty...I just had a look at your blog....OMG!!!! You poor lass, what a nightmare with your chickens. How on earth did the fox get in the last time?
I am in the process of making a run and converting a shed for 20 chickens and am terrified of foxes breaking in.Comment
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The final time it dug in one of the corners instead of coming through a gap in the roof. Have put weldmesh around that corner with iron posts bashed in at 2" intervals a foot deep.
I have learned from bad experience that foxes are fairly determined buggers if they feel a free meal is theirs for the taking.
Make sure your roof is well wired. Either bury the bottom of your run about a foot deep or put an anti dig skirt around the bottom. If you can afford it and electric fence would also help. I have read that foxes scramble up and over stuff instead of jumping, so they will not try to get over something that is not solid, especially if it gives them a jolt!
In the month that I have not had chooks I have raised the height of my roof, wired shut even the tiniest of gaps and have re-hung the gate. I check every inch of the fence daily.
My bro-in-law is an electrician and he has told me how to rig up a leccy fence using copper wire, ground stakes and a car battery cos my budget won't stretch to a purpose made fence kit just yet.Kirsty b xxComment
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