Actually Shirley, I have a chicken coop... That was one of the demands Sherry needed to retire... She and I built a fine chicken coop together. I open the door for the chickens early in the morning. Feed'em and set'em free. They have the run of 200 plus acres and at dark-thirty, they return to the coop where I lock them up for the night. Thus, the best farm fresh eggs known to mankind. Actually, with all the wide open space and all the varmints around, I'm surprised I haven't had trouble before now, Coyotes, foxes, owls, hawks, etc. The chickens do darn good. Since catching the chicken-killing possum, I haven't lost another nor have I caught anything else in the trap. I'm thinking my troubles are over until another varmint learns what this possum did. There are various plans for what I think you are describing. Often, they are called chicken tractors. Can be moved around to provide food for the chickens and fertilizer for the ground. A neat idea but I'm way too lazy for that. lol On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 11:33 AM, <Sullyshirl73@aol.com> wrote: > Doug > > I read about your Chickens, and how your thinking about MAYBE getting some > more Chickens ??? Maybe you need to build a Chicken coup ??? or maybe not. > If I could I would love to have Chickens, all different kinds of chickens. > The feed store by us (our middle son raised sheep in Agriculture in High > school, Jalopy was her name, she won first place at the county fair, for > her wool. We went to the Feed store a lot, and they always had all these > different kinds of chickens, I love those chickens and more than once > wished I could buy them and bring them home.) We aren't allowed to raise > poultry on our property, or I would have raised chickens in a minute if i > could !!! Anyway, back to a chicken coup, I saw this chicken coup on TV, > they tried to make it so animals couldn't dig under the coup, and with > chicken wire walls, and they planted climbing roses to go up the side of > the chicken wire, looked pretty, and also the thorns on the roses protected > the chickens to some extent . > Just a thought !!! maybe to much work ??? > > Sully in Sunny California > > In a message dated 1/9/2014 4:32:16 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > ddcrim@gmail.com writes: > > Not much happening on the home front... We're finally thawing out.. This > morning it's a balmy 52 degrees and I'm loving it. > The rocks I raked last week are still in piles and maybe today I can get > them picked up and hauled off. Have I mentioned how much I detest rocks? > The chicken-killing possum has been dispatched and the trap has been > sitting baited and idle, so hopefully that problem is resolved. Have I > mentioned how much I detest chicken-killing possums? > Now I have to make a decision as to whether to replace the dead chickens. > They are a minor pain in the ass but I've grown accustomed to having > chickens around. Don't need the eggs, but Sherry loved her chickens. Have > I mentioned how much I detest making decisions? > That about covers it for me this morning. How 'bout you? > > The Dougster :-)* > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "an-internet-family" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to an-internet-family+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to an-internet-family@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/an-internet-family. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "an-internet-family" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to an-internet-family+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to an-internet-family@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/an-internet-family. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >