http://ezchickenhouseplans.com/2009/06/02/backyard-chicken-questions-and-answers/ How To Build a Chicken Coop Sat, 03 Mar 2012 19:52:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ezchickenhouseplans.com/2009/06/02/backyard-chicken-questions-and-answers/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Ryan Sat, 03 Mar 2012 19:52:16 +0000 http://ezchickenhouseplans.com/?p=40#comment-56 Thanks David - no problem. A bb pistol took care of the cat problem - haven't seen him since. Lost the buff this winter to some GI illness - vet sill doesn't know what it was. We just got to more buff chicks yesterday and will get a couple of ameracuna (?) next weekend. We bought another coop a few weeks ago with plenty of room for the girls. Presently, we're going to stay away from roosters. Thanks again. Thanks David – no problem. A bb pistol took care of the cat problem – haven’t seen him since. Lost the buff this winter to some GI illness – vet sill doesn’t know what it was. We just got to more buff chicks yesterday and will get a couple of ameracuna (?) next weekend. We bought another coop a few weeks ago with plenty of room for the girls. Presently, we’re going to stay away from roosters. Thanks again.

]]> http://ezchickenhouseplans.com/2009/06/02/backyard-chicken-questions-and-answers/comment-page-1/#comment-55 david Sat, 03 Mar 2012 02:51:53 +0000 http://ezchickenhouseplans.com/?p=40#comment-55 Sorry, it took so long for us to reply....adding a rooster, not matter what kind, won't help...cats are a hard predator to solve... Sorry, it took so long for us to reply….adding a rooster, not matter what kind, won’t help…cats are a hard predator to solve…

]]> http://ezchickenhouseplans.com/2009/06/02/backyard-chicken-questions-and-answers/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Ryan Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:04:16 +0000 http://ezchickenhouseplans.com/?p=40#comment-52 We are realitively new to chickens. We have 3 9 month old ladies whom we care for dearly. They have a nice coop that they sleep in but for the most part of the day, they are free to roam. We have had little trouble with predators (we keep a very close eye out( but yesterday, a neighbor's cat jumped on the back of one of them and pulled a few feathers. Not wanting this to happen again and wanting to give the ladies free range, I'm looking at solutions. Would adding a banty rooster help protect them? I'm concerned about adding a big rooster as he may pick on the ladies. Any suggestions? Many thanks. We are realitively new to chickens. We have 3 9 month old ladies whom we care for dearly. They have a nice coop that they sleep in but for the most part of the day, they are free to roam. We have had little trouble with predators (we keep a very close eye out( but yesterday, a neighbor’s cat jumped on the back of one of them and pulled a few feathers. Not wanting this to happen again and wanting to give the ladies free range, I’m looking at solutions. Would adding a banty rooster help protect them? I’m concerned about adding a big rooster as he may pick on the ladies. Any suggestions? Many thanks.

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