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Linda ladeewolf

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11. Chickens

Reply to Lyourell (Reply #4)

Wed Dec 25, 2024, 11:53 AM

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I recommend covering your chicken pen with tin on top and using fine mesh wire on the sides.
You want to limit their contact with wild birds. This is my plan for the spring. Covering it with tin will keep wild bird droppings out and finer meshes will keep the birds from getting in at all.

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