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Did a White Iowan Invent Rap Music?
Chatterbox is driving around Iowa this week. He has never been to the state before. It is very flat, and does not appear to have any trees. Chatterbox would describe Iowa as a rural state, one that grows a lot of corn. (He also understands that it has a lot of cattle and hogs, but he has to take that on faith. From the road he's seen mostly corn.) Last night Chatterbox sampled "broasted" chicken at a greasy spoon in Algona. He thought it was a typo on the menu, but apparently it's a local delicacy--a kind of deep-fried chicken. Chatterbox wishes he could say it was delicious, but it wasn't.
Feeling that what must be the Real Iowa wasn't coming across to him, Chatterbox, during a stopover in Boone, bought a book called Iowa Pride by Duane Schmidt. There he learned that Iowans invented Roto-Rooter (Samuel O. Blanc, 1883-1964), modern polling (George Gallup, 1901-1984), sit-down dentistry (John L. Naughton, b. 1915), and the trampoline (George P. Nissen, b. 1914).
Iowa also claims to have invented the digital computer. According to Iowa Pride (which attributes the story to Clark Mollenhoff, 1921-1991, a celebrated investigative reporter for the Des Moines Register and the Washington Times), a professor at Iowa State named John Vincent Atanasoff (1903-1995) invented the digital computer in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Atanasoff got drafted before he had a chance to get a patent on his machine, Schmidt writes, and meanwhile Atanasoff showed another scientist, John Mauchly, "detailed drawings, plans, theories, and the working model of this first computer." Mauchly then built his Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, popularly known as ENIAC, the forerunner to UNIVAC, for the U.S. Army.
In the next edition of Iowa Pride, Schmidt might want to consider the possibility that Iowa also invented rap music. Schmidt fails to note this in his write-up of Meredith Willson (1902-1984), the Iowan who wrote "It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas" and, more significantly, the great Broadway musical The Music Man. Chatterbox spent last night in Mason City, which, he's grateful to learn from Schmidt, is where Willson grew up and what Willson had in mind when he invented River City, the town that gets gulled by Prof. Harold Hill in The Music Man. Until now, Willson's shaky reputation for hipness has rested solely on the fact that the Beatles once did a cover of "Till There Was You." But Chatterbox invites Schmidt to consider the song, "Trouble," and, especially The Music Man's opening song, whose name escapes Chatterbox at the moment. The latter is set on a train to River City, and consists of Hill's rival traveling salesmen talking in a rhythmic patter that mimics the chugging of the train:
He's a music man.
He's a what? He's a what?
He's a music man, and he sells clarinets
To to the kids in the town ...
This is rap music, no? Chatterbox understands that this is likely to be a sensitive issue. White people stole rock 'n' roll and jazz and nearly every other indigenous form of popular music from blacks, and the black community is right to be annoyed about that. But Chatterbox invites readers to consider that African-Americans exacted revenge by stealing rap music from Meredith Willson, possibly the whitest man who ever lived.


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The Awful Truth About Nappies & Recycling
Date: 26-Apr-17
Author: Brad Gray
From the NSW Central Coast to Perth, thousands of used nappies make their way into the recycling system every day which, you have to admit, is a pretty awful thought. But it's even more disgusting when you realise that people hand-sort that recycling.
In even the most automated recycling facilities there are people whose job is to remove – by hand – non-recyclable items like car batteries, gas bottles and used nappies. It is estimated that sorters like Jason, the bloke in the picture, remove over 5,000 nappies from the Central Coast's facility each week.
And this isn't just a local problem. The sorting facility for the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council in WA (which includes Fremantle, East Fremantle, Cockburn, Melville, and Kwinana) has to remove around 1,000 nappies a day. To address the issue new parents in the area are given a nappy-shaped flyer telling people to put nappies in general waste bins. The flyers will be included in the 'Mother-to-be Bounty Bags' hospitals distribute to the 21,000 new mothers in WA each year.
So why do people put nappies in the recycling? Well it seems that some people genuinely believe they are recyclable, after all, they are made from plastic. If the nappies are processed in specially designed systems, the waste and plastic can be separated and recycled. But those systems do not currently exist in Australia for households and our council collections are not set up to separate the nappies for future processing.
As well as being yucky and a health risk the, let's call it waste, in the nappies also contaminates the paper recycling stream reducing its potential uses and value as an export.
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According to Mantus, the ultra-lounge is "Dallas' only premier house music venue," and the ultra-chic club features local DJs and also brings in big-time DJs like Fedde le Grand, a internationally known Dutch house DJ. Mantus is located beneath Iron Cactus on Main Street in the heart of downtown. Entering guests descend a small spiral staircase, then pass through a small outer bar area before arriving at the sleek, swanky lounge area, bathed in cool blue lighting. Inside, in addition to the modern mood lighting, the ultra- lounge offers plenty of seating, a large bar whose front is filled with shimmering crystals and more modern mood lighting. It's a bit like being inside an exotic fish tank of the future--minus the fish, of course. Mantus is open Friday through Sunday from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m.
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2005 Bavaria Motor Boats BMB 37 Sport
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- Length:
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Hull Shape: Modified Vee
LOA: 38 ft 8 in
Beam: 12 ft 7 in
Dry Weight: 17196 lbs
Drive Type: Stern drive
Engine Options
Engine Option 1: 2x
Fresh Water Tanks: (66 Gallons)
Fuel Tanks: (264 Gallons)
Holding Tanks: (21 Gallons)
Number of single berths: 4
Seating Capacity: 12
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Cockpit, self-draining Cabin sliding door in tinted glass Sink with stainless steel drink holders Radar arch Cockpit illumination at the radar arch Stainless steel handle and safety handrails at the radar arch 2 speakers at the radar arch, splash-proofed Refrigerator, 12 V,DC Cockpit table in Teak Upholstery made of heavy marine fabric Storage compartment under the after sunpad Stern shower, cold- and warmwater
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Furniture in mahagony wood and veneer Stereo-radio with CD-player with 2 speakers Ceiling lights Locker and shelves U-shaped seating Storage compartment under the seating areas AFT CABIN Double berth Hanging lockers and 2 wardrobes Ceiling lights, Reading-lamp, AC-outl FORE CABIN Double berth Storage compartment under the double berth Shelves, 2 wardrobes Ceiling lights, AC-outlet MARINE HEAD Door with lock, Washbasin Shower, cold- and warmwater, with electrical pump Storage compartments Sea toilet with manuel pump
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Electrical trim flaps Bow thruster SP 55 2 domestic batteries, 140 Ah Starter battery Main switch for domestic batteries and starter battery Sumlog-Echosounder, Bidata AC-shore supply Warmwater boiler, 20 l Navigation lights (BDI) Engine compartment ventilator Check-control-panel by diesel engine Battery charger, Bilge pump Horn VHF-cabling with antenna Electrical engine hatch lifter TV-cabling with FM-antenna at the radar arch
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Cutlery drawer Stainless steel sink with cover Pressurized water system Two-flame cooker, Microwave, 230 V/110 V, AC Refrigerator, 12 V, DC Outlets AC/DC
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text: The women stuck together at the People's Choice Awards last night, and tonight they continued to show the love at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards. The Bridesmaids cast gal-palled around, while young starlets Elle Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen were too cute on the red carpet. And the ladies of The Help celebrated their wins with some cute group moments. See the women of the Critics' Choice in all their girlfriend glory now!


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Night Geometry by Jack Vettriano
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Limited Edition Giclee Print Image Size: 20 x 16 inches; 50.8 x 40.6 cms Paper Size: 28 1/4 x 22 7/8 inches; 71.8 x 58 cms Paper: 310 gsm Hahnemuhle mould made paper Published in April 2006 Edition Size: 495 The gicleé printing process achieves the closest possible likeness of the original painting. The use of UV archival inks ensures the highest standards of both stability and longevity. Gicleé prints are noted for their top quality image resolution, exceptional richness and depth of colour. The proofing of this print has been personally overseen by Jack Vettriano to ensure that the final edition is faithful to his original work and vision
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I have been tyring to make a very conscious effort into becoming healthier. I always cook with fresh ingredients and everything is made from scratch. Then it hits me. The dreaded Alfredo Sauce craving.
This recipe came to me one night when I was craving an oooey gooey Alfredo sauce. Thank god I just got off the phone with my travel agent and booked a tropical getaway. With the thought of frolicking around on a beach, in a bikini, with a tropical drink in my hand I couldn't make it. So I listened to my brain, not my stomach, and improvised a spin off of my insanely fattening and heart clogging Alfredo sauce (my first blog entry ever).
I really liked it....and so did my husband. It really hit the spot and was a nice light meal. Usually after eating Alfredo sauce I feel so bogged down. I just want to sit on the couch and not move. After this I felt light and satisfied. I might even do the unthinkable- Never make traditional Alfredo sauce again. My mother would be so proud!
Light Alfredo with Spinach Ravioli
8oz Marsarpone Cheese
1/2 can (about 8 oz) Chicken Broth
1 small onion, diced
2 tablespoons Olive Oil
Pinch of Paprika
Salt & Pepper to taste
A hand full of fresh parsley, chopped
1lb of Spinach Ravioli (any kind of pasta is fine)
Prep time: 2 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Cook your raviolis in salted water until they are just under Al'dente. Drain. Drizzle with Olive oil and toss.
In a non-coated pan heat the Olive Oil. Add the onions and cook until translucent. Add the Marscarpone cheese, Broth and spices. Whisk together until the cheese is dissolved.
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Hey guys! So first I want to apologize for the lack of updates, I only have a few days out of the
week when I have free time to jump online and work on fan sites. Secondly I would like to announce that I'm looking for 1 or 2 co-webs for both of my bigger fan sites.
I've been working on fansites for about 12-13 years now and every other day I just feel like its getting time to leave this part of my life behind. I have so many goals and things I want to accomplish in life and this voice in my head is saying get to it and put 1000% focus on that.
I've had my Jessica Alba fansite for 6 years now and I've been a fan of hers for about 14 years now so its incredibly difficult for me after all the time,money and effort I've put into the site to just put it up for adoption or delete it and I've had my Kim Kardashian fansite for almost 4 years and that is also difficult for me to just let go.
So basically my plan right now is to find a couple of people who have real interest in Jessica and Kim who can join me on the sites , we work together for a few months and then I will feel sooo much better about leaving them behind because I know they will be in good hands. I can either pass the domains over to you or to flaunt ( Both sites are hosted by flaunt ).
So if your interested in applying to co-web at either site the only requirement is that you have fan site experience, would prefer people with sites currently online so I can just get an idea of how you run things but its not required. So if your interested just send me an email at email@example.com so we can talk a bit. 🙂
I added screencaps from the trailer of Jess's new movie plus a movie poster and movie still.
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GangPlank the right way.
As most people that find their builds off of mobafire you should be familiar with the deny way to play gangplank its pretty much stand at minion spawn shoot the first minion that comes out then run up with them by that time your raise moral skill is done its cooldown then you conitnue just shooting the first minion in each group except for every third wave you shoot the large cannon minion this allows you to out level and keep the fight at your turret helpfull when solo laning or just keeping your opponents lower level than you. Works well in mid or with a partner. This is called the deny method i think all gangplanks should try to use this method while playing.
Now to the build this focuses on getting gold fast while building your crit rate and damage first leaving your attack speed for last. Avarice blades used for gold over time and the bonus critical is very usefull. Then you goto your executioner calling more crit and some early game life drain to help your survivability. Then you start your infinity edge by the time you finish this you can be hitting upwards to 500 per critical and almost 1k with your gun. So it allows you to rip your enemies to shreds. Once you finish the ghostblade this gives you more crit, armor pen, cd reduction which is all very usefull plus you can activate it for bonus attack speed and movement speed great for chasing. As for the boots your choice when to get them and waht to get i enjoy swiftness for the simple speed it gives.
Gameplay well you use the deny method to start as shown above, gangplank is not usually a ganker because he has no disables but once you have your ult because its global you can pick up low hp champions recalling which is always fun specially if they are on a spree or something, your ult is also a great initiator. Basically start with deny method save your mana for raise moral rather than shooting enemies if your partner wants to attack or they set up a gank hold your gun for finall shot to pick up the kills. Play defensive your not the most tankish character in the game but with your critical damage everyone shall bow to you. Very simple just wait for ganks and deny as much as possible and always be ready to ult to save your allys, snag a kill or just slow escaping foes.
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Stephon Alexander is an Associate Professor of Physics at Haverford College, focusing on theoretical cosmology, quantum gravity and particle physics. He is also an Assistant Professor (Adjunct) of Physics at Penn State University. Stephon has studied at Brown University and done postodoctoral research at Imperial College, London and at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Laboratory. He is on the Board of Directors for the Network for the Improvement of World Healthare, an action-driven organization that forges global partnerships to address local health challenges. He also plays jazz saxophone and sees improvisation as an extension of his scholarship.
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SOURCE: Silver Range Resources Ltd.
February 10, 2017 09:00 ET
VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwired - February 10, 2017) - Silver Range Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: SNG) ("Silver Range" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on developments at its Up Town Gold Project.
Rover Metals Corp. ("Rover Metals") has made a $30,000 payment in accordance with a September 9, 2016 property agreement and has informed Silver Range that it intends to commence drilling this spring. Silver Range is completing community consultations with affected First Nations and intends to submit an application for a Land Use Permit at the beginning of March, contingent upon completion of consultations.
The Up Town Gold Project is an Archean lode-gold prospect adjoining the 8.1 million ounce Giant Mine gold deposit in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. The 3,227 hectare property hosts ten high-grade gold occurrences. Property-wide lithogeochemical surveys, prospecting, and geophysical surveys have defined two structural corridors containing vein-hosted mineralization and a third containing shear zone hosted gold mineralization (Fox South Shear Zone). The most advanced showing, the Rod Vein, was drilled to a shallow depth in the 1960's and mined on a small scale in 1979 by previous owners. Sampling in the open pit at the Rod Vein in 2015 by Panarc Resources returned grab samples assaying up to 318 g/t Au and channel sampling results up to 1.20 m @ 17.27 g/t Au. Manson Creek Resources Ltd. ("Manson Creek") drill tested the Rod Vein in 2013 north of the 1979 production pit with best results of 2.22 m @ 27.47 g/t Au.
The Fox South Shear Zone is 1,100 m west of the Brock Shaft at the Giant Mine and consists of a reverse shear zone 10 to 70 m wide mapped over a strike length of 400 m. Grab samples from this zone collected in 2012 by Manson Creek assayed up to 30.3 g/t Au and channel samples assayed up to 1.1 m @ 2.20 g/t Au. Manson Creek also drilled two shallow holes into the zone, the best assays being 4.14 m @ 2.62 g/t Au and 2.13 m @ 4.67 g/t Au.
Rover Metals is a junior gold exploration company focused on developing exploration assets in the Northwest Territories. More information on its properties and projects can be found at www.rovermetals.com.
Silver Range is building and exploring a portfolio of high grade gold targets in Nunavut, the Northwest Territories and Nevada to fulfil an increasing demand for gold projects in politically stable jurisdictions. The Company is actively seeking partners interested in exploring these opportunities.
Technical information in this news release has been approved by Mike Power, M.Sc., P.Geo., President and CEO of Silver Range and a Qualified Person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101.
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Oct 24, 2015: Voxengo Deft Compressor version 1.6 update is now available for download. Voxengo Deft Compressor is an audio track and bus compressor plugin for professional audio production applications, available in AudioUnit, VST and VST3 plugin formats (including native 64-bit support), for Mac OS X (v10.6 and later), and Windows computers.
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-Welcome to Tap That App. I'm Jason Parker and this is the show where we cover the hottest apps in the mobile space. This week we're showing off an image manipulation app that adds cool retro effects to your photos with a ton of variables to play with. It's called Hipstamatic and it's a unique camera app and that is one of the only products at the app store that lets your experiment with lenses, types of film, and even flash effects to give you impressive results. The interface is a little difficult to understand at first. But once you get the basics, you'll be off and running, experimenting with all that Hipstamatic has to offer. To get the best results of this app, start by choosing a retro-film type using the swiping motion to switch between films. Then, use the lens selector to pick a lens. Some will let in more light than others, so you need to experiment to get the desired effect. Finally, pick a flash drive and you're ready to go. From here, snap a picture and check out the results. You'll quickly see that it's easy to create retro images that looked like they were taken over 30 years ago. Even better, there are several retro effects to experiment with to get wildly different results. After you've taken a few pictures with different configurations, you can browse your images to look at the different effects. But don't worry if you forgot which effect to use for a specific image, just tap on the develop photo to see the configuration and then tap the camera icon at the bottom if you wanna use the same configuration again. Another feature in Hipstamatic that's especially helpful is the ability to create stocks. Once you've taken a bunch of photos of the same subject or at the same configuration or whether whatever criteria you want, you can create a stock to keep them on one place. Then you can tap on a stock to see the images fan out for easy browsing. Like many apps in the iTunes app store, Hipstamatic offers an in-app store where you can buy film and lens packages that will add a few more effects to the app. While you may be turned off by having to pay an extra 99 cents for a few more effects, once you get hooked on taking retro images, it will become worth the cash. Even if you buy all the packages, it ends costing about $10. So it all depends on how much you like taking retro photos. To sum it up, the new iPhone 4 takes great images on its own. But if you want something a little different, Hipstamatic offers several ways to create retro looking images. If you're an amateur iPhone photographer, like I am, I definitely recommend you Tap This App. That's it for this week's show. If you have any suggestions, send them to firstname.lastname@example.com. I'm Jason Parker and we'll see you next week.


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By Carol Ann Wheeler
At its March 5 meeting, Little Theatre members discussed the plight of the people in the Midwest who are suffering due to the recent tornadoes. Many lost their loved ones, others saw the destruction of their homes and businesses. We know something of their plight because of hurricanes in our state. It was unanimously decided that Little Theatre would help these suffering souls by donating the proceeds of one of our show nights for "Sex Please We're Sixty" to the American Red Cross tornado relief. We all felt thankful for our own safety and flushed with pride that our theatre group could offer assistance.
The play is nearing the home stretch, the cast is being fine tuned by the directors and this promises to be one of the warmest and funniest plays we've ever been privileged to bring to our Oak Run audiences. The cut off for selling tickets for the dinner theatre was March 12 so we could give Royal Oaks dining staff a head count for dinners. Tickets to the other three shows (Friday, March 23, and Saturday, March 24, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, March 25, at 3 p.m.) are still available. If you cannot make one of the public ticket sales, please call Linda Noel at 352-873-9908. Any remaining reserved or general admission tickets will be on sale at the door prior to each of the shows. If history repeats itself, a complete sell out of tickets on Sunday is a possibility. It seems that people attending previous performances tell their friends and neighbors how much they enjoyed the show and it inspires people to attend the final performance. We have more than once had to transport extra chairs from the Orchid Club to Palm Grove to accommodate this last minute surge.
Do You Remember?
Tune in channel 12 for Len Teitler's presentation of the Donna Bolton's Showcase of Stars from May, 2011. It will air following "FYI" daily from March 16 to March 23.
Oak Run Travel
Trip sales from the spring brochure continue. Due to space limitations full information about each trip cannot appear in this column. Look over the brochure for additional information about each trip, including the date, price and host(s).
Note that the Thanksgiving trip to Nashville will be sold on both March 16 and March 17 from 8 to 9 a.m. in the Island Club. A deposit of $200 is needed.
The following trips will be sold from 8 to 9 a.m. in the Island Club on Saturday, March 17:
Daytona Speedway behind the scenes
Overnight summer two-casino trip including the show "Grease."
On Tuesday, March 20, these trips will be sold from 8 to 9 a.m. in the Orchid Club:
50s and 60s review at the Show Palace Dinner Theatre.
Hard Rock Casino afternoon and evening trip.
"The Sound of Music" at the Show Palace.
Cedar Key Food Festival and Dakota Winery.
A Show Palace Christmas.
These trips will be sold on Friday, March 23, at the Island Club from 8 to 9 a.m.
Hard Rock Casino morning and afternoon trip.
The Singing Christmas Tree at Orlando First Baptist Church.
Please remember the document meeting at the Orchid Club at 1:30 pm on Saturday, March 24, for the people who are going on the Washington, DC, trip on April 19-24. Information and documents will be distributed at this meeting.
Canine Club
Past and present club members are invited to attend the meeting on Thursday, March 22, at 7 p.m. at the Island Club. The new board is working hard to make this an interesting year with speakers and events, beginning with this month's speakers, Bruce Fishalow, executive director of the Humane Society of Marion County, and shelter manager, Daniel Werda, and maybe a couple of surprises There will be a short business meeting to introduce the new board and to discuss plans for the year and the disbursement of monies to animal related charities in our area. Membership is still $5 per person. This meeting marks the 9th anniversary of the club and a special cake will be served following the presentation, along with the drawing of the 50/50 raffle.
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Spring Fling
Our"Spring Fling" dinner meeting will be Thursday, April 12, at 6 p.m. at the Orchid Club (note the change of venue). The dinner, catered by My Sons Catering, includes chicken cordon bleu, garlic shrimp, sides, salad, with cannoli and cheesecake for dessert "The New Pretenders," the popular group from On Top Of The World, will be with us. They always put on a great show; keeping their audience in stitches throughout the night! Ticket sales are Monday, March 26, and Monday, April 2, at the Orchid Club from 9 to 11 a.m.. Cost for members is $13, and guests, $15. Call Bob Canning at 352-854-8015 if you have any questions about the club.
Italian American Club
"Night at the Races" hosted by the Italian American Club is approaching and we are planning a fun-filled evening starting with pizza to be served at 6 p.m. followed by the running of the horses for betting and excitement. In addition to pizza there will be soda, coffee and cake and there will be 50/50. The fun will take place on Wednesday, April 11, at the Orchid Club with doors opening at 5:30 p.m.
Ticket sales will be Wednesday, March 28, in the Orchid Club card room from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Cost is $10 members and $12 for guests. For further information please contact Vinny Procaccini at 352- 237-2314 or John Gariboldi at 352-861-3444.
Marion County Quilt On Display
The Oak Run Quilters' Marion County quilt will be on display at the Palm Grove auditorium March 22-25 thanks to the Little Theater Group. For theater goers the quilt will be on display during all performances of "Sex, Please, We're Sixty." For those who are not able to attend the play you may drop by the Palm Grove facility from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., on March 22, 23, and 24 and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, March 25.
The members of the Quilt Club designed and created this large wall-hanging. It is not for sale, but is a traveling exhibit reflecting not only our love of quilting, but of many of the fun and interesting sites within Marion County. Each block that surrounds the center map was made by individual members of the club to show their favorite place within the county we call home. Then members took needle in hand to finish quilting and to bind the project. There were a variety of quilting techniques used to make the quilt including thread painting, appliqué, piecing, hand quilting, and machine quilting. Many hands, as well as many hours, were spent from start to finish on this unique project.
Our thanks to the Little Theater Group for allowing us to show off our work during their play. Talents of all sorts abound in Oak Run!! Please drop by and take a look at it, while it is still here in Oak Run.
Tuesday is Bingo Night
Come and join your friends and neighbors for a fun night of bingo at the Orchid Club. Each Tuesday night doors open at 3 p.m., cards sales are from 4 to 5:45 p.m. and games begin at 6 p.m. No one under 18 years of age is allowed in the Orchid Club during games. All residents and overnight guests must wear visible name tags or pool tags. The snack bar will be open.
Can't Help Singing - Corrected Date
Last week's announcement about the return of Can't Help Singing contained an erroneous date. The first performance will be on Friday, April 20, but the second one will be on Saturday, July 21, and the third will be Saturday, Sept.1. All will begin at 7 p.m. at Palm Grove. So if you've already marked your calendar for the July performance, change it to July 21.
Laurel Oaks Book Club - Correction
The club will meet on Monday, March 19, at 7 p.m. to discuss "The Elegance of the Hedgehog" by Muriel Barbery. However, Tina McCurry will host the meeting at her home. Call Tina at 352 -615 -8727 for more information. New members are always welcome.
Royal Oaks Women's 18 Hole Golf
On Tuesday, March 6, we played low net. The weather was windy but warm and it was so enjoyable playing golf on our Royal Oaks golf course .We may not have golfed our best but it was great being out there! The winners were: First flight - 1st place, JT Lemasters, 2nd place tie, Dianna Love and Jan Tennant; Second flight - 1st place, Noreen Salo, 2nd place, Joan O'Brien, 3rd place tie, Chris Orndorff and Salita Timmermeyer; Third flight - 1st place, Gayle Feeman, 2nd place, Ginger Drake, 3rd place, Patty Dougherty, 4th place, Carolyn Collins. There was a tie for the closest to the pin between Dianna Love and Bette Johnson. Great playing ladies!
The winners of the March 1 Low Net Tournament are: Flight A - 1st JoAnn Cohen, 2nd June Dickbernd, 3rd Connie Bingham. Flight B - 1st Joan Klier, 2nd Karen Schuelke, 3rd Marlena Yaich. Flight C - 1st Jean Travers, 2nd Ruby Shepard, 3rd Terri Feeley. Flight D - 1st Pat Anderson, 2nd Mary Hart. Closest to the Pin: Anita Caruso. Chip Ins: Norma Erickson, Marge Richardson, Karen Schuelke, Betty Scott, Jean Travers A round of applause for this group of winners!
The winners of the Low Net Tournament held on March 8 are as follow: Flight A - 1st Marti Babb, 2nd Marge Rymarcsuk, 3rd Gail Barclay. Flight B - 1st June Dickbernd, 2nd Annette Carini, 3rd Karen Schuelke. Flight C - 1st Norma Erickson, 2nd Linda Noel, 3rd Sue Elie. Flight D 1st Betty Scott, 2nd Edith Voss, 3rd Ruby Shepard. Closest to the Pin : Deb Palmer and Annette Carini. Chip In: Bebe Hahne Congratulations to the winners! What a wonderful turnout (ten groups) all of whom enjoyed fantastic weather as they made their way around the front nine on the Spruce Creek Preserve Course.
Royal Oaks Men's Golf
March 9 turned out to be another early spring day, with partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures. 45 golfers turned out to play a game of three best net. And the winners were: first place with a score of 193 the team of Emmet Dowling, Ron Kowalewski, Paul Colatruglio, and John Foutty; second with a score of 195 Ron Tennant, Ray Hagerman, Bill Start, and Dick Spano; third with a score of 197 Ralph Lavocca, Sam Owens, Bob Gildea, and Art Pruneau. Closest to the pin on the par three's were Frank Kelley, Ron Catapano, Ray Hagerman, and John O'Neill. Unfortunately one team got caught in a rain shower and were unable to finish, but gave it their all. Hope the carts and clubs dry out before the next outing!
Royal Oaks Lady Niners
March 8 we played two free mulligans to be used on fairway or tee box, so it helped if the ladies got into the woods or sand. Winners were: Flight A - 1st. Sally Crasss 2nd. Brenda Raider, 3rd. Elsa Berbig. Flight B - 1st Vange Bell, tied in 2nd Joan School and Cindy Kocher. Closest to pin was Phyllis Oldfield; she also had a birdie on hole number three.
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The shark was just 40 yards from a group of surfers.
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Nissan and BMW are installing 120 dual port fast-changing stations across the USA that should charge compatible vehicles up to 80 per cent in 30 minutes.
The programme will encompass 19 states and any car with a fast charging port, such as the Nissan Leaf and the BMW i3, will be able to take advantage of the stations.
The companies want to increase the uptake of electric vehicles in the US as well as enable longer distance driving with more frequently placed charge points.
"BMW continues to pursue new ways to support the development of a robust public charging infrastructure that will benefit current and future BMW i3 owners across the country," said BMW manager Cliff Fietzek.
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The new ports will offer dual 50 kW DC fast-charging stations with both CHAdeMO and CCS connectors.
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Nissan says its 'Leaf' range are the world's best-selling electric cars. The most recent model is capable of driving for 107 miles between charges.
The BMW i3 powered by a 22-kWh lithium-ion battery and has a shorter maximum range of 80-100 miles.
"Nissan takes a three-pronged approach to growing public EV charging options for Leaf drivers by installing quick chargers in the community, at corporate workplaces and at Nissan dealerships," said Nissan director Andrew Speaker.
"By working with BMW to increase the number of available public quick-chargers, we are able to further enhance range confidence among EV drivers across the country."
In November, Fraunhofer researchers demonstrated a smart energy management system that allows homeowners to charge their electric vehicles from excess energy produced by rooftop solar panels.


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(CNN) -- Back in the pool for the first time since 2012, Michael Phelps was close to his peerless best.
The most decorated Olympian of all time raced to a second-place finish in the 100m butterfly final in front of a sell-out crowd at the Skyline Aquatic Center, Arizona.
Phelps came up two-tenths of a second short of an instant return to winning ways with a time of 51.93 seconds -- coming in just behind his longtime rival and friend Ryan Lochte.
Phelps time ranks as the fourth fastest this year, and -- although two seconds slower than his own 49.82 world record -- the 28-year-old was satisfied.
"I said I wanted to be around 52.0 and I would be completely happy with that," Phelps told ESPN, before reiterating that has future was still undecided.
"It's one meet; it's one race. It's a long way whether I decide to continue or not."
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The 1,200 people in attendance might have been a few less than the 17,000 he entertained at his last race -- the gold medal-winning 4x100 medley relay at the London Olympics -- but the 18-time Olympic gold medalist told reporters he hadn't felt so nervous about a race since he was a 10-year-old.
Phelps retired after winning an unprecedented 22nd Olympic medal on 4 August 2012 and embarked on a year of travel and golfing with little mention of a return to swimming.
But Phelps sparked speculation about a potential comeback by re-entering the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency's testing program last November -- which began a nine-month wait required before a swimmer can again compete.
Taking to the pool in competition for the first time in 628 days, he had cruised through his qualifying heat with the fastest time of 52.84 seconds, just ahead of Lochte who went on to win the final in the second fastest time in the world this year.
"I probably wouldn't have gone that time if Phelps wasn't in that pool with me. We push each other all the time," said Lochte.
"Down there at the turn I kind of peeked over and I saw him and almost started smiling," Lochte said, at which point, Phelps interjected: "Why? Because you were ahead?"
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Phelps is still non-committal on his swimming future, and declared himself happy to have shed his post-retirement weight gain, and post a strong time.
"This was awesome. I'm really excited about how things went. I do know what I need to do if I want to continue and swim faster."
He will also race in today's 50m freestyle in Arizona but, beyond that, he has not yet committed to the U.S. national championships in August or next year's world championships in Kazan, Russia.
Inevitably the question of a return to Olympic action arose -- with a potential fifth games in Brazil now just over two years away. But Phelps says he is taking "one step at a time."
For now, the screaming crowd and Lochte's delighted welcome mark a tentative beginning to the legend's comeback.
"With what he's done for the sport of swimming and him leaving kind of broke my heart a little because I love getting on those blocks and racing him," said Lochte. "Now that he's back I've got a big ol' smile on my face."
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Chickens are every bit as fun and easy to care for as dogs or cats, plus they give you great farm-fresh eggs. The biggest challenge is keeping the birds safe from predators, and at the same time allowing them to enjoy a natural diet of grains, greens and insects.
Most poultry predators roam at night — raccoons, coyotes, owls and such. But hawks and (some but not all) dogs may attack free-ranging birds during the day, especially if there are no humans at home or no guard dog to chase them away. You could keep your birds inside a conventional stationary coop, but then they wouldn't get to forage for their natural diet and thereby give you the best-tasting and most nutritious eggs. Portable electric mesh fencing can serve as daytime protection in some locations, but not against hawks. Plus, you'll still need shelter for the hens to sleep in.
To make it easy for anyone to raise a few chickens on pasture, I set out to create a coop design that would be secure, low-cost, easy to build, light enough to move easily and scaled to fit well even in small back yards. After working through several prototypes, the design described below meets all those criteria. It's intended for three or four hens, costs only about $100 in materials and can be assembled in a few hours from standard welded wire fencing. A barn-style plastic doghouse serves as a henhouse that sits inside the wire pen. The pen and house combo is lightweight and easy to pull to a new location every few days, so you can keep your birds safe but still let them enjoy clean, fresh pasture (or set them over garden beds to help fertilize and control pests).
To make this portable mini-coop, head to your local hardware or farm store and get the following items:
Barn-style doghouse: the larger the better, but be sure you get the 1-by-2-inch mesh wire fencing for the pen's side walls (see below) in a height that's at least as tall as the doghouse you choose.
1-by-2-inch mesh welded wire fencing, as tall as the doghouse — 38 feet is enough to make the sides and doors for one 3-by-10-foot pen. This fencing is stiff enough to make sides that support the top and produce a sturdy rectangular wire pen.
25 feet of 2-by-4-inch mesh welded wire, 36 inches wide (or 48 inches for a wider pen — see Step 2, below); this is for the top and bottom of the coop. You could use 1-by-2-inch mesh throughout, but the 2-by-4-foot is sufficient, plus it's lighter and less expensive.
Two or three boxes of "hog rings" and the pliers to pinch them closed. I discovered these nifty fasteners at a Tractor Supply Co. store. They are designed to be pierced into pigs' noses to discourage them from rooting, but they're perfect for quickly attaching the walls, top and bottom to form a very lightweight all-wire (no wood!) pen.
If you don't already have wire cutters or a small bolt cutter, buy a tool that will let you easily cut the wire fencing.
Step 1: Bend the 1-by-2-inch mesh fencing to make the sides of the 3-by-10-foot pen.
Step 2: Cut an 11-foot length of the 2-by-4-inch mesh wire, fold 6 inches under on each end (to provide extra stiffness) so you have a section that is 10 feet long. Using the hog rings every 4 to 6 inches, attach the 2-by-4-inch wire section to form a top for the 3-by-10-foot wire rectangle. (I also made one test pen that was 4 feet wide, rather than 3 feet. To prevent the wider top section from sagging, I slipped two 1-by-2-inch wooden "beams" through the top slots in the side walls.)
Step 3: Make another 10-foot section as described above, flip the pen over and install the second section.
Step 4: To make the door openings — one at one end so you can gather the eggs from the henhouse and slide the house out for cleaning, and one at the other end to allow for tending the birds' food and water containers — cut sections of wire out of each end of the pen to form openings tall and wide enough for the house to slide in and out easily. Bend back all the sharp wire ends.
Step 5: Make the doors — two 3-by-1 1/2-foot flaps of the 1-by-2-inch mesh fencing that hinge up from the bottom and down from the top (use the hog rings to make the "hinges"); the top and bottom flaps will overlap 6 inches in the middle. This door design lets you open only the top flap to reach in for eggs, or open both the top and bottom flaps if you need to slide the coop out. Use bungee cords or whatever fasteners you have on hand to secure the door flaps.
Step 6: To adapt the barn-style doghouse (sold in various sizes at most hardware, farm supply and home improvement stores) first file off the tabs that hold the roof section to the bottom (a wood rasp works well) so that you can easily lift off the roof section when you need to change the bedding. Then install a 1-by-2-inch board as a roost at the top edge of the bottom section, and attach a thin plywood "wall" to a second crosspiece toward the back of the coop (see illustration), with a hole cut in it so the hens can lay their eggs in the "back room" (they like a dark, cozy spot). Put the top section of the doghouse onto the bottom backwards, so you have a large opening in the front and a smaller, higher opening facing the back. This way, you can reach into the back opening to gather eggs.
If you want two coops, you could economize by buying just one doghouse and using both the bottom and top sections as the roofs for two houses, each set onto rectangles made of lightweight, rot-resistant cedar boards.
Step 7: Finally, trace the shape of the front and back henhouse openings, cut plywood doors to fit and hinge them to the openings. I made the front door hinge downward and attached a cord to the top edge so I can just pull the cord up to close the door; and I put a small snap fastener on the end of the cord so opening or closing the door takes about five seconds! I thought the wire pens would be fully predator-proof and the birds would not need to be locked inside the house at night, but I learned the hard way that gangs of raccoons can manage to scare young birds out of the house, then reach through the wire and kill them! So, even though the birds naturally go into the house at night to roost, it's still a good idea to close the door each evening.
We will be posting this portable backyard coop plan on our Web site. If you find ways to improve upon it, or you have other ideas for portable coops, please share your discoveries by posting a comment to the article.
For example, before I discovered the hog rings and developed this wire pen plan, I made a portable coop by adding wheels and a wire "roof" to a chain-link dog kennel. I got a bucket of used lawn mower wheels from a small engine repair shop at no cost, and mounted them on 24-inch-long axles cut from steel rod that I clamped to the four corners of the kennel. For a coop inside the kennel, I used a fiberglass calf hut (sold at farm stores), also on wheels and with a wire floor added to keep out any predators that might dig under the kennel walls. (Or you could use a couple of the barn-style doghouses for the henhouses, set up on crossbeams.) My chain-link chicken "kennel on wheels" works great if you want a larger number of hens than the wire mini-coop can handle.
Mother Earth News Editor in Chief Cheryl Long looks forward to a day when there are chickens in every back yard. She keeps her Welsummer and Jersey Giant hens in the portable pens she designed for this article.
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I can probably help out anyone having trouble with their coop. A few weeks ago I was looking for a coop plan because I didn't want to wait and pay 400$ for a pre-made one I knew I could make. I couldn't really find any free information that was detailed, I needed a guide with materials listed and step by step instructions for any amount of chickens. I did find a blog though that had chicken coop plans for any amounr of chickens. You can check it out here howtobuildachickencoopplan.webs.com . I used it to build a chicken coop for 6 chickens everything is step by step- only took me 4 days to build mine using the plans. Your Weclome lol
Sketches are just fine for my learning style. Thanks for all the comments and warnings. I have an extra large pet carrier used for large German Shepherd dog that sadly passed away. I will try to use it as a starter chicken coop and will be sure to place the safeguards in place as other readers have warned including the author. Too many scorners and mockers in the world and not enough encouragers. I saw many ideas in the comments section.Thanks.
Great looking coop. it would be nice to see a complete layout and photos. http://portable-chickencoop.com
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here's a nice pic of the inside of the doghouse after conversion www.tractorsupply.com/content/knowhow/chicks/livestock_care_the_perfect_chicken_coop_for_any_space
One question, why are there not photos of DIY projects like this one? (I see the sketch which is not a photo :-) thanks
We had an old garden cart...the type with the large bike wheels...that has the wood on the sides. I simply use 3/4" ply that was lying around to make a house inside the box, with a removable. sloped roof. sloped, a door hatch to the back side, another on one side and a third at the high end. The high end door,long enough to serve as a walk, is attached to a cord that runs through the house and out the back side, making it possible to open and close easily. Inside are 4 nests and a roost attached to the long closed wall, mounted on simple shelf brackets. The pen is simply salvaged fence sections (3/4" galvanized frames with chicken wire. At one end I attached a 2"x6" near the bottom, narrow edge vertical, with two 5 inch casters mounted on the outside, so that the pen can be moved when tilted back. The house merely is pushed up to one side that has an opening, the door dropped and chickens free to run.
Please note that the article warns: "I thought the wire pens would be fully predator-proof and the birds would not need to be locked inside the house at night, but I learned the hard way that gangs of raccoons can manage to scare young birds out of the house, then reach through the wire and kill them! So, even though the birds naturally go into the house at night to roost, it's still a good idea to close the door each evening."
I highly caution anyone with numerous or hungry predators of chickens in their area. I built this cage with chicken wire and a frame (because the larger fencing recommended just seemed to allow too much room for smaller hens to escape). I had my three, new young hens out in this coop for one week. I went out to feed/water them every morning, and one morning I was devastated to find that during the night, something (I'm guessing a racoon) had managed to catch a hen THROUGH the chicken wire, and pulled it limb from limb through the wire. When I arrived on the scene, the only evidence of this was a few feathers and some chicken muscle tissue caught on the chicken wire - however all substancial parts of the chicken were gone (legs, head, wings). The thought of one of my precious new chickens being ripped apart alive almost made me sick. I will never again build something with so little protection to the outside. My next coop (when I get approval in my new city to keep hens) will have double-thick cage walls, with maybe a 2x4 between the first fence and the second, to keep predators from grabbing at the chickens through the fencing... I'm still devastated about my loss, and it's been two years...
To simplify the occuring comment of (chickens cant scratch in the wire, Or might hurt there feet) You can simply Frame the lower part of your cage with 2 by 8 and 4 by 8 boards at the front and rear of your wood framed bottom, cut holes aprox 2-3 inchs round Find an old bar of some sort tale the wheels off and old wagon or lawnmower, place each rod threw your holes assemble the wheels so thet they come off and on. this allows for 2 different things a lower roost and the capability of moving this structure freely across your yard. Simply remove the wheels and the structure becomes' solid and firm on the ground thus resolving both situations of not able to move it yourself and not having to wrry if the hens are able to scratch enough. Good Luck on your Chick adventures.
Al, there are not real photos, just drawings, which makes me a little suspicious of just how good it is; click on images and then on next to see them all. Most of you asking about the cold don't say how cold your area gets. This site will tell you which breeds work well in very cold winters, those that tolerate heat, and lots of other very useful info. http://www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/chooks.html They don't need heat, but they do need good ventilation; closing the coop up tight to keep them warm will actually make them colder because of condensation (from their breathing) freezing. The biggest problem is the water freezing; you can suspend a heat lamp over it or use a heated water bucket. If no electricity you'll have to change it frequently. Personally I'd never put wire on the bottom of a run; chickens love to scratch and they also love and NEED dust baths to control mites. A chicken denied these simple pleasures is not a contented chicken. Be aware that this will cause dents in the soil, so if a golf course-type lawn in important to you you may want to rethink having chickens! The wire used in the plans will not keep out weasels. Watching a fox run off with one of your birds in its mouth is hard, but waking up to find a pile of headless chickens is one of the most hideous experiences I ever hope to have. 1/2" hardware cloth will keep them out. You should use this on the coop, the larger stuff is good enough for the run and will keep out daytime predators.
Where can I find some pictures of this coup?
I too converted an dog house but a pretty good size one. It is 4x6 feet. The large window is hinged at the top so the south sun can shine in during the winter months. I surrounded it with a dog peg that someone game me and then to keep the hawks out, covered it with plastic chicken wire and pvc pipes. Pic can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/rstidyman/4377095420/
We built this coop in the spring and it worked out great. We used plastic zip ties instead of the wire rings. It took my husband and I about a full day to do all of the work and to convert the dog house. We use dog leashes on the house to open and close the doors from outside of the fenced box. During the day the leash has slack, at night we pull it taught and use the clip (that would go to the dog's collar) to attach to the wire cage side. The wire flooring doesn't hurt, nor impede the chicken's from scratching a bit. It actually blends right into the grass and sits flush with the soil. We took some tomato stakes and put them in through the cage at the very top and at about 1/3 way up. The lower stakes the gals can perch on, the top stakes we use to move the cage with. It is very hard to move the cage with just one person, and almost impossible to move the cage with the doghouse still inside.
Having been raised on a 40 acre farm as a kid, I am familiar with chickens on a large free-range scale, but now that my husband and I live in suburbia with just over an acre we are thinking of getting chickens on a small scale and got the idea to use our retired dog run for a chicken run. It's tall, long and critter proof, with a walk-in gate. We are planning to build a hen house for them to roost and lay of course, but with careful planning and modification, hopefully we can make it work.
So, where exactly are the "plans" mentioned in the title of this article? I see instructions and descriptions, but no plan.
http://home.centurytel.net/thecitychicken/tractors.html I made a large "chicken tractor ark" for 6 chickens and it works great. The coop is off the ground and I haven't had predator or ant problems yet. Ark shapes aren't that hard to make and give the chickens plenty of space on the ground. Mine has wheels on one end and I move it every three or four days. Aggie
Chickens are WAY more hardy then some of you are giving them credit for. My first year with chickens they were in a large dog pen in an old wooden dog house. It was not insulated, it had no light. I had pine shavings in it, my hubby put two roost along both sides. I had seven hens in there. I had the roof slightly ajar and I never closed the door even though I could. I got eggs all winter long that first year. I moved them into a hen house for ME. I had a tarp over there pen covering their house later into the winter so I wouldn't get all wet feeding them and so their feed stayed dry. They were fine. The pen wasn't covered and I have never lost a bird to raccoons. I do have a run similar to the one mentioned in the article. I use it for junior birds as they are too young to come in with the flock. My concern of the design was keeping water out of the back part with the dog house top on sideways. I think I will still use a small tarp over the house end of the pen but I did enjoy the desing for the hen house using an old dog house as I have two just laying around! However, my birds are now in a large hen house and run and that is more for me than them. No crawling. This run would work great for a child doing a 4H project and wouldn't be keeping the birds through the winter. Or for someone who simply wants pet birds. It would also make a fine breeding pen if you are into that sort of thing. Finally, although I think Avian flu in the small hobby flock isn't likely, in our area we are dealing with other backyard breeders not being diligent when they have sick birds. We have had a small epidemic of sick/dying birds. Nothing that is a threat to humans but devestating to a backyard hobbyist, espeically those with show birds. All you need is a few bad eggs selling sick birds at swaps for that to spread through backyard flocks. I have had to put down an entire flock, build total new housing area and vow to be done with backyard breeders, sticking with hatcheri
I keep my flock against the house which keeps them warmer in the winter. It faces the east. Their coop is made of chicken wire and heaver gauge wire for the lower 4 feet.I placed strips of the heaver wire around the bottom plus cinder blocks to prevent digging. Sometimes I see evidence there has been digging. It is a full 7 feet high with several roots at different levels. My hens need no ramps or ladders to get up to nests and roosts as they easily fly up to where they want to be. Since I don't let them out to forage, I give them greens, meat and cooked apple waste + a variety of different foods. My chickens continue to lay eggs even though the temp dipped to 25 degrees here. My neighbors say theirs stopped laying in September. I used to think it was leaving a light on for them but found doing that made them tired during the day so I shut it off. I am going to put it on a timer though, in the spring so that my hens may eat the moths it attracts. I have irected a dog compound that I am fortifying against predators where I will keep my birds early spring so they can dig up bugs and eat weeds. I have read that if you slope the floor of your nests, the eggs will softly roll to the edge where you can construct a channel. I have wondered if the eggs would be in any danger of freezing if I did that.
What are some best practices for caring for the flock during winter months using this type of coop? Thanks.
This is a question more than a comment. I understand that hens will only lay for three or four years. What do you do with them when they no longer produce eggs? The obvious of course is chicken soup, but as a vegetarian and animal lover, this is not an option for me. The cost of continuous care would I feel negate the benefit of free eggs. Janet
Anyone know how this would work when there are fire ants? Our part of the country (Florida) doesn't have a yard free of fire ants unless you use poison. Since I don't use poison, I have fire ants. I don't think I could find enough ground/grass free of the ants to have any kind of chicken coop, portable or not.
Hmm...I like this chicken coop, except there is no place for the chickens to scratch. I don't believe the wire would be good for their feet. I recently built a similar pen that solves this problem. I framed in a wire rabbit pen and elevated it on four posts. I enclosed in the area beneath the pen with two layers of chicken wire and framed around the bottom with wood. I used two layers so the holes were essentially half the size of one layer. I'm hoping this will keep out snakes. I cut a hole in the bottom of the wire pen and placed a ladder for the chickens to go down to the bottom of the pen. At night, the chickens climb the ladder for their dinner and we close the hole to the bottom story with galavanized wire that is attached to a bungie cord. By day, the chickens can eat pests and scratch in the soil or can go upstairs. At night, they are locked safely upstairs. It took about 3 days to train the chickens to go downstairs when we opened the hole. The pen is lightweight enough to be portable, but heavy enough to keep coyotes from knocking it over. Something to consider--when my son was four, we had a traditional chicken coop. He scratched his knee on a wire in the pen and had to have emergency surgery the next morning due to a raging ecoli infection. BE VERY CAREFUL to turn under all wire in chicken pens. If children will be collecting eggs, they should wear gloves and long sleeves.
I think I'll use the welded mesh as the 'run' component of a chook tractor I'm going to build. Thanks for some useful ideas. I don't know about where you are but in Australia we have available bags of C-clips which you can close to an overlapped circle with their own specific fencing pliers so that part of the job will be really easy. Fortunately I live in Brisbane, Australia so there will be no temperature related problems. I do have a couple of questions though. I am always as kind to animals as is possible and I'd like to know whether chickens have any difficulty foraging through a mesh floor or whether they even like walking on one? What is the minimum size mesh required to keep foxes out and what is the maximum size mesh required to keep chickens (from point-of-lay size) in? I'm quite sure that a small solid block of timber or a builders framing bracket would make an excellent brace in the corners if the run is too unstable.
This has been such a helpful discussion for us thinking of starting our chicken coop- a million thanks to you all. I love Mother Earth News too, and to all of you Happy New Year!
See many more backyard chicken coop designs at http://www.backyardchickens.com/coopdesigns.html .....I love Mother Earth News.....
Last summer, my son took on a project of building chicken coops for sale. Now, as part of a high-school project, he is doing research on how he could improve his product. If you have time, would you take his survey - probably about five to ten minutes. http://www.niemannross.com/fiab And, seriously, no. This isn't a scam or a sales pitch. You can include your name if you're interested, but otherwise choose to be left alone. Thanks! Mark Niemann-Ross
Why not just use large used pet taxis purchased from yard sales to put your chickens in at night. The lids come off, they have a handle on them for easy transportation and they have a wire door that latches. For heat in the winter, since the ground is cold, sit them on straw bales and stack staw bales around the pet taxi.
I read your whole article the first time, and my opinion of the coop remains. My grandfather grew up on one of those farms you mention, and he had to deal with frozen combs and feet. Look on any chicken message board this winter and look at the postings about frost-bitten chickens. Most people recommend keeping their house at at least 40 degrees in the winter. Chicken ancestors came from tropical rainforests, not the tundra. Further, last summer millions of chickens perished in the heat wave in California. Free-range flocks who were pastured died in large numbers. Chickens are forest creatures, not plains animals, and although they need some sun, also need shade. Further, most people have a night where they forget to lock up the chickens or get home late, and the raccoons are waiting. It only takes once... I read the bird flu book, and it's excellent. Although they make a good case for factory farms creating bird flu, once it gets out, free-range birds can get it and have. Look at the UK DEFRA guidelines about what backyard bird keepers can do to prevent their birds from getting it. Even if you don't believe your birds can get it, if you can't prove quarantine when bird flu arrives to your area, the government can come and automatically kill your birds anyway, or if you're lucky, require you to put them in more biosecure housing. To protect them, show that you took precautions and be prepared with the proper housing. In Europe, there were areas where chickens were ordered to be put in proper housing for months at a time, or they'd be killed. I have over 200 chickens, by the way.
Would this coop work for hot Florida weather? I am concerned that the chickens would be way to hot in the doghouse since it is totally enclosed with no ventilation.
I have made four of these coops, and if you follow the directions in the article, the pen will be plenty stable and very easy to move around. If Cheryl (above) had read the entire article, she would have realized that there is not room for birds to roost on top of the coop. She is correct to caution that raccoons can reach in (at night) and kill chickens; but the article addressed this problem: "I thought the wire pens would be fully predator-proof and the birds would not need to be locked inside the house at night, but I learned the hard way that gangs of raccoons can manage to scare young birds out of the house, then reach through the wire and kill them! So, even though the birds naturally go into the house at night to roost, it's still a good idea to close the door each evening." Chickens and ducks are very hardy and can survive winters in most regions without extra heat, especially in a small cozy space such as this doghouse-coop. Using strawbales or bags of leaves for wind protection would probably be a good idea in exposed sites in northern regions. (Chickens survived nicely in unheated coops even in northern areas of the U.S. before farmers ever had electricity as an option.) A bigger challenge in areas with heavy snow is likely to be that these small coops may become frozen in the snow and manure levels may build up in the small space. You may need to move the birds to a larger, non-portable shelter for the snowy months, if your daytime predator risk makes it dangerous to let them run free-range. Finally, bird flu is not a significant risk to small home flocks unless they are near the giant, filthy poultry factory farms--see www.birdflubook.com.
This coop will not protect them from predator who will reach through, and is not even warm enough for a zone 9 winter. Further, to protect them from bird flu and allow quarantine, it should have a solid top. By making people think that this is all you need, you are causing people to inadvertently be abusive to chicken Sorry, but that's what I think. Most people need an insulated chicken coop where you can place a heat source in the winter so they don't get frost-bitten combs and feet. 1/2" hardware cloth will keep raccoons from reaching through. Chickens like to roost, and a few if not all of them will roost on top of that dog house where they are easy prey. Racoons have been known to reach through a pull them out piece-by-piece.
I have created some rabbit cages that are similar to this design. Instead of the rings, I use j-clips, as they keep the welded wire more tightly bound, and makes the whole things more stable. Instead of crossbars, I use welded wire columns in my 4-foot and 5-foot wide designs. I can drag my entire cage across the grass pretty easily to give them new pasture. I also added a bit of corrugated metal roofing to keep my rabbits dry and out of the sun (and to keep the snow out in the winter). I set it next to a wooden hutch so that they can get in out of the elements and away from scary predators. You can see pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/cookwood/sets/72157594475915300/ I've had it going since October with 4 rabbits and so far they've been so happy, and there have been no predator problems. They hang out there, eat lots of grass and clover, chase each other around. I'd be happy to answer any questions. I'm thinking about creating a chicken tractor with a similar design and was thus interested in this design. Has anyone had luck with a bottomless design? Or had trouble with this one as they don't have a lot of place to scratch? I'd love to see pictures, if anyone else is building similar structures. thanks, Liz
This is a good starter coop, and is portable. Every 3 days I lift up the lighter end and rotate the whole thing clockwise, till it's covering a new patch of grass. When I've completed the circle, I recruit a 2nd person to help me move it completely to a new patch of grass. I also let my chickens out for several hours a day to graze, as it's cramped in there. They make their way back in there when they've had enough outside time. If you are unable to do this, you might find the coop too small. Some more things to consider: 1. Don't build it if you're not physically flexible. For the first few days, I had to crawl in there and teach the chickens to go in the hut at night. Now they go in automatically at dusk. Also have to crawl in to set up the hanging feeder, and to refill it and/or clean it. 2. We use clips and bungee cords to secure it, which makes it cumbersome to get in and out of --again, great for a starter, but wouldn't want to put up w/ it long term. 3. The chickens have no access to food or water at night, but they seem okay w/ that. 4. We need to keep one tarp over the food, and another over the doorway to the hut, b/c rain water drips into down the closed door into the hut, and soaks the inside. 5. Haven't figured out how we are going to go thru the winter yet, since there is no electricity near it for a heat or light bulb... This coop is just what the article promises: inexpensive, easy to build, and portable. But for long-term chicken keeping, it won't do. We'll keep it though to put replacement chicks in before introducing them to the flock in years to come.
I'm opening the sides of the run from the bottom, so hoping metal clips along both sides and the bottom will be secure enough. It's hard to guess with some predators the lengths they'll go thru to get into a chicken coop. On that same note, we had to use 1/4" hardware cloth for the sides and top because of the predators out where we live. They could easily get through anything else. Perhaps that's what made the run less stable, but I don't think so. Anyhow, once we secured the corners and sides with rebar, it held up as stable. It just won't be portable, unfortunately. As for the doghouse conversion, attaching the doors to the dog house became an impossibility due to the slant and overhang of the doorways. I ended up turning it back into a regular dog house, big doorway in the front, no door. I will just access the eggs from the back by lifting up the top of the doghouse and reaching inside. It is quite easy, actually. I'll find a way to close the doorway off this winter as it gets colder. One thing about this plan, I sure wouldn't do it again! BUT it will work for now.
We made ours over the weekend, and it is not that unstable. I thought it would be until I secured the doors and we ran the 1x2's through the top. This also helps us move it all around the yard with out any issues I was wondering, what are some good ideas for securing the doors? I can't see myself tying knots all winter!
My dad and I are building this coop as shown in the magazine. The run is VERY unstable, falls over easy, etc. so we will have to stake it with some rebar or wood to make it stand up. I wouldn't recommend using this as a chicken tractor or "portable coop" as it claims. We gave up that idea as soon as we finished the run. It's just too wobbly. As for the heat in winter, I would think as Heather mentioned, red bulb heat lamp like you'd use in a brooder would work. Good luck! :)
Thanks for your help! We're going to give it a try.
I haven't used this coop yet. However, I did keep ducks through many cold Michigan winters. They stayed in a plastic shed similar to a dog house just bigger. I filled it with straw and used suspended heat lamps. (Just the simple single bulb ones with a red warming bulb). I also used bales of straw around the duck house for insulation and wind breaks. They had access during the day to the outdoors but preferred to stay in most of the time. I know it was always a long winter for them--but everyone stayed healthy and safe.
Does anyone have thoughts as to whether this portable coop will provide enough warmth to get chickens through a New England winter? If not, any ideas on how to winterize it?? Thanks.
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