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    Fox or coyote? problem

    I have a predator problem and need some advice on how to reduce or elimate it. We are fronted by a subdivision and back in a creek I free-range my birds during the day and coop them at night. The pens are horse wire wrapped by hardware cloth at the bottom dung in about 6-8 inches. Bricks and...
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    Neighbor help

    Long story short. across the street neighbor has decided that he should have ducks (muscovys) and chickens (game). He has a fence but no gates and they are not cooped at night from what I can see. Yesterday his rooster was in my driveway and this morning one of the hens was in my fully fenced...
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    Foxhound Ladys Page

    What I've Learned About Chickens Feed Stores are placesBAD And when picking out chicks one will always pick more cockrels then pullets on the first go around When ordering chickens you can never order enough! Chickens are an addiction I started with 4 and now have 23 none over a year yet! Just...
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    Skunk!

    Well pen bottom was redone Sat. morning We have horse wire on the bottom butted up to the sides of the pen, big cinder blocks at the corners and at the joins and a big fat layer of dirt on top (as in 3 inches higher then the other pens). Concreted the hole were she was coming in at which...
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    Skunk!

    Well it came by again last night when I did the 10pm check and one more of the babies is gone. It dug in under the buried wire on my Silkie pen crawled up through the hole between it and my baby pen. Spooked it enough that the cats ran after her, but the am it claimed the bits that it had...
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    Skunk!

    So it appears we have a skunk who has decided that eggs and 6 wk babies are tasty. With this oh so wonderful drought right now I'm not surprised that a skunk has appeared. Our creek is dried up and we have water buckets out in our back pasture for the deer and any animal who needs. This...
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    $50 vet charge for chicken diagnosis?

    Your not crazy I just had 7 rocks/2 grapes and assorted biomatter pulled from my Brahma's crop, this is the same Brahma that I had to tube feed last summer to get her over some type of bacterial infection. Might I suggest that you find a avain vet that is willing to do chickens. A basic vet...
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    Baby with yolk sac exposed

    This is the second baby in this hatch that has had an exposed yolk sac. The first one was culled because his intestines were hanging out (hatched Mon.). This second baby it appears to be just the yolk sac. This eggs were incubated under two different silkies (one a great broodie/momma the...
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    Mysterious Chicken Deaths

    I should mention that they have fans in the coop and we live in the piney woods (lots of shade which me no grass and lost of dirt). Yes heat stroke is a real possiblity in this area for any animal. think I might have to get them a kiddy pool again. they younger girls havent seen one but the...
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    Mysterious Chicken Deaths

    Um Hot! right now mid '90's w/ high humidity normally in April 60-70's
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    I don't know what I am?!?!

    Quote: Agreed
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    Mysterious Chicken Deaths

    First a bit of a history. In April we had a 2 yr old EE pullet pass away. She was laying on the coop floor as if having a dust bath. When I went ot pick her up she collasped back down. She passed away with what seemed to be like a seizure 1 hr later as we were walking in the door to the...
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    Do we have any Arabian lovers out there?

    I had one for 16 yrs she was the best little thing and smart as a whip
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    This Game is the "Chicken Breeds name" game!

    welsummer
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    The Forums Fault!! UPDATE, MORE PICS

    Cute babies!
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