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    How to deter hawks?

    We live in a subdivision with a fenced in back yard-- we had a hawk attempt an attack a couple weeks ago but did not succeed. I kept the chickens in for a couple days and then back to normal. Two days ago I was right out with them and fed scratch right outside our mini-barn under a mulberry...
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Owls like to nest in holes in trees and also in large nests (like hawk nests) that are abandoned.
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    yes they "Who- WHOOOO" at night.... often mates will communicate back and forth with one another. One's call is distinctively higher than the others (but I can't remember which way!) Some owls screech... Great Horned Owls make the who-whooooo noise. They are fierce predators, will walk the...
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Hello!!!! I am thinking about adding a few chicks this year and would be brooding them in the house or garage until they can go out....Chicks have to have starter for so long and and the big girls need their layer ration... at what age is is appropriate to mix the two flocks and how do I ensure...
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Thanks Shan-- I am not freaked out... I have been very diligent to make sure they are in at dusk. It is an oddity anyhow- We live in a subdivision with a fenced in back yard. I am home almost all the time. Honestly-- we do not have a lot of cats out here at all. There was one hanging out...
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    that would be awesome if it is a cat!!! they were around the coop... I am not so worried about a cat. We are shut up tight at night anyway...
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    yes... they are similar to the weasel tracks.... maybe the size of a nickel or so.... similar to a regular cat's print but the fact that they some of them were very close together and on top of the other... I didn't know if that was a trait of a specific animal?
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    I need help identifying these tracks. I have seen them around in the snow but not always consistently... There were a lot of rabbit tracks in our dusting of snow last night and then these.... before I just chalked them up to a cat but honestly cats are few and far between in our area.... and...
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    Sam, our Old English Sheepdog, brought this little guy up on the deck for us as a gift tonight. As an upside-- we got to watch him play dead and then finally get up and walk a little with the kids. They LOVED watching him. At this point my husband put him outside the fence. The chickens have...
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Yes-- my husband is a journeyman carpenter-- but when he builds at home-- we do not burn the treated lumber.... he doesn't even like the kids handling that lumber....
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    For people, Charcoal helps to take toxins out of the body when you are sick-- even with the common cold.... I am sure it has the same benefits for animals....
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