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Top 10 Chicken PredatorsGreat article! Just a couple tidbits: 1) Skunks do NOT smell skunky until startled! We have a resident skunk that tools about our place after...
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Top 10 Chicken PredatorsI bought a baby monitor to hang in the coop. There were a few restless nights in the beginning as I got used to their normal noises. Now I only...
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Eagle - Chicken Predators - How To Protect Your Chickens From EaglesYou would need to move it around as after awhile, they get used to things and become more comfortable. As the article stated, they have great...- Debbie292d
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Top 10 Chicken PredatorsGreat article! We lived and learned. A lot of people don't realize that dogs dig too. We had a neighbor's small dog dig underneath our fencing and...- Magpiezoe
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Top 10 Chicken PredatorsRats are indeed a problem. I read about using a trash can with a swinging lid. The lid is baited. When the rodent hops on it to grab the bait...
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Eagle - Chicken Predators - How To Protect Your Chickens From EaglesI found this very informative to learn more about hawks and eagles. Good links to further information as well.
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Top 10 Chicken PredatorsWe have ALL of these. Thank you for your help with keeping my critters safe!
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Top 10 Chicken PredatorsGreat article! I've lost chickens to all but two of the images, and it can be soooo frustrating.- randylyons
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Rat - Chicken Pests - How To Protect Your Chickens From RatsTerrific article! I have tree-rats. They live underground, coming up at night to eat the citrus fruit in our trees. Several eggs being...
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Predators & Pests
Chickens are prey to many predators and can also be the hosts to some pests and parasites. Learn how to manage against some of the most common chicken pests and predators.
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How To Teach Your Puppy To Be Trustworthy Around Your Poultry
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Many people who have poultry will eventually bring home an adorable new puppy. Puppies entertain us with their cute and playful antics, steal our... -
Top 10 Chicken Predators
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If you’ve ever kept chickens, you know one simple truth: everything seems to want to eat them. Whether it’s a sneaky fox, a hungry raccoon, or... -
Stop Chicken Chasing Dogs While Using an Electric Collar in a Fair Way
- member 544621
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Stop Chicken Chasing Dogs While Using an Electric Collar in a Fair Way The positive effect of proper e-collar training a high prey drive dog... -
How to Treat Stick Tight Fleas in Poultry with Permethrin
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Photo by Erik Streb Echidnophaga gallinacea, commonly known as the hen flea, stickfast flea and sticktight flea, occurs on a wide range of bird... -
How Bad Are Snakes?
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Snakes are actually great! I hope I help you learn a bit more throughout this article! I hope to continue to add on to it every once in a while... -
Buffalo Gnats and what You NEED to Know!
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They are deadly. "Buffalo gnat" is the name the LA AG center uses but they are also called black flies, bull head gnats, biting flies, turkey... -
Introducing Your Dog To Chickens- Tips & Tricks
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I was so excited to be bringing home my first chicks. I had everything prepared a week in advance, spent countless hours reading articles and... -
The Northern Fowl Mite
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Recently, my chickens have gotten a case of northern fowl mites. It is only 4 of them (they are in a separate coop). I was so devastated and... -
Raccoon - Chicken Predators - How To Protect Your Chickens From Coons
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General Information Raccoons (Procyon Lotor) a.k.a. Coons are one of the best known and easily recognized non-domesticated chicken predators... -
Top 10 Ways to Protect Your Chickens from Predators
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Predators are one of the greatest fears a chicken farmer has. They can be cunning, fast, and very sneaky. Your chickens will be drawing in... -
DIY Mice Deterrent Pouches
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Introduction: As poultry keepers, at one point or another in our chicken-keeping journey, we will have a run-in with rodents. They squeeze... -
Winter Chicken Predators To Look Out For
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Wild animals, especially, can have a hard time in the winter. Due to a shortage of food and bitterly cold temperatures, finding food is difficult... -
Common Predators to Look Out For In The Fall
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Fall is such a cozy time of year. The leaves turn those beautiful shades of red and gold, the air smells like woodsmoke, and pumpkin spice is... -
Mites & Lice Treatment And Prevention
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Mites & Lice! Treatment and Prevention A parasite is any living thing that lives off another living thing. External parasites can either... -
Raccoons - My Experience With This Predator & Additional Information
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Raccoons - My Experience With This Predator & Additional Information (Sneaky raccoon hiding in... -
Fisher Cat - Chicken Predators - How To Protect Your Chickens From Fisher Cats
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GENERAL INFORMATION The fisher cat (Martes pennanti), also known as the "pekan cat", or "black cat", is a large, dark coloured, furry member of... -
How to stop hawks for 30 cents
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I have been using this method for quite a few years now and it has worked perfectly for me. This setup is a deterrent rather than something that... -
A Checklist to Avoiding Casualties in the Flock
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Now there are many different things that happen from the most obvious to the least. No matter what it seems like they're always getting into...