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How to Protect Your Chickens from HumansWe live in the boonies, so not many humans to fear here, but still, the solar motion lights we have all over the place would scare anyone off! So...- Debbie292d
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Eliminating Lice (or Mites) on Chickens Using PermethrinNicely done! Keep up the good work.
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Top 10 Chicken PredatorsFoxes are so called surplus killers too. Glad we don’t have as many predators where I live. Dogs, (gosh)hawks, foxes and the weasel family are...- BDutch
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Common Predators to Look Out For In The FallInteresting. We live in Walnut orchards and have many Red Shouldered Hawks but they have never bothered our chickens even though we have an open...
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Top 10 Chicken PredatorsEXCELLENT Article! Clear, well organized and very informational. This should be on every poultry and small animal keeper's "Must-Read List!"- MROO
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How to Protect Your Chickens from HumansSo many common-sense things we may not think of. Great ideas and it may just take one or two of them to do the trick!
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How to Protect Your Chickens from HumansGreat Article - a clear, easy read that points out potential issues without being alarmist. Much of the info is common sense that we don't realize...
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How to Protect Your Chickens from HumansGreat tips and most cost little or nothing to try.
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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... -
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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... -
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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... -
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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... -
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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... -
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... -
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... -
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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...