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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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Raccoon - Chicken Predators - How To Protect Your Chickens From CoonsAfter I had the enormous expense of hiring professionals to get rid of raccoons in my very busy urban area - raccoons that had ripped off house...- Jude608
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Common Predators to Look Out For In The FallHawks -- Prevention tip: Give your birds a covered run or plenty of places to hide. Old pallets, bushes, or even a tarp strung overhead can...- Bawkbok
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Eliminating Lice (or Mites) on Chickens Using Permethrin@salomie this is where you can comment.
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DIY Mice Deterrent PouchesSuper informative and I love that everything you use is linked into the article as well! Will definitely be giving these a try this spring!- Echelontheory101
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Internal Parasites - Parasitic Worms in ChickensExcellent information about worms, symptoms, and what to use if they've got them! I was searching for an article about them for someone and found...- Debbie292d
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Top 10 Chicken PredatorsInformative article! Detailed information given. Anyone looking to identify a predator attack should be able to narrow down the culprit using...- BoundlessLove
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Top 10 Chicken PredatorsThis is an excellent resource article! Love the links to learn more on whichever one too. We have most or all of them due to our location in...
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Common Predators to Look Out For In The FallMinks tormented and killed many of our local owned hens last year. We had a very bad problem with rats after a new sub-division was put in. The...- sandep43
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... -
Stop Chicken Chasing Dogs While Using an Electric Collar in a Fair Way
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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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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...