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    deer feeder for chickens...hoping to cut waste and rats...

    they free range their share of the backyard all day so some of what you say is not relevant. they get some bugs and whatever outside but will always need to supplement with feed. This will regulate that supplement verses on demand. Unfortunately, my neighbor has a coop right over the fence...
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    deer feeder for chickens...hoping to cut waste and rats...

    well...they would probably just scratch it out anyway or flip the dish over. it's what chickens do.
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    Hawk Hunting Chickens?

    I have a hawk that has recently taken up residence in the area. I've lost several juveniles last year...guess I now know why. I have run very high test mono all overhead the outside run...Have not had any more issues but the hawk remains nearby
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    deer feeder for chickens...hoping to cut waste and rats...

    https://www.walmart.com/ip/30LB-ALL-IN-ONE/15245260064?classType=REGULAR&from=/search picked this up at walmart. I was gonna use it for the deer but when I saw how small it was and how it hangs...I thought maybe good for controlled chicken feeding and help discourage the rats at night. It...
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    another roo sneaks into the mix?

    yes I know they all come from the hatchery. TSC employees are not very knowledgeable in this matter. high turnover and such. your independent feed store is usually generational and long term knowledgeable people. They actually know the breeds and sex...usually...
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    another roo sneaks into the mix?

    Real bummer...I specifically buy my chics from a local mom n pop feed store cause they supposedly know their birds. TSC has been very iffy for me. BBQ time...
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    another roo sneaks into the mix?

    well...after 4 months raising what I thought was a hen is certainly looking rather manly... the RIR for sure.... the Ameraucana...likely...
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    145 days and not one egg yet?????

    well well well...looky what I found in the coop yesterday after work...I usually get a single brown egg from the old girl...someone else is hard at work now...
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    Mixing Chicken Breeds in Coop. Will my Chickens survive??

    no, they will migrate to their own breeds if they have that option. I have witnessed it. So I always try to have only one of each breed so they form mixed groups. If you have a hand full of each breed then they will often just form their own packs. If you have several of one type and then a...
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    145 days and not one egg yet?????

    so I gotta butt into their business? got golf balls in the boxes.
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    145 days and not one egg yet?????

    well...guess all i can do is wait them out...
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    145 days and not one egg yet?????

    6-9 months? In ten years I've never had them go that long before starting
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    145 days and not one egg yet?????

    sussex, leghorn, orpington and a barred. my last orpington didn't take 6 months I don't think I've ever waited more than 4 months
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    Mixing Chicken Breeds in Coop. Will my Chickens survive??

    Very likely you will have problems with the odd birds out. Every time I have same multiple of the same breed, they will form their own sub-group. So I always buy only 1 of each breed. I was once "gifted" 3 hens. 2 were barred rock and I already had one. well my barred left her mixed clan...
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    145 days and not one egg yet?????

    I got 4 new chickens on 18 Jan. Probably a few days old. now in mid June and I have yet to see one single egg from any of them. And no, they are not Roos. I've looked everywhere in the yard and run. Not even finding egg shells. They are in with an older hen who is putting out so they...
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