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    Wanting to hear people's experience with coop size

    I have two coops. each is four by four by four tall sloping down to three feet. Each has two perches four foot long. i have had twenty birds in each coop with no problems. When they perch all huddle together so there appears to be a continous bird on the perch. Tey only sleep there or lay eggs...
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    Getting Chickens To Go Back Into Their Coop?

    Keep the (new) birds enclosed in the pen for a couple of weeks until they get used to the coop. They will always go back to the coop then.
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    To worm or not to worm that is the question.

    Never wormed a chicken in thirty five years, I feed them pumkins in season. The seeds are natural worm deterants.
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    Rats in chicken pen!!!

    My coop is raised off the groung by about fifteen inches. No food in it. door locked each night. Any sign of rats,stoats,weasels, skunks or racoons and put down a plate of coca cola mixed with fly bait. any creature drinking it is dead within minutes.
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    When to expect eggs or if at all in winter?

    I have a flourescent light that lights at 4 a.m and goes off at 8 a.m. This encourages the hens to lay. My flock is six months old and are just starting to lay.
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    When to expect eggs or if at all in winter?

    It doe'nt get cold in Alabama
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    What predator is this? Footprints

    It most likely a raccoon. They are most active just before dawn and evening at twilight. When I suspect one or more is about,I let the dog loose for a while and s a deterrent I sprinkle human urine about outside the chicken area as well as used kitty litter, Cat urine smells like cougar and...
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    What predator is this? Footprints

    Put her in a quiet place away from all distractions for a couple of days. She will soon recover.
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    Chickens Not Allowed, Going to Anyway.

    If you live in the USA,Check the Bill of Rights Re. Pursuit of Happiness clause. Also if other cities in your state allow poultry then you have an good argument for your city. Should you live in Canada, then the Canadian Bill of Rights applies. Remember that Federal laws overrides any state or...
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    Free ranging pros and cons?

    The only "cons" is if they get into a cultivated garden such as a vegetable plot or being exposed to predators.
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    Costs Of Raising Backyard Chickens - How Much Is It To Raise Chickens?

    For a flock of eighteen chickens I buy one fifty pound bag of laying mash, one fifty pound bag of scratch and one fifty pound bag of whole oats. Cost $40 Can. The oats are fermented and sprouted for a few days prior to feedng. The birds love them. They also recieve all the table scraps and have...
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    I use whole oats in a 5 gal pail and pour tepid water on them. Pour a little mollases on and stir. Keep water warm and a couple of days the oats are swollen and fermented. The oats being soft are digested better and more noureshment is gained from them rather than passing through them. They love it.
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    Chicken Breeds for new Chicken owner? Help

    I have a mixture of Speckled Sussex and White Sussex birds. The breed is very quiet and frendly and not usually exitable. As they are big birds, they are good for meat as well as their lovely light brown eggs. These I find are the ideal breed for me. I also have some Barred Rock hens that are...
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    What is reasonable time to let the rooster outside?

    Your rooster has as much right on this earth as your neighbor. Let the rooster crow all he likes but place along her fence not your elderly other homeowners.
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