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    Still confused about brooders and spacing for chicks

    Thanks for the info. I found out the hard way yesterday that my houdini cat managed to kill another bird without even being able to bite it through chicken wire and garden fencing. I may just throw her into a boarding kennel until I have everything covered. It would be great if she just stuck to...
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    Still confused about brooders and spacing for chicks

    Well, my chicks are about a month old now and because of the smell/weather I moved them outside into their 8x3x2 pen that I thought was safe. My cat, Sayda, defied logic and managed to pull 3 birds through 1 inch square holes (heavy gauge metal that did not give either) working in about a 6"x1'...
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    Keeping Pigeons with young Quail and brooding

    Thankfully she brought me 4 female Bobwhites instead! They are staying inside the bathroom with my chicks until this crazy weather breaks then they are going in the pen. Whew crisis averted but now I still need to put up a separate pen for the Bobwhites. On another note I discovered that I have...
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    Keeping Pigeons with young Quail and brooding

    I got my Coturnix Quail last Thursday (they are about a week old now) I have them in a spare bathroom until they hit about 3-4 weeks and may start keeping them out in a flight pen during the day. My friend that has GSPointers is getting 8 Pigeons this week for practice and if it rains needs to...
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