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    *graphic* what predator attacks like this

    Thanks everyone for the replies, we have shored up the welded wire with materials we had laying around the farm since he still did not want to buy hardware cloth. Can confirm it was a raccoon. Stayed outside all night and gave the raccoon a dose of lead poisoning.
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    *graphic* what predator attacks like this

    Do you mean electrifying the chain link?
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    *graphic* what predator attacks like this

    He also does not store food in containers he just sprinkles it on the ground, could that be attracting the raccoon
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    *graphic* what predator attacks like this

    Came out this morning before work to feed my 16 year old brothers chickens before work, saw the rooster had been killed, looked like it was pulled through the fence and head torn off. Whatever predator killed it was able to move the 20-30 lb yellow metal grate my brother put up on the side of...
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    Goose beak injury **Graphic**

    ** WARNING GRAPHIC PHOTO ** Hey yall, my BIL has what I believe is a female Chinese goose who got pretty messed up by what I think was a gander. There are 3 ganders for the 1 female (Not my geese they’re his don’t come at me) Her beak took a pretty bad hit in what I’d assume was just a very...
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    Broody vs stuck egg

    I am extremely interested in hatching chicks, our gals never take a day off and always lay high quality brown eggs. They're our first flock ever and it seems their genetics are too good to pass up. For instance it's been an average of 5° to 20° here the past two weeks in central Illinois and...
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    Broody vs stuck egg

    I am VERY interested in having them hatch, except she's not the breed I want to hatch :/ however she will sit on other eggs, most of our eggs I believe are fertilized so will she hatch other eggs that aren't hers?
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    Broody vs stuck egg

    19 laying hens, 3 ducks, 1 peacock 1 rooster All chickens are under a year old, peacock is 1.5-2 (it's my wife's project okay happy wife happy life) rooster is older than a dinosaur I have no clue his age my BIL gave him to us. 4 chickens are probably under 6 months old. the coop is 25x48 feet...
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    HELP! need a cordless way to keep water thawed!

    I have seen people take a water bottle, fill it with salt water, and throw it in their chicken waterers (closed off and not leaking obviously) works best in a waterer like a gravity one where the chickens wouldn't be able to peck the bottle. Apparently because salt water has a lower freezing...
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    Broody vs stuck egg

    Hey yall since this is my first winter with chicks some of my black chickens are starting to get what I think is broody, they never leave the nesting boxes and puff up when you go near them or touch them. are they just being broody? Or is there an egg stuck in them? Ive always heard about eggs...
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    Gravity tube feeders

    well shoot, sounds like something im going to need to be on the lookout for, thanks for the advice ahead of time!
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    Gravity tube feeders

    This is genius and would be even better because my ducks would eat that bottom part right up
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    Gravity tube feeders

    I agree, right now I HAVE the materials to make another 3, also one that feeds two directions off one pipe so it's a double WYE. I just haven't put them up yet, due to the fact I estimate that rodents will inevitable consume the feed before the chickens can get rid of it so I've held off...
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    Gravity tube feeders

    Really? Mold? Was it quick or was it slow? Is there any way to deter it? We have never had issues with molding at all in any form of storage or feeder
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    Gravity tube feeders

    Hey yall, this past Friday I switched from the old faithful hanging feeders that allow 360° access to feed, to a gravity tube feeder. Ours is made from 1 5 ft by 3 inch piece of tubing (provides storage) which couples into a 3 inch WYE with a cap on the bottom that screws in and out to allow...
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