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    What is reasonable time to let the rooster outside?

    Hey, don't you know that Country folks like the Rooster's crowing. It's a free alarm clock supplied by God almighty. You get up with the Rooster and grab a cup of hot coffee and set on your front porch and watch the sun come up, It's good for the soul.
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    How would you get rid of coyotes?

    You better be careful turning your dog onto a coyote, they are crafty and sometimes bait the dog to chase them into a group of waiting yotes. Your faithful dog won't win.
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    Official BYC Poll: The Worst Predator

    How did you stop them?
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    Official BYC Poll: The Worst Predator

    We had the same problem with Raccoons that pretty much destroyed our small flock of Chickens. We finally moved the survivors into cages and set them on our porch at night. We started pouring a small amount of Chicken feed in front of the Chicken house where it was visible from our Kitchen...
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    Chicken found with head missing

    We in Alabama have most every type of predators you can think of. Skunks will rip a Chickens head off and suck up blood. Racoons, Opossums and Coyotes will kill the Chicken and take it away. Dogs will kill and leave the dead chickens. Hawks will swoop down and take off with your birds. When...
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    ALABAMA!!

    We live in the Snowdoun Community just 9 miles south east of Montgomery on us.331
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    Tell How Predators Got Your Chickens. Save Somebody Else From The Bad Experience

    When we lived in Nevada the Skunks were terrible. They killed our Ducks and babies but did not eat them, just killed and left them. They also killed many Chickens. I borrowed a live trap from the Animal Shelter and set it next to the Chickens locked entry hole. I used pop corn for bait.. The...
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