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    Daytime rats eating chicken feed. Not allowed to use rodenticide in my area due to owls, Hawks, coyotes and domestic dogs of course.

    So I found some post but most of them in fact nearly all of them are talking about the rats coming at night. These critters (rats) are feeding in the day. We're not allowed to use rodenticides in my area due to the family of hawks, owls and even coyotes that live nearby. Also too, there's...
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    Not sure where to post this, it concerns my nearly six year old Easter egger Lucy who just passed away

    I knew it was coming I could see it way in advance. She was getting older, going back to the coop earlier than she used to. I honestly thought she was going to pass some time late last year but she continued to function just fine all considered. Early this evening I went out to see if she had...
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    100+lb capacity automatic chicken feeder with solar panel

    Brilliant idea!
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    I Officially Have A Hen That Is The Queen of Broody Hens

    I'm replying to myself .... LOL..... seriously I was trying to find a way to append an additional comment on my original post.... My uncle who has a hobby farm in Indiana told me what I might do with my super-broody is to either let her hatch a couple of eggs OR do something he called...
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    I Officially Have A Hen That Is The Queen of Broody Hens

    Again thank you very much for your input. It's just one of those things where it's different strokes for different folks so to speak. Make it a great week! :-)
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    I Officially Have A Hen That Is The Queen of Broody Hens

    Naw, I don't know: I'm not much for jailing her in a haphazard cage because she won't comply. Not worried about her joints or tendons because one of the things I do is I have a automatic door which I can override that leads to the nesting box. So I'll go out about 3:30 or 4:00 in the...
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    I Officially Have A Hen That Is The Queen of Broody Hens

    One of my Sapphire Gems evidently trying to get the world record for broody hens. Usually I find the behavior subsides on its own within a 21 day period or so and that's without any interaction on my part other than to make sure the hen is healthy and drinking and eating. So I have a hen that...
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    XL Tidy Cat buckets for nest boxes

    Brilliant!!!
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    How I stopped feed loss to squirrels and other rodents

    For anyone curious this is what the squirrels did to one of my doors. Apparently they got frustrated chawing at the thinner plastic so they never made it in other than maybe to stick their heads inside the feeder. I had called omelette about getting a replacement for just the back portion but...
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    How I stopped feed loss to squirrels and other rodents

    The problem I had with a feeder tension is that adjusted too high the hens could open it and adjusted any other level the hens AND the squirrels could open it
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    How I stopped feed loss to squirrels and other rodents

    I guess I just have Smart squirrels. Tried a variety of brands including one recommended on this website. I use the controllers only on my feed box so I don't use the doors on my coupe because quite simply I don't trust them. I've had a squirrel eat through one of the plastic doors so I know...
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    How I stopped feed loss to squirrels and other rodents

    Just an update: After a recent Omelet firmware update, the door controllers go in and out of connection. Had been working perfectly before. Dealing with their customer service (such that it is on the 'service' part) is frustrating. I only seem to be able to email them and they eventually...
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    How I stopped feed loss to squirrels and other rodents

    There's not really much to see I just basically took 2x3s and some plywood and built a large box big enough to accommodate the two feeders I had built back to back and then I just mounted The Omelette Auto doors over each of the respective openings to the feeders. Nothing impressive about the...
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    How I stopped feed loss to squirrels and other rodents

    So I have a feeder enclosure which has two feeder boxes facing opposite directions and they have those omelet Auto doors on them. Previously what I did is set open and close times on the feeders but of course that just resulted in lots of feeding on part of squirrels and other creatures in...
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    Review by 'bayareapilot' in article 'Reasons for Tossing Out Your Indoor Brooder and Start Raising Your Chicks Outdoors'

    What a simple yet brilliant idea. I'll admit most of us have probably thought of this I know I have but so worried something Dreadful was going to happen if we did. Certainly won't miss the leftover dust that always occurs when you have an indoor brooder in some unused room. I never thought...
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