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    Electric netting... pics of your set up / set up ideas portable nests?

    Quote: NC, hot in the summer. Cold in the winter but minimum snow (usually). I have about 40 layers. Sand! We live in the Sandhills.
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    Electric netting... pics of your set up / set up ideas portable nests?

    TDM, how many people does it take to move and how long? That similar to what I am wanting to do. Except we have more woods on the property then anything, so they will be in the woods mostly.
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    Electric netting... pics of your set up / set up ideas portable nests?

    Ok, so I think I am going to order 164' of electric poultry netting. I want a large area that is movable (even if it's not 'easy' that's ok but I can't think of another way to be able to move a large area). I want my layers in it. Obviously I realize some might try to fly out, and I'll either...
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    End result (I hope) of dying chicks. Lost 41 out of 48...

    It's been a week now and no more losses. I think that it's finally over. I lost 41 of the 48 chicks I ordered. The hatchery told me to tell them my final loss and they would be happy to work something out. The vet's final diagnosis was simply a starve out. Can't say exactly why but at some...
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    There is a hole in my duck PLEASE HELP!!!

    If I can catch the stray I take it to the pound. If I can't I shoot it. I don't miss, I only take shots I know will take the animal down. I will see no animal suffer. Obviously if the dog goes by and harms nothing I let it be. I have no tolerance for other people's stupidity and neglect. I love...
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    How long do chickens lay eggs for?

    Quote: No, they lay longer than that but each year the production will go down on most chickens. Most likely your hens are going through a molt.
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    HOW do you move chickens at night into another coop?

    Don't use a light at all. When I catch chickens I shine them, locate them and then I go to them and grab them. If needed I will shine again to locate them and make sure I will get a good grab. If catching one of my coop girls it's easier, I just grab them around the body making sure I have the...
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    Hen making a cooing, singing noise?

    Quote: Most of my broody's tear me up. Rofl. Even my girls that are so nice and friendly turn into monsters. But I wont complain, I saw one of my turken's tear a hawk to pieces. Does sound something like I've heard a mom make to her little ones. Is there something we should know about...
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    Heard back on the necropsy..now what???

    Quote: I have to agree. You are guessing in the dark on what to do without the full, complete diagnosis. You already knew they had a respiratory illness, and now you are back where you started from with NO useful information. If you knew what you had, it would help to decide what to do with...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    5 today.
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    Rooster crows ALL day now

    Since you said his crow is weak I would worry about maybe a URI or something else wrong... if you had storms over night it is possible he got chilly and might have picked up something. I don't really know. But my roo's crow all day, if the moon is out they crow all night. Just a rooster thing...
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    Hen making a cooing, singing noise?

    Quote: Most of my broody's tear me up. Rofl. Even my girls that are so nice and friendly turn into monsters. But I wont complain, I saw one of my turken's tear a hawk to pieces. Does sound something like I've heard a mom make to her little ones.
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    My chicks are still dying...

    Quote: From OH to NC. The weather was nice here, but not sure about along the way. The guy from the hatchery just said it could have occurred during shipment but said nothing else about it. I need to call the feed store and ask if others have had problems, they had about 100 more on top of...
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    Hen making a cooing, singing noise?

    My girl that is in quarantine for an eye injury has been singing. Very soft, cooing noises. I have never had a hen make this noise (that I am aware of). Almost like she's humming a lullaby or something, it is a very soft, gentle noise. A mix between a pigeon's coo and a song. She is not in any...
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    My chicks are still dying...

    This is making me sick. I can't stop them from dying. On the 18th I received 48 Ameraucana chicks from a hatchery, 22 Light Brahmas from someone local along with 6 games and 11 mixs. I have now lost 22 of the Ameraucana's. I can't get weight on them, although they seem to eat/drink. I lost 2...
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