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    Review by 'Bushbirds' in article 'Chicken bully/chicken victim - a two-sided issue'

    Excellent column. I haven't had a real bullying issue yet. I had a Isa Brown who was part of an old layer flock I sold. She was bullying my new Silver Wyandottes but it was an easy fix as I was selling the Isa Brown anyway. So it wasn't an issue but when I run into an issue with hens I'm...
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    HHD incubator (cheap chinese one) how to reset Humidity??

    The book doesn't tell you how to deal with humidity spikes. Mine is up at 80% and I have only one channel filled. The alarm keeps sounding and I get ee on my humidity display. Nothing in the manual about that. It's a brand new unit.
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    Wondering how you have set up the inside of smaller coops

    I live in northern Alberta and as you can imagine we get long hard winters. -40c and -50c at times. I have to keep my birds locked in their coop for about 5 months of the year. Their food and water is in the coop and the coops insulated and heated. Quite alot of trouble to keep chickens up here...
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    Keeping out weazels

    We have 4 large dogs but we will see how they do with a weazel should one come to visit. They are crafty little demons. I reinforced the old coop floor. Put chicken wire on top of the old floor then a whole new floor on top of that. The entire coop and run has a string of electric fence around...
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    Keeping out weazels

    Anyone have any pearls of wisdom on how to keep weazels out of your coop.
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