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    Lost half my flock in one night: mystery predator

    Covering the run is not economically feasible. The run is around 1600 sq ft with many large trees and bushes inside.
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    Lost half my flock in one night: mystery predator

    Here's my story. I work night shift, so I can't be at home to close the coop door. Because of this I built a very secure run (or so I thought) with 6' fence, 5' above ground, 1' burried under ground to deter digging predators. The run is in a fairly wooded area and all open spots have a hanging...
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    I think my chickens are too hot, 98 F in the shade!

    Thanks everyone. I used my lunch break to run home form work and give them ice water, a fan, and some wet rags to bed down on. I didn't have time to stick around and see if they drank the ice water or laid down on the rags, but they are still moving around and came to me when I gave them some...
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    I think my chickens are too hot, 98 F in the shade!

    My first chickens (buff orpingtons) are now 5 weeks old, and the weather has been unusually hot. Some days it's 98 in the shade and the chickens are panting heavily and sometimes drooping their wings. Their stool is also watery since they are drinking more and eating less. Of course, since it's...
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    Why did my chicks get so scared?

    Hello everyone, I just got my first chickens, buff orpingtons, and everything has been going well with them (1 week old now) but today something strange happened. I was sitting down with them in the coop, and I thought I would show them a bunch of different objects to explore/play with...
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