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    i got chicks

    I've been wanting to build my own incubator for a long time and have read on here all kinds of ideas. So when my spare freg went out I thought here is my chance. I spent maybe 10 minutes putting it together not including trip to store to get water heater thermostat. Besides the water heater...
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    predators on all sides

    I lost two chicks in the coop to snakes. This happens every year. I killed three snakes in the coop this week. One was over five feet long. During the day I normally let the bigger chicks out and have never lost any until today. I had six chicks and I lost three this evening. While I was...
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    snakes in the coop

    Every year i get some chicks and after a month I put them in the coop. They do fine except for the snakes. The snakes must be to small to swallow them because I always find the chicks dead, wet from head to about half way and in a elongated position. I know snakes get in the coop because I...
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    Lost 10 hens today, first loss, do you think fox?

    I've seen coyotes and dogs whipe them out just as fast. The dog didn't eat them but hit all of them so well you could walk right by them and wouldn't see them.
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    coon proof

    I'm new to this forum and new to chickens but not coons. The place we just bought had a nice coop and run built on it and I couldn't figure out why they just gave up on it. The niebors informed me they had a coon problem and that was the reason. I suspected that because there was an attached...
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    smarter then I thought

    My nine chicks have it made right now. The place we bought had a large coop with 16 nesting box's and a 16x8 totally inclosed run. There is another run attached that is old and needs some repair but mostly just straighting the fence and putting a gate on it. I decided to let them out into the...
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    howdy

    thanks, They are all together and getting along great. The older ones are Bannies and aren't much bigger then the younger ones so that helps some.
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    howdy

    Well I'm new to this board and new to chickens. Had some chickens when I was 6, long long time ago, and bought a place with a coop so we decided to clean it up and see what happens. I have four chicks about 4 or 5 weeks old and five about 3 weeks old. All is well so far. There are some...
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