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    Mr.Bear Broke in This Morning...

    We surrounded our coop with 2 inch stucco wire (cheap) stood off the side with electric fence wire insulators. No more bears, raccoons, cayotes, or anything else go near the coop including my dog and cats (Ooops!) One snuff around seems to teach a lesson not to be forgotten. The nose is such a...
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    Cold Weather Treat! Disclosing my Secret Recipe!

    Ok.... You all take wonderful care of your pets! I don't cater quite so much to our hens, but I do when it dips to freezing which is not often here in South coastal BC (pacific north west). I make a bucket of 22% unmedicated starter crumbles mixed with enought straight hot tap water to have...
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    the things your chickens WILL NOT eat

    I get all of the left over produce from one of our supermarkets a couple times a week. The chickens leave behind hard things like stalks but eat the leafy parts. Fruits with rinds or thick skins need to be cut in half to allow access (ie. Cantalope, melons, tomatoes or grapes the first few...
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    Predator Control -SECRET WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS

    When a black bear in our area was teaching her 3 cubs (pretty rare to have 3 cubs) to dine on chickens roosting in their coop, she ripped our coop apart and killed 8 chickens. We applied 2" stucco wire to the bottom 4' of our coop. We stood it off the sides with fence insulators. She came...
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    Canadians check in here....

    I'm in Roberts Creek, BC, just outside of Gibsons.... home of the Beachcombers. My flock is about 85 Browns. Most (70)are this years layer and the other 15 are 1yr. + that survived the winter preditors.
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