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    Coon In The Pen...

    I swear since humans pushed all the big cats and coyotes away all we have to keep down the predator population are speeding cars on dark roads and chicken keepers. Even hunters don't seem interested in them anymore.
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    I was looking at Home Depot sheds yesterday...

    Folks would spend $2000 for a coop? I could build you something great for that. Of course, being in Omaha makes it hard to get to you...
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    Help!...is my chicken an idiot...or am I

    Well, you'll have a nice sized flock soon. She's broody, and the eggs are likely developing. If you try to move her, she'll not likely make the adjustment. She will go back to the spot the nest was in and leave the eggs to die in the new coop. You may as well leave her there til the eggs...
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    hernia from umbillical cord

    I've had the same problem before with mixed success curing it. One had a small eversion, and it died shortly. The other managed to drag the yolk sac and part of its intestines out as they were still attached to the shell, and it was inches away. I managed to clean it up and carefully stuff...
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    Help... Hen has stopped laying and won't come out of the nesting box

    she'll stay broody for 3 days or a week after your patience wears out, whichever is more convenient for her. I've tried the "keep the belly cold" method of breaking, and they seem to just go right back to being broody a week or 2 later. In your case, i suppose I'd just leave her a couple eggs...
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    Nebraskans Speak Up!!! NEBRASKA ROCKS!!

    Nebraska folks! I need a new rooster to combat inbreeding. My current rooster is a very good boy, but hes the son of one of the older girls. He's also the father of 4 of the younger girls. That leaves not many older ones and a scared little bantam as viable mates. I'd like an araucana or...
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    Nebraskans Speak Up!!! NEBRASKA ROCKS!!

    The politicians involved have been somewhat duplicitous. The matter isn't settled quite yet, but last I saw they were making a very false attempt at legalizing them. They plan to place such onerous restrictions that chickens are illegal in all places but a few farming lots that happen to fall...
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    Ss...s?

    While it ought to be on the news already if this is the case, you might want to check on whether the dog has bitten someone. I wouldn't put some poor kid through rabies shots to save myself some trouble. All other cases the "shutup" part is key. Here, the owner has to kill the dog immediately...
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    Nebraskans Speak Up!!! NEBRASKA ROCKS!!

    I'm just outside of bellevue. So close their code enforcement people occasionally show up. Of course, they think they own 2 miles outside city limits, so close is relative. We have less than a dozen birds on 3 and a half acres. Poor things can't even keep up with bug patrol with this small a...
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    I have about 100 non-chickens in my coop...PICS!

    First, my chickens would have eaten them already. Next, little animals like this are what mincemeat pie is all about. four and twenty blackbirds!
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    Need help identifying............CREEPY!!

    Perhaps the tips of wingfeathers touched on liftoff. We get those types of marks from the chickens (frizzles) and hawks and owls. Can't see well enough to tell. Try putting a dollar in the pic so we can judge size.
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    Need help wiring a computer fan for my hovabator 1602N

    The wiring should be red +12vdc black -12vdc other color is a control, measures speed of the fan. the red and black are standard, but some fans have instead of a speed indicator a built in thermistor. That is unlikely, as it is expensive. In either case, you won't be using it.
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    If Mr. B mates w/EEs...pics

    Since chickens don't exist in the quantum states of "bantam", "giant" and etc. you will get intermediate sized birds. We have frizzle bantam cochin X EE mixes. They look like a standard sized frizzle cochin with a muff and lay blue eggs. We have a very energetic little bantam rooster, obviously.
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    Foxes from HELL

    Forget burying wire. You can see how effective it is. If you want cheap, dig a deep trench around the perimiter and fill it with broken bottles and glass mixed in the dirt. If you have a bit of cash, buy rebar in three to four foot pieces and drive them into the ground every few inches. If...
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    RATS!! too smart to get caught, help!

    Dirtdoctor has the right idea. We used a similar trap as kids. We put a slicked board with a pivot point set at the edge of the bucket and slightly more weight outside the bucket. A bit of peanut butter on the underside of the board out over the bucket made a good bait that the rats could...
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