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    Lots of Raccoon’s

    Put carabiner clips on your latches, I never had a raccoon been able to open them in 15y having my coop.
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    Lots of Raccoon’s

    They will find their way back, this is not far enough. And when they will come back, they will be live trap aware, much smarter. Hold on tight, be prepared...
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    Rooster not hens reject new hens

    This is actually exactly what I am currently doing.
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    Rooster not hens reject new hens

    5 months, they are already laying eggs
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    Rooster not hens reject new hens

    I have an existing flock of 11 hens and 1 rooster. I tried introduce 3 new hens to the flock using a separate coop/run adjacent to the main coop/run. Well, it is the rooster that rejects the newcomers, not the existing hens. As a temporary solution, I sent the rooster in timeout in a separate...
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    Just hatched

    I know it is probably too early to tell the gender but here are new chicks just out of the incubator. Yellow is from my Olive Egger. The 2 chipmunks are probably from my Light Sussex. Blacks are unknown, 1 was out of a brown egg, probably Plymouth Barred mom, the others were from blue eggs. I...
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    Face-to-face with daytime raccoon, now what?

    Don't do that. I am the sucker living in a wooded area where everyone else around come to dump their raccoons. This is insane how dense the population becomes and the troubles that come with that. Doing this is simply transferring your problem to another hen caretaker/lover like me. And those...
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    Meanwhile in Canada: Chicken igloo

    Thought some of you might find it interesting to see how adaptable chickens really are. This winter was kind of a slow start here. Snow and cold came in later than usual. I had my chickens able to use the uncovered run until almost well until mid-december. However, once the snow started, it has...
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    Please help me sexing my newly hatched chicks

    Update at 14 weeks #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11
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    Best and worst winter laying breeds?

    Update time. All of the above resumed laying. Orpington and Olive egger is one egg every other day. From the 2 Ameraucanas, I get about 5 eggs per week. The others are still laying consistently, with the Leghorn not skipping a single day. I give my girls a small square bail of 100% alfalfa in...
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    Please help me sexing my newly hatched chicks

    Update at 8 weeks. So far, here is the pullet vs cockerel verdict. Please update as needed #1, #2, #8 are pullets All others cockerels #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11
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    Kudos to those who raise chickens in areas that get cold!

    I have been raising chickens in the cold up here for the past 15 years, I am used to it. Kudos to all of you down there that had to improvise in the past week to keep your flock healthy. You are good guardians. I install a tarp every fall and remove it in spring, chickens get used to the...
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    Hens too nervous to come out and eat

    I add a tarp around the run every fall here and remove it in the spring. It scares them for the first few days but then they get used to it. I have a heated dog bowl for them in the run to avoid moisture in the coop. Grain in feeders in the coop and the run. I scatter an alfalfa bail all over...
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    VERY GRAPHIC POSSIBLY UPSETTING

    Anyone tried this with racoons? Living in a heavily forested area where my coop and run are under the trees, I avoid the hawks but I have a shitload of racoons. I wonder if this would be effective.
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    Please help me sexing my newly hatched chicks

    :hit
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