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    Predators that decapitate chickens

    We had a meat bird (days away from being slaughtered) get beheaded a few night ago. Darn thing ruined a perfectly good meat bird. Did not seem to eat anything else (this was while we were at family celebrating our eldest's birthday!). We have caught in our live trap (with eggs for bait) about 11...
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    Suggestions to keep predators away?

    We live in Eastern Ontario, Canada. We actual saw a snapping turtle heading down our road near our pond last week sometime. They can apparently eat ducks too! We know we have a muskrat in there and hubby tried to get rid of it (shoot it) way before the ducks were outside. But to no avail...
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    Suggestions to keep predators away?

    Help please! We live caught caught 2 raccoons in our duck yard. And that area was electric fencing. One duck went missing just before. Are the two connected? This am hubby put the ducks on the pond finally. They have been having a blast. This evening something n the pond grabbed the leg and ate...
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    can you keep ducks and chickens together?

    Hi, We have 16 ducklings, almost a week old. We got them at one day old. We were thinking that they should be getting out & enjoying the outside as opposed to a brooder box in our entranceway. Started giving them dandelion greens. Gave them lettuce & then thought I don't want them free ranging...
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    hens picking feathers! almost bald bird

    I gather that blue kote should help with the pecking. we will see as we are trying a home made version with gentian violet (that required me to go to two drug stores & two health food stored before I found some. Mind you a small vial of powder), lemon essential oil & honey! That was a adventure...
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    hens picking feathers! almost bald bird

    we also have this problem with our flock. so this morning we put bag balm on the bare spots. but they seemed to still peck while we were standing there with them after we had applied the stuff to them. do we need to reply often? so do we need to paint them purple too? I remember gentian violet...
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    unwell 4 week old meat chick/cornish x

    This is our first foray into meat birds. Was I glad to get them out of the house in the brooder boxes after 3 weeks!!! hmm not so sure about this enterprise. This particular bird has not moved for a week since we moved them to the outside coop. Hubby has been very careful about weighing them &...
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    unwell 4 week old meat chick/cornish x

    Hi I have a chick that has not moved for a week now. I just brought her back in the house & fed her by hand which she tucked into. her eyes are still bright. I gave her some water & she is now in the cat carrier with hay bedding, feed & water in the house, She has not moved although she has...
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