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    Raccoons are sadistic!!

    Wow that sounds like one heck of a setup you are planning! I have been looking at electric fences and it will likely be the next step. I know my security is lacking but I've never had a big issue with predators before. I've lost a bird here or there and a few to dogs but never like this. I've...
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    Opossums

    It might take a couple swings, opossum are hard headed and don't die from blunt force easily! I've lost quite a few chickens this year an have managed to trap 11 opossum 5 raccoons and a neighbors cat in the last two months. Tuna, sardines, canned chicken an dog food all work well for bait. If...
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    Raccoons are sadistic!!

    More than anything I think I'm just frustrated and disappointed, I expanded my chicken run to allow room for my first go at meat birds and even made a pond for my ducks. Instead I've lost 23 birds to predators and another 6 to natural causes this year (≈40%). My main worry prior to this was...
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    Raccoons are sadistic!!

    So this spring I got 18 laying hens to add to my flock which have a huge fenced in area to keep out large predators but it does little to keep out small critters. Unfortunately with as much as I'm gone the Coop usually stays open so the chickens can come am go as they please. After a few weeks I...
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    Letting my broody raise 20 meaties. Now I have a rooster raising 50 CX chicks~new batch!

    You don't think it has anything to do with the lack of feed? Have you had many batches of meat birds since, how did they turn out? I think I will need to make my run alot bigger before I get more birds though. The 24x40 run I have already gets picked clean by the 7 birds I have left and I want...
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    Letting my broody raise 20 meaties. Now I have a rooster raising 50 CX chicks~new batch!

    Bee its been a long while since anyone last posted but i thought i would say between your FF thread and now this one I have to say thanks for sharing your experiences with those of us that are new to the chicken raising experience. How did your 50CX birds turn out? Did you end up losing any to...
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    Managing different breeds Help?!

    Great, thanks for the help. Now I just hope the Easter that flew the coop finds her way home...
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    Managing different breeds Help?!

    REALLLY!? I'm not too surprised as it does seem to go after the hens and mount them like a rooster. She, or he hasn't displayed any of the more obvious signs of being a roo. No big comb, long curved tail, or mane like the other Roos. I obviously still have a lot to learn when determining sexes...
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    Managing different breeds Help?!

    Orphington Roo? Dominique? and Light Brahma Easter Egger? about the same size as the light Brahma Other orphington Roo?( the one in back is lighter in color but otherwise looks very similar they are all hiding in the top of the coop. I think the other easter hen may be gone for good I...
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    Managing different breeds Help?!

    As for bullying I don't mind, until it starts effecting the health of the other birds when they can't get proper nutrition. The run is pretty good size for now ( about 24x40) I plan add a temporary run that can be rotated around the perimeter of the current run once I get more bird. The coop is...
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    Managing different breeds Help?!

    this is my second year raising chicken. Last year I started with four (2 Barred Rocks, 2 Rhode Island Reds). I lost one of the Barred Rocks I suspect to the neighbors dog but never found it so my wife likes to think it went wild! This year we decided to expand, we bought two Light Brahmas one...
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    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    Lol :/ well as for being a dunder head I can count on the fact that I PROBABLY won't come home to any dead birds but other than mowing his lawn every day of the week he is pretty lazy. Anything more complicated than topping off a dry feeder, water dishes, draining and refilling the duck pool and...
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    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    I'm going on a business trip for about a week and a half, while I'm gone I was just going to have my neighbor check on my chickens everyday or two which means putting them back on dry feed while I'm gone. What do you suggest I do with the bucket of fermented feed since it likely won't get...
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    I just started looking into growing fodder and I think it would be great to give the birds something to keep them busy but does anyone actually have any nutritional data to support the claim of wheat fodder having over 20% or even 15% protein? I have seen on multiple web sites selling kits with...
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    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    You especially need to be careful with any galvanized metals as the galvanizing is mainly zinc and lead which can lead to heavy metal poisoning. Many things dissolve in even a milder acid such as vinegar. If you want to see something really cool, drop an egg in vinegar, the shell will dissolve...
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