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    I need some ideas on how to discourage new hens from sleeping in the nest area rather than on the pe

    We've got 3 new hens about 9 months old. (Americauna, Orp, RIR) They've decided that spending the night in the nests or in the small walkway behind the nest box is the safest place to be.And we all know what hens do while theyre sleeping. (It's hard to clean it up back there too.) The older hen...
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    I'm not going to catch it because I'm not trying to catch it. I'm just gonna keep it out of the run. I am using welded wire. 16 gauge.
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    I thought about a trap. But as you can see after 16 coons ... it didn't solve the problem. They still come to your yard! I'm not gonna kill an animal after I trap it, so what's the use? Also I don't want to trap neighborhood cats or possibly my own cats. And I don't want rats. That will bring...
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    Your's is 12 gauge wire. Mine is 16 gauge. I'd say that both of those are pretty strong. Look closely at the image on the link I posted. It says16 gauge right on the package. But it's coated with pvc. I just decided today that I'm gonna do exactly what you said. I'm gonna use regular chicken...
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    I have it rolled out across several 4x4 posts set in concrete. I have it layered 3 high and overlapping. It goes up to within about3 inches of the roof overhang. 7 feet high.
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    http://fp.vendaria.com/vpop/VpopViewer.html?uid=202024096&iid=AddpfzvImumvmKvJJIIKfwKILumLKv&bg=FFFFFF&nm=BZOpener&err=0&title=&pf=t&fr=t Here what I'm using. I think they call it rabbit guard.
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    Thanks for the reply and the advice. What I have used to enclose the whole run is really strong green wire fencing. It's almost like rubber or plastic coated heavy gauge wire and it's formed in graduated shapes of about 2 & 1/2 inch squares and 1 & 1/2 inch rectangles. I think the idea is...
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    Thanks for the reply. Yes our outfit was pretty well predator proofed except for the one small area. And unfortunately because of that .. our girls paid the price. I know that it's virtually impossible to 100% safeguard the run. But now that I've covered the small opening at the top of the...
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    Hi everybody. I'm new to the forum andI have a couple of questions if anybody can answer them. Yesterday we had 3 hens. And now we have only one. We've been raising chickens for almost 2 years now and we live in Portland, Oregon. I'm not sure what predator got them. There was a possum in the...
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