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    My helper

    My Finnish Lapphund is a natural herding dog. I used to have trouble returning chickens to their coop. Pup watched me once and took over the job. Despite the loud squawking he never touches them. Only trouble is he repeats this every few hours all day long.
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    Old Hen Suddenly went broody

    This seems amusing to me. I have a three year old hen cross between RIR Rooster and perhaps leghorn. She never went broody. I successfully incubated 6 chicks in early April they are in the flock with two old layers and 1 rooster. In late May I filled out the flock with 24 assorted day olds and...
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    Shocking development

    If I recall correctly it is 30,000 volts good for 40 miles.
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    Shocking development

    Its strong but I think different raccoons tested it. At the end 4 adults stood by and let a little one try. There was a loud crack and the little one took off. The adults slowly walked away the way raccoons do. (They rarely seem to be in a hurry) This year one or two come by occasionally. They...
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    Youngsters getting into thelayer pellets

    I opened the quarantine door to let the 6 chicks I incubated in early April mix with the flock. They could see each other through the wire for 2 weeks and apart from a little grumbling from a halfbreed leghorn all went well. The chicks were on medicated chick starter but I notice they are...
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    Foxes

    I heard from my bee lady that she lives near a ravine and foxes come now at all times of the day and night. They are apparently eating family pets like cats and small dogs. My poor chickens are definitely at risk.
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    Foxes

    I guess I sadly already know the answer to this but I'll pose it anyway. Lately the night camera noticed a very big fox coming around to the coop each night, usually around midnight but also as late as 6:30 in the morning. Now I am afraid to free range the birds during the day. The silly...
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    Shocking development

    So sorry
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    Shocking development

    Cmon. I guess I’ve been lucky we have hawks, foxes and sometimes wolves. When we are home we are kind of noisy which helps I guess. The big rooster keeps an eye out as well and the girls listen to his warning call. Everyone retreats to the run and he waits at the door.. We also have some crows...
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    Shocking development

    I tried to attach two short video clips but the site does not accept MP4 video. I am attaching a still shot. The day shot shows the coop. The yellow insulators shows the live wire placement. The ground is the earth and also the hardware run wire is well grounded. I am not too worried about the...
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    Shocking development

    Thanks for the replies and questions. To be fair there were at least 4 and probably 5 raccoons in the family. Looking back at the web cam I’d guess they all took a hit over the course of two weeks. They did not come back for a week. Two showed up the other day. One watched while the other...
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    Shocking development

    The electric charger just has two settinggs, on and off.
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    Hybrid quiestion

    Thank you
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    Shocking development

    Here is a picture of my little coop. The sleeping / laying area is about 8 x 10 and the attached run 10 x 12. It is new this year. Since I lost the entire flock last year to a weasel I started from scratch. I have a nest camera and was alarmed to see a family of racoons coming around every night...
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    Hybrid quiestion

    I incubated some eggs with Rhode Island Red roo and Light Sussex and Leghorn hens. 6 of the 7 hatched successfuly and they are growing up so fast. Anyone with experience can let me know how they are for laying or meat? They are not very old but already almost as big as their older moms. here is...
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