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    Raccoon + Havahart live traps... not working so well

    After losing three more a week ago to, I suspected, raccoons, I bought a Havahart live trap that was advertised as useful for opossums, raccoons, etc. Night 1: Baited with peanut butter- trap sprung, no raccoon Night 2: Same Night 2, Round 2 a couple hour later: Same Night 3: Baited with a...
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    Will Racoons stay away from electric fence?

    Heh, heh, heh... Yup, an electric fence will zap a coon quite nicely. My then 12 year old daughter and I set up an electric fence to protect a bird feeder that was constantly getting drained of feed. We set up a perimiter fence and set up the video camera to record the delightful event...
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    Caught red handed, er, yellow beaked in the act.

    I knew one of them was an egg eater but could never catch the crook. Yesterday afternoon I went to the coop to check on a couple gals I thought were broody (they weren't) and I saw a rear end sticking out of a nesting box. I yanked her out and sure enough, there was the evidence. After I...
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    One of my chickens snores

    Previously I thought I had heard some faint whistling coming from the coop, and last night confirmed that, yes, I do have a chicken that snores. After being out of town all day and then picking up my daughter from a church social I got home well after dark and the chickens were on the roost and...
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    Funny story about Guinneas

    I heard about this as a kid, it was called the Pied Piper
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    Egg Price

    Seems everyone and his dog has chickens here and is willing to about give them away. Anywhere from $1.50 to $2.00 is the going rate. If I can't get $3.00 I'll give them to friends or cook them and give them back to the chickens. Come summer I might take mine to the farmers market and see how...
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    Got to watch a dirt bath

    I was doing some yard work and came around the house just in time to see a hen shaking the dirt off after rolling on the ground- she looked like a chicken version of Peanut's 'Pig Pen.' Cracked me up. Such funny animals.
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    Bee problems

    My bees like to go to the feeder and get the corn dust- they like it as a pollen substitute. One day they rifled through the feeder and worked five pounds of feed out of the feeder. Nutty insects anyway. Get some corn flour and set it in a dish 10 to 20 feet from the coop and the bees will...
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    A Van for a coop???

    Michigan you say.... I thought that we had a patent on that here in Missouri It'd be tough to insulate, a chore to clean, and give a place for snakes to find a hiding place.
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    Poultry Grit and Oyster Shells??

    1) Yes they need grit. If they free range they might find it on their own. Caged? Get them a tray of grit 2) No. Bad idea, you don't want them to get the idea shells are for eating as they will eat the eggs they lay. Get them some oyster shell.
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    Blue Egger

    www.cacklehatchery.com Lebanon, MO
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    Victory in court today-update -guilty verdict

    Quote: I have two words for you: Hot Wire. Two more: Bee Hives
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    Home made feeder

    I made a similar feeder- works great and I do not have a problem with the chickens billing out the feed. The only problem I had was the bees! They came en mass and emptied the feeder of the larger bits of feed to get to the corn 'dust' to take back to the hive. I put some feed patties in the...
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    Return of the prodigal

    Yesterday I lost a hen to a hawk and another was missing. I kept the remaining 19 cooped up today to make sure the raptors were gone but thought it would be OK to let them out a bit late afternoon where I could stand guard and keep an eye out. I scattered some feed and they scratched and ran...
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    *crap* Lost one to a hawk... maybe two...

    I know it's a risk of free range, but it still bums me out. An additional hen is missing but I'm hoping she in hiding and will show up tomorrow. I got home late afternoon and looked out the office window to see a mess of feathers and a hawk sitting on top of the hen. One more hawk was in a...
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