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    Rhode Island Red Thread!

    Thanks!
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    Can't stand the suspense... can you guess if these are all hens?

    Thanks for all the input! I'll see if I can get better pics. I'm pulling (pulleting) for all girls, but it's interesting to watch the discussion!
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    Rhode Island Red Thread!

    This is Lucy, my 8 week old (maybe a bit younger, she was the smallest of the four chicks I bought) Rhode Island Red. At least, the feed store said that's what she is! They also said my 2 EEs were "Araucana" so I am perhaps a bit skeptical. My question is, does her head appear normal for a...
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    Can't stand the suspense... can you guess if these are all hens?

    So here they are at 8 weeks. Still looking like girls?
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    Easter Egger club!

    Godzilla and Mothra at 8 weeks!
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    ground squirrels

    Yes, I get all that. Here the illegality is based on the nuisance value. I'm having no problems with predation, I'm just trying to avoid feed loss. "Consistency is not really a human trait".
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    ground squirrels

    Should is one thing.... definitely should from a legal perspective, but we live in a large large-lot subdivision with a lot of undeveloped developer-owned land around, so there's a fair scope for relocating without directly giving someone else the problem... and so far it has been surprisingly...
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    Choosing a commercial feed

    What nutrients do you look for? What else do you use to judge quality?
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    ground squirrels

    We've been trapping and relocating, but I'm not sure we are making much of a dent!
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    squirrel proof feeder?

    That looks sweet! I'm afraid I'd be eaten out of house and home before I found the time to build it, though! If you get it going, please post pictures and a report!
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    squirrel proof feeder?

    I'm wondering if something like the Grandpa's step-to-open feeder would help keep my food in my chickens and not the wandering small birds and ground squirrels? We're working the squirrel problem, but they are rampant this summer. I've also seen sizeable flocks of small birds exiting the...
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    ground squirrels

    We've seen a couple of ground squirrels getting into the chicken run. These are quite small, fit easily through the dog-run wire mesh. I don't really want to cover the whole 10x10x6 thing with hardware cloth! These are the little squirrels that burrow, not the big red and grey bushy-tailed...
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    Cleaning the run

    I'm wondering how the sweet PDZ worked out for you. I also live in a dry and windy climate (high desert So Cal) and my 4 pullets are in a 10x10 run on bare dirt, which is relatively hard, sandy soil. I'd like to keep the run as tidy as is reasonable without making too much work, and the coop...
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    Chickens won't go up into sheltered part of the coop

    Mine seem to have decided that the best place to sleep is on the porch, as it were.... inside the coop, but down on the dirt instead of up the ramp inside. They go in and out all the time, they just don't want to sleep there. But they've shifted their sleeping spot to a corner that is...
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    Pullets won't go back in coop at night

    Here's hoping the lucky charm works for my lot as well! I'm also in the scoop up at night and let out in the morning phase...
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