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    Young pullets change behavior

    Yes. I purchased 10 chicks and some predator (weasel or snake?) got in through small holes (less than 1 inch) in the coop at night twice in the first week after I got them and killed one bird each time. We covered every hole we could find in the coop with 1/4" hardware cloth and, as far as we...
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    Young pullets change behavior

    My chicks are just over 3 months old (hatch date 23 April). They used to spend most of every day playing outside in their big shady pen or sitting on their outside roosts in that pen. At night they go on their coop up on their inside roosts to sleep. I shut the door as it starts getting dark...
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    Predator attack

    Sadly, yes. Both young chickens and kittens. A lovely German Shorthair Pointer who meant them no harm. He would pick them up gently by the head and bring them to us. Unfortunately, he then simply sat quietly waiting for us to notice. If we noticed in time, they were unharmed but if we were busy...
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    Predator attack

    So sorry your son had to find that. Did the snake come back to try again or did it decide to look for smaller prey after that?
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    Predator attack

    Yes, no openings bigger than 1/4 inch for the chicken house is best but I have had problems only with big predators here and have been lucky about the smaller ones. We do have a high tensile electrified fence around the property perimeter and we haven't had a bear on our property since we...
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    Predator attack

    Thank you. We do have a 6 ft speckled kingsnake who has lived here for years. It has never bothered chickens or eggs in all that time but maybe he changed his mind on that. I am guessing security tight enough to keep a weasel out will also keep a snake out?
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    Predator attack

    Thank you ❤️
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    Predator attack

    Thank you. So cover those holes with hardware cloth. I will have to use a different waterer but that's okay if it stops predators. Also will disable moving the coop but again, saving birds is more important. Set traps? What would be the best location for a trap and the best bait?
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    Predator attack

    Something killed my 10 week old Salmon Faverolle on her roost upstairs inside the closed coop last night. It had to have gotten in through a hole no larger than chain link. 2 of those holes are access for nipples on the water. 2 holes are where the cables run to lift it with the wheels to move...
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    Barred Rock or Dominique?

    Thank you
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    Barred Rock or Dominique?

    T Thank you!
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    Barred Rock or Dominique?

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    Barred Rock or Dominique?

    Thank you. Is the comb the only difference between the 2 breeds?
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    Barred Rock or Dominique?

    Thank you. Is the comb the only difference between the 2 breeds?
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    Barred Rock or Dominique?

    Thank you. Is the comb the only difference between the 2 breeds?
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