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    Chicken problems

    About a year ago, I had to cage my chickens due to predators, specifically hawks. I have been told that the raptor rehabilitation center at the local university has gotten so many injured raptors that they have just started releasing them locally as they get well. Some of them are obviously...
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    Topic of the Week - Gardening with Chickens

    I put an electric fence wire about 6 inches off the ground around the outside of the fence around the garden. It works very well at keeping them out. It's not particularly powerful. I touch it often to verify that it is working. It keeps other animals out too.
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    Chicken Gone Rogue

    No, she is not bullied.
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    Chicken Gone Rogue

    Great idea! Thanks!
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    Chicken Gone Rogue

    The hen house is about 10' by 10' with plenty of room to roost. We had 19 hens and a rooster, but we are down to only 12 hens and the rooster now. 2 just up and died this year and a bunch have been eaten by predators. We lost none last year. I don't believe she is bullied from watching them...
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    Chicken Gone Rogue

    I have a ~3.5 year old leghorn who decided to quit roosting with the other chickens in the hen house about a month ago. She hangs out with them during the day, but then disappears close to sundown. At first, she would roost on the fence, and I would catch her after sunset and put her in the...
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    chickens eating bullet casings?

    The chickens covering them up is a real possibility.
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    chickens eating bullet casings?

    I had to shoot a coon who got into my hen house a few nights ago, with my 22. I went the next day to retrieve the casings, but I could not find any of them. Could the chickens have eaten them? If so, will they hurt them and will their eggs be toxic from lead on the casings?
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    accused of killing neighbor's chickens

    I'm more convinced now that my dogs were not out at all that day. Additionally, there was a pile of dead animals this morning at the fox den, with several of the pups there with it. The mama fox is clearly killing animals and bringing them to the den. She is not particularly scarred of people...
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    accused of killing neighbor's chickens

    He is a mutt. He was a rescue puppy. He is very submissive. If our chickens want his food, he will quit eating and let them have it. When we got a very young rescue kitten, he basically mothered it - licked her until she starting cleaning herself and let her sleep on him. He just doesn't...
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    accused of killing neighbor's chickens

    There is a colony of foxes up the street from their place - a mother and cubs, about 5 cubs. I saw them this evening.
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    accused of killing neighbor's chickens

    I've remedied my dog getting out - my children letting him out. If it was my dog, I'd gladly replace their chickens or pay them for them. But prosecution? Really???
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    accused of killing neighbor's chickens

    Something brought down a doe in another neighbor's yard and didn't eat it. There is no way my ~35 pound dog brought down a doe.
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    accused of killing neighbor's chickens

    Something killed about 20 of my neighbor's chickens without eating them. Their property backs up to a state park. I have a ~35 pound 2-yr old mutt. He is very timid and I regularly leave him with my chickens all day, even for days at a time when I'm on travel (someone comes and feeds him over...
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    How many eggs do you get weekly? What do you do with the extra eggs?

    I have 18 hens and get 5 to 10 eggs a day right now (depending on what the rat snakes take...). We give a lot away. We also use some for dog food.
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