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    Two questions about 1/2" hardware cloth

    1. I found a cheap pair of pliers and put a notch (cheap as in soft metal) that holds a C Ring (Hog ring like...just not sharp) that I am able to clasp together. I have used this method with both the chicken coop as well as attaching perimeter fence to wire fencing. It has worked pretty good...
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    Time change is affecting my chickens

    Hello. Sorry if somebody else has already mentioned this...I read about 1/3 of the replies. Anyway, I had this problem before finding a new timer that uses Astronomical Events that controls the powered POP door events by sunrise/set (I have two doors). It has been working great ever sense...at...
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    Neighbor using strobe lights at coop at 5 every morning... remodel fix ideas?

    Not a bad idea from Cundare…with a very focused megaphone with sound activated speaker. There are also some photography products that flash when a flash is received called a slave. So he flashes you and flashes right back at him. I think also a 5,000 lumen barn light angled at his property...
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    Australorp Pride! Let's see those pics!

    Hello. New to the coop here! :-) My better half picked 10 different breeds. The sweetest chick in the batch has proved to be the Aussie. Having read the comments here, will definitely replace with more. In this picture, Emma just hopped ip on my arm to sit. Too sweet.
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    Beware of AMDRO FIRE ANT KILLER!!

    Hello. Is it possible that there are multiple Amdro products, and there is one that is safer to use? I have been buying a variety of Amdro bait for a long time that does not list birds as a hazard. This as before recently becoming a chicken owner. But I have always been concerned about...
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