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    Best Bait for Raccoons?

    1. Fort Knox your coop and your run. As if you are trying to keep out a child with small wire cutters and a small shovel. 2. Traps- marshmallows works well and cats dont like them (incase you dont want to offend crazy cat lady). Just keep in mind please *Relocating the coons just makes it...
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    Raccoon Apocalypse

    i have a small dairy farm that is surrounded by forest. i know all about raccoons. our corn silage is protected by 120ac volt electric fence, after the regular electric fencer didnt deter them. and that 120 volts only stops the first one, then the breaker trips and the rest of the coons use the...
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    First egg!!

    hey all, thanks for all of your pics. here is my first egg, sept 2, 16.5 week old flock of red speckled sussex, and silver laced wyandottes. cant figure out who is laying, but its so cool that they are starting!
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    When will they stop being afraid of me?

    ahhhhh very good to know. mine have hit three weeks and i can hardly change the water or check the feed with out them skittishly freaking out and running from me. I will try these experiences and see how it works. thanks!!!
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    chicks tomorrow!

    AWE!! You are all awesome! Thanks for the support. I was a little nervous today when I pulled into Performance Poultry to pick up the flock;10 little lives in a little cardboard box, but I was armed with all of the info and experiences here at BYC so back home I went, listening to the chirps and...
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    chicks tomorrow!

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    chicks tomorrow!

    picking up 5 speckled sussex and 5 silver laced wyandottes tomorrow morning!!! so excited!! could not have done it with out this site, thank you all!!! ill post pics as we go along D
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