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    FLIES!!!! what do I do to decrease the amount of flies?

    Great! I'll have to get some next time I am at our local farm store!
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    Chickens now roosting in barn. Worried about weather

    The problem has been that I either close them up in the coop at midnight when I get home and don't let them out until I get up after 9 OR I leave the coop open and every few months a possum or coon finds them. Going to look at re-doing the door for the run and putting one of the automatic...
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    Chickens now roosting in barn. Worried about weather

    Last year we had several below zero nights and 12" of snow for a week. I think they feel safer in the barn because of the space. They have more escape routes. I work nights, so I am late opening the coop in the morning. They've been up hours before I have :-) They free range, and aren't too...
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    FLIES!!!! what do I do to decrease the amount of flies?

    Do they work well outside? I live in an RV and have horses along with the chickens. Cattle on adjoining property. Needless to say, I do a lot of swatting and cursing.
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    Chickens now roosting in barn. Worried about weather

    My coop has been attacked twice by possums. As a result, none of my crew will roost in it now. They have determined that the barn is their new home. I'm not that concerned about a mess, etc. The barn was built out of reclaimed wood and is far from weather tight like their coop is. I know my...
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