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    predator

    The pen is covered in wire partially and overlayed with tarps to shade and keep out rain. The predator found a section where tarp was not secured between grommets. We have since then rewired the top of the coop. and will be trading out the old tarps for a single longer one that covers the...
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    need info on hatching eggs

    I need some info on hatching eggs? I would like to have a hen set on the nest. I have delawares and have been told that they can be broody. should the nesting hen and eggs be seperated? What is opinion on hen vs artificial hatching- don't have a lot of money to spend on this but would like to...
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    predator

    We lost a girl today, the predator climbed over the fencing and under the tarp and seems to have tried to carry the bird out. We lost on girl last week, she escaped from the pen at night and got caught? We are thinking of moving the pen and reworking the wire around the fence. any suggestions as...
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    Too Many Eggs?

    Our hens- 4 delwares- we would find 3-5 eggs in nest- I agree that they may have brewed more than one up then layed- we would collect once a day in the morning- we had a loss of a hen so our egg production is off- but what I have read after a time they settle into a routine of laying. In the...
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    "Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

    howdy-- elvallot from Kentwood, La
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    Hello- newbie needs help

    Greetings to everyone at BCY. I have greatly enjoyed your website and learn a lot from you guys. I am the proud mamma of 5 delawares= Mr. Rooster and the Girls (4 hens). I had 5 hens but one escaped the coop and was over taken by a predator. Prior to the loss of one of the girls, all hens...
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