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    New house with electric fence??

    I know someone who wants $100 for it. The battery situation is like $400 though. IDK seems like a lot of trouble.
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    New house with electric fence??

    I was wondering the same thing. More research needed!
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    New house with electric fence??

    I have 5 birds and yes that’s smaller than what we have now. I was thinking I would take it off the edge of our back fence and connect to the side of the house making the fenced area larger. It’s really a temporary solution but I thought it could be a good one for a portable run where I don’t...
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    New house with electric fence??

    We are moving to a more rural area with mountain lion, bear, bob cats, and coyote and someone has offered to sell me 100ft of poultry plus fence that can be electrified. Our new yard is vast and not fenced- the seems like a good solution (in combination with our predator proof coop) to keep them...
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    Craftsman Plastic Shed coop

    How is this going? How do you access the eggs from your egg boxes? We are going to be moving to a much more rural area soon and we have one of these sheds that we might turn into our coop! Do you live in an area that has cold weather? That’s what I’m most curious about! We are in Northern Colorado.
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    Integrating 4 pullets with one mature hen

    Thanks for your ideas. Just seeing these now but what I decided to do was to put two small milk crates on their sides angled into the nesting boxes. It would be difficult For the hen to get in there and they have a place to hide. I even put straw on top just for privacy. I did it right at dusk...
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    Integrating 4 pullets with one mature hen

    I would really like to put the pullets in the coop because it’s going to get down below 30s this week and the portable coupe is flimsy and drafty. Do you think I should try and put them in at night when they’re sleeping? Should I set up some things in the coop that they can hide behind if the...
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    Integrating 4 pullets with one mature hen

    I have one hen left after a terrible attack on my flock by a neighbors dog. She survived (barely) and is traumatized. I thought bringing in pullets to start a new flock so she wasn’t solo was a good idea. They’re 11-13 weeks. I let them range together after 5 days of isolation in a coop/run in...
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    Advice after dog attack

    Me too- it was so stressful this week. I felt really violated having someone’s dog break into the yard.
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    Advice after dog attack

    Thanks for your reply! I did file this with animal control and the owners boyfriend came over to “make it right” the other day and told me they would make payments to pay off the vet bill. I’m glad they’re at least acknowledging it and they are also going to rehome the dog.
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    Advice after dog attack

    My three beautiful chicken were brutally attacked by a neighboors pit bull who broke into our yard a few days ago. I took all three to the animal hospital where two had to be euthanized. I couldn’t kill them myself as they are pets raised from chicks. Once chicken came hime and now I’m giving...
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    Should I take a neighbors chicken into my flock?

    My neighbor has has 12/13 hens eaten by bobcat. He has one left and wants to give her to me. She’s 4 my hens are about a year and a half. I have a flock of 3 as one of mine recently got out and got eaten by that same fat bobcat. Is this going to be a huge headache? I have another small coop that...
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    Help! Hens not heading into the coop anymore!

    Ok!!! So I netted the bottom of the coop and put in a light on a timer to come on 1/2 hour before sunset and turn off an hour later. Guess what?!!! They ALL went in the coop last night!!!! Thank you, wise chicken gurus!!!
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    Help! Hens not heading into the coop anymore!

    Ok- so bottom of coop is netted off and there is a low watt halogen bulb set to come on at 7:30 and shut off at 8:30. I’ll tell you all how it went, tonight!
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    Help! Hens not heading into the coop anymore!

    That’s an AWESOME idea!!! I think a hardware mesh door sounds great! Thank you!
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