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    Good Fox Bait?

    Looks like it has to come down to a shotgun. The fox got past my 8 ft hurricane fence that has 2 separate strands of electric fence, past the board I slid across the lower opening to the coop & got at least one chicken. (I found her dead this morning - he couldn't get her back past the fence.)...
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    Good Fox Bait?

    A breeding pair moved into our area last week, got one before I knew it. Am keeping everyone completely locked up @ night, in an electric-fence protected zone during the day, but I know even that isn't fox-proof. I have a live trap, but they haven't gone near it. Used live chicken (protected...
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    What is the best way to "dispatch" of raccoons and other predators?

    If you can't bring yourself to dispatch & have a river or lake nearby, you can also relocate them - I'd make sure it is somplace at least 10 + miles from your place so they can't find their way back.
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    Where to Buy Bulk/Wholesale Laying Crumbles Northern California

    I will look into it & post what I find out. Thanks!
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    Where to Buy Bulk/Wholesale Laying Crumbles Northern California

    Anyone know a feed mill around Sacramento? I have almost 100 chickens & $13 a bag is killing me. I can find feed mills for horse, sheep, cow feed, but no chicken. My chickens won't eat just scratch either. I've tried looking on websites, calling poulty places, no luck. Thanks!
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    Hawk Deterrent?

    Anyone know a way to keep hawks away? I just put 50 3-month old chickens in my large, uncovered area with my 30+ full sized chickens. (The big ones have been in the open area for over a year, no problem.) Late afternoon I heard the chickens going off, I ran down with my pellet gun & there...
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    10 killed last night

    Nothing worse than seeing your chicks gone -- I baited my trap with many things, but a chicken carcass was the only bait that caught anything. I found the raccoon in my area had a pattern - it hit my coop on Friday & Saturday night. If you don't catch it right away, make sure you have the trap...
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    Chickens scraping food out of feeder

    My chickens will do the same thing, so I cut an old tomato cage that had small mesh (1 x 2 inch squares). It has really cut down on the amount they scrape onto the ground and they can get their heads in to eat just fine.
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    For Selling Eggs...Are Chicken Vaccinations Required?

    I sell eggs as well, I know some of my chicks (purchased) were vaccinated, those I hatched were not. I did feed medicated feed for the first month and everyone is just fine. When I got certified to sell, neither the state nor the county asked if I had vaccinated, so if they don't ask, I...
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    How to Handle Deformed Chick?

    I had 7 RIR's that hatched the day after Christmas. A week later, one chick's legs was bent funny & had hardened feces stuck to it's knee. I tried to clean it off, but it keptcoming back. A second chick's leg didn't seem to work right (one stuck forward, one back). I kept watch over the 2 -...
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