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    Broody Hen abandons eggs after two weeks

    This is our second abandonment by first time broody hens. So far in our chicken project we've had two successful broods. Both hens were just over a year old, one barnyard and one Buff Orpington. We want to morph our flock to pure BuffOrp's and we bought a dozen BO eggs for broody hens twice...
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    Might chickens eat tarpaper(construction paper)?

    We just bought a nice little building for chickens. It's unfinished inside and the tarpaper (construction paper) is exposed. We've begun to worry that our chickens might just tear up or eat the tarpaper. We're going to put linoleum over the floor, but didn't plan to finish the interior walls...
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    Ordinary electric fence charge controller for electric mesh fencing?

    It looks like I've found the answer in the 'predator' section. Seems any fence controller will be OK. I'll give mine a try.
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    What Electric Fence to get for Chicken Tractor (Movable Coop)?

    I just posted to the 'everything else chicken' category to ask if I can use ordinary electric fence chargers with electric net fence for chickens. Sounds like the answer is yes. I've used two different chargers to keep deer, bear, and dogs out of our garden in SW Oregon. I agree about...
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    Ordinary electric fence charge controller for electric mesh fencing?

    We have two electric fence chargers that we previously used to keep deer out of the garden. One requires 120v AC and the other is solar. I'm hoping to use these with electric net fencing for chickens, but I'm not sure if special chargers are required. It seems these would be OK. They stopped...
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