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    Getting Chicks to Accept the Coop, Cooperate, where do I put the feed - and then there's the cat...

    Thanks! Hawks and cats are the main concern, but for now there's nothing we can do except put them in a safe coop at dusk. (Fatten them up so the hawk can't carry them? That worked for a friend of mine who thought she'd lost her chicken but the large hen was dropped nearby).
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    Getting Chicks to Accept the Coop, Cooperate, where do I put the feed - and then there's the cat...

    Thanks everyone! We have a small standing coop built high to deter rats (chicks fly up to stump then up to door to get in). The coop is in an orchard, enclosed on sides but not top so were keeping them mostly in an enclosed small run witihin it - but not attached to coop. We will close the...
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    Getting Chicks to Accept the Coop, Cooperate, where do I put the feed - and then there's the cat...

    Hi Everyone, Obviously this is our first time out with chickens. It's 5.5 weeks in and with a heat wave on we have prepped the coop and put them in for some time yesterday + want to start them sleeping there tonight. But things aren't working: 1. How do I get them used to the idea that the...
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