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    Electric fence for bear protection

    So, I ended up getting the 0.7 joule AC unit https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/american-farmworks-15-mile-ac-powered-low-impedance-charger Which is supposedly safe for chickens. I got some fiberglass poles, rope style wire and a coil of insulated wire to run the hot and ground. The...
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    Electric fence for bear protection

    Old picture of a bear at my nest box. They never have figured out how to get in there, but probably will.
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    Electric fence for bear protection

    Wow, great video, thanks! I have seen electric fences around outfitter wall tents. In my experience the bears away from town are a lot less aggressive.
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    Electric fence for bear protection

    There are too many bears around here to move but you are right, I just checked Colorado law and you can shoot a bear to protect livestock. For some reason I thought that was not allowed. Anyway, I don't want to shoot them anyway.
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    Electric fence for bear protection

    Anyone have any luck keeping black bears off with an electric fence? I'm wondering if this would be enough? https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/zareba-above-ground-electric-fence-kit-for-pets-and-small-animals?cm_vc=-10005 I lost 8/12 chickens so far and now the bears are digging to get...
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    Brown Spotted Comb

    All I can assume at this point is it is just the chickens pecking one another. I did a lot of research a while back and couldn't find anything similar. Doesn't really match pecking either, but they seem fine.
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    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Ha, right I like skiing and biking, but I live over in Durango.
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    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Our guard dog, we've only lost one bird since we got the dog.
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    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Yes, definitely in Colorado. That kind of explains the elk shed on the coop, seemed like a nice place for it. We have some very average chickens, Rhode Island Reds, Rhode Island Whites, Buff Orpingtons, Americaunas and one barnyard mix bird.
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    post your chicken coop pictures here!

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    Brown Spotted Comb

    I've seen a lot of threads on pale combs and black spotted pox combs, but nothing on brown spotted combs. Anyone know what is wrong with my birds? Several of them seem to have this although I haven't detected any problem with it.
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