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    Canine Pest

    Hammer-headed, knuckle-dragging, egg-sucking pet!
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    Dog problems...Need some suggestions

    The following is cross-posted to the "predators and pests" board: Short version: Our 1-year-old lab is getting into our enclosure and raiding food and eggs. Need a fix. Background: Our coop opens into an enclosure. We open the pop door and tie the enclosure door open in the mornings...
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    Canine Pest

    Short version: Our 1-year-old lab is getting into our enclosure and raiding food and eggs. Need a fix. Background: Our coop opens into an enclosure. We open the pop door and tie the enclosure door open in the mornings, allowing our chickens to go out and forage during the day. At dusk, they...
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    New birds, first night at home. Could use some advice.

    I should have waited before posting my questions. A) they can hop up on the roosts just fine. B) they had zero difficulty finding the waterer. Sorry. First-time chicken farmer, and I'm a bit jumpy.
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    New birds, first night at home. Could use some advice.

    Hi folks, About a month ago, I finished my coop. For various reasons, we didn't get birds until today, but they arrived this afternoon. They are 8-week-old buff Orpington pullets. We put the first bedding in the henhouse, and let them out of the dog crate they traveled in. I hopped into the...
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  7. Mrs. Tweedy's Happy Acres Chicken Coop

    Mrs. Tweedy's Happy Acres Chicken Coop

    After living at our five acre mini-farm for a couple of years, we decided to take the plunge and try a few chickens. Lots of reading BYC coop designs and head-scratching later, we decided to build the coop over the long holiday weekend (4th of July, 2013). We had a couple of requirements to...
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