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    where to buy sexed silkie chicks

    Where can I buy sexed silkie chicks? The only place I'm seeing is meyer and they're sold out till late summer/early fall. Are they just too hard to sex?
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    best type of netting for red tailed hawks

    this is the yard, i can make it smaller, but i don't want it to be too small
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    best type of netting for red tailed hawks

    any ideas how to do the netting around large trees? i don't want them to have no shade in the summer.
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    best type of netting for red tailed hawks

    i've got 6 ft t posts and deer netting fencing, i'm located in ohio.
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    best type of netting for red tailed hawks

    i just lost one of my ladies to a red tailed hawk. shiny objects and string/twine hung up did nothing. it happened right next to the coop under a tree. i'm kind of surprised all the chickens couldn't just run into the coop. what's the best netting for a large area (~1 acre) that can withstand snow?
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    hawk attack

    A hawk just attacked one of my hens. I'm only seeing a small cut on her comb. She's acting ok. I'm worried she may have internal injuries, the hawk had her pinned to the ground and there are quite a few feathers on the ground. It's supposed to be cold (~40F) tonight. Should i take her inside for...
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    Hawk attack

    A hawk just attacked one of my hens. I'm only seeing a small cut on her comb. She's acting ok. I'm worried she may have internal injuries, the hawk had her pinned to the ground and there are quite a few feathers on the ground. It's supposed to be cold (~40F) tonight. Should i take her inside for...
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    Hens flying over gate

    well i think my problem solved itself today. i caught a hawk swoop down and try to get one. fortunately it didn't get anyone but i will be putting up bird netting in the area near the gate. most of the yard has tree cover but they couldn't get to it from the gate area (they were huddled up next...
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    Hens flying over gate

    how would i get in the fenced area without a gate?
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    Hens flying over gate

    My 4 of my 9 chickens are flying over the gate and I can't figure out how to stop them. They have access to 1+ acre of free range land. The only breed to do it are the easter egger (i believe they're actually cream legbars). I thought putting the mesh fence above the gate making it uneven to...
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    7 week old chicks - cold spell

    I've had my chicks outside full time for 10 days but the temps have been 55+ for that time. tonight it's supposed to 45 at night. do i need to take them inside? there's 9 of them and they were hatched on 4/7. thanks!
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    type of fencing

    i have a coop with this attached run. i want my ladies to free range during the day when i'm home/weather is nice/etc and i want to fence in a large portion (around an acre) of my yard to keep them from crossing a busy road or going to neighbors. what kind of fencing do i want? how high? do i...
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    coop placement in yard

    the only zoning law is that it has to 10 ft+ from the house. drainage is probably better in the treed location along with electricity/water/etc and it can get quite warm in the summer so i'll stick with my original choice. Thanks!!
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    coop placement in yard

    my coop is being delivered in a few days. my plan was to put it near my office window but there are some mature trees and i'm reading hawks may hang out in those. behind those tall pine trees are some woods and a creek. should i put it somewhere else? the other side of my house has no trees but...
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    6 day old chick barely stands

    another chick (same breed) has the exact problem. i treated the water with corid starting friday. she was doing ok thurs, started going downhill friday. i started giving her yolk thursday and making sure she was eating every few hours. yesterday she could stand and move and today she's laying on...
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