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    Neighbor's dog killed our chickens today!!

    My neighbor's dog has invaded our little farm dozens of times, and I've asked them nicely many times to control it, no no avail. Even the police were summoned but they only gave them a warning. My son guards the henhouse with a pellet gun when the dog is loose, but what good will that do? It...
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    Neighbor's dog killed our chickens today!!

    our neighbor's husky has attacked our chickens in their outdoor run several times. We were always present and drove it away with rocks and rakes, and it gets only a mouthful of feathers before running away, but it comes back eventually, so we are ever vigilant. Our town has very strict leash...
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    Which breed of rooster will protect my hens best?

    my 11 year old daughter (also home schooled) lost her entire collection of silkies in one night to a weasel. If your birds were all dead in the coop and uneaten, then it's a weasel you're dealing with. Make sure they are locked up tight, as it's very hard to keep them out of a pen, we thought...
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    Tramatized hens wont go back in the coop at dusk

    your hen's crop won't go sour if her digestive system is working. If she is pooping regularly, then feed her. Yogurt is enjoyed by chickens but try food pellets, will she swallow them? Try oatmeal if not, sweetened even. you can use a drench to fill her crop if she doesn't eat, but you risk...
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    Marten's demise

    Wow! I didn't think 600fps could take small game. Mine is (supposedly) 1200fps (break barrel) but 10 feet is very close. Don't think they won't take full grown chickens. Our weasel killed 6 full grown brahmas and 3 roosters in one night. Daytime is different though. The chickens will...
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    Marten's demise

    that looks like a long-tailed weasel. We just caught one today, after 5 days of resetting two traps, and 18 beloved chickens killed . . . We skinned the SOB and kept the momento. How on earth did you get a shot at one? Is that a pellet gun? I have one but weasels are too quick and seldom...
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    Hi from eastern MA

    My daughter and I have kept chickens and other birds for many years, and I think she even loves them more than I do! I am a biologist and ornithologist with a life long love of birds, especially poultry. Until recently, we have had few mishaps, but a weasel just killed 18 of our beloved birds...
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    how do you catch a weasel?

    I think you are lucky only loosing 5 in two attacks. A weasel slaughtered all 9 of my daughter's silkies in one night, eating nothing from them, and leaving them in a pile where they roost. A few nights ago we heard a commotion in the henhouse (different from Silkie pen), and found a weasel...
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