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Sorry for duplicate post. I wrote it on the phone, not sure what happened. I don't seem to be able to delete the extra one? ------------------------------- One of our chickens has lost most pigment in the past 6 weeks. She is also quite ragged looking. She was a medium brown before. She a as...

One of our chickens has lost most pigment in the past 6 weeks. She is also quite ragged looking. She was a medium brown before. She a as FSO hasn’t laid an egg in quite a while. Here is the back story leading up to this: We have three Isa Browns left. One was injured badly during a fox attack...

Thank you. She is sleeping in a dog kennel inside the coop tonight, nicely bedded and with food and water.

Thanks. Meaning to just do nothing and let them figure it out or is there a good way, time or place to do this?

We had a fox jump our five foot fence a couple of weeks ago. One chicken was injured, couldn't get up for a couple of days and we nursed her first in the house, then she was able to go back to sleep in the hen house on the floor and one night she was back up on the roost with the others. She...

That’s possible. They didn’t like them from day one but the chicks were still very young then. Since then the mealworms have been sitting on the counter for a couple of months and the zip loc may not have been always tight. Maybe they were already old from sitting in the store.

The roof has some amount of ground but it’s not ideal. My shed is 16 feet long and has many supports made of wood, which is not a perfect insulator, so there is some amount of resistive path there. It’s like standing on a wooden ladder and touching a 110V or 220V live wire. You won’t get shocked...

Forgot to say that mine are now about 15 weeks. Still no interest. Maybe when they start laying? I'll hold on to the bag for a few more weeks

Bought a bag of mealworms as recommended by our store when our ISA Browns were just a few weeks old. They refuse to eat them. I keep trying, maybe one chicken takes a peck at one and breaks a piece off, never comes back for more. They love live bugs of any kind so they certainly seem interested...

I grounded the fence in addition to having metal stakes all along the bottom of the fence anyway to prevent digging. I have two ground rods. I also ran a ground wire to the gate. I did not ground the roof but I will go out right now and do that, for a little bit of extra zap. Thanks for the...

I don't have a solution. Cut some tree limbs? The electric fence is just one deterrent. I am still mainly counting on my actual coop being secure for the night. And if I see Raccoons on my camera I will set the trap out again.

This is the one I have. I see there is a Zareba model which looks identical. I just tested the voltage by using the spark method, and it seems to put out the 6k it should. It may not be the best to keep out vicious and determined raccoons, will get the camera back out there to see if anything is...

the controller I got is a 5-mile 0.1joule 6000 volt unit from Tractor Supply: “Use it to keep out wildlife and pets, including dogs, rabbits & fowl” I wonder if I should get a stronger one?

Caught two raccoons and one opossum in the past six nights. In the city no less. Everything wants to eat our chickens!

I caught and relocated two raccoons so far, and now I caught an opossum just a half hour ago in the live trap. Came here to see if it was really a danger to my chickens. Guess I am going for another long drive...