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    Predator ID -- No Photos

    Thank you, everyone. The trapped possum has been disposed of. I really hope this fixes the problem for now. Otherwise, I'm going to invest in a trail cam and/or maybe let the dog run around in the garden fence (he is usually in the front yard or in the house) where he can bark to alert us of...
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    Adding a Cat to the Coop

    My chickens hate cats. A stray showed up in our coop one time looking for shelter. The chickens surrounded it in a circle and screamed at it and bullied it. As far as chickens are concerned, cats are a threat that don't belong in their space.
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    Predator ID -- No Photos

    What type of predator do you think got our chicken? Two days ago, something got our small polish hen, Minette. It happened after I let the chickens out in the morning probably between 6:30 am and 8:30 am. My husband found her around 10 or 11 am already stiff with rigor mortis. He said there...
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    Abandoned Duck Egg

    here are the 3 who already hatched
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    Abandoned Duck Egg

    UPdate: Found the missing duck! She switched to a hidden nest squeezed between the nesting boxes and coop wall. I placed the tapping egg on that next. It spooked her off, unfortunately, but she is back on it I think after eating and drinking. Hopefully she will hatch this duckling. And then I...
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    Abandoned Duck Egg

    Hi. My broody hen hatched 3 ducklings last night or this morning. They appear healthy. She seems to be mothering them well. If I need to look out for anything with them let me know. The problem is she left some eggs behind. Most were empty/unfertilized. Three were developed by cold and silent...
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    Duck Brooding Mixed Eggs

    So I checked under the duck a few days ago. The chicken eggs are gone! Idk if she kicked them out or ate them. But there is only a single lonely duck egg under there now. And she has built up her nest into a huge pyramid of feathers. And it wasn't hard to get under her at all. She was very...
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    Duck Brooding Mixed Eggs

    One of my ducks has gone broody on a nest containing both chicken and duck eggs. This hasn't happened before at my house. What can I expect? I know they hatch at different times. I suppose St. Patty's is the first day we can expect chicks. As an added problem, my chicken eggs are usually mostly...
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    Pallet Hoop House Progress Pics

    I know many have done this before, but I'm overly excited and wanted to share. 😀 This is actually for a greenhouse, but if I ever build a larger chicken coop, I will make one of these. We have had a lot of struggles making this. Maybe sharing will help someone. The concrete pad is not level...
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    Very large flat hardware mesh roof

    We put railroad ties across ours because that's what we had laying around-- the remains of a previous hay barn. Then we fixed plastic bird netting/deer fence over it...which was leftover from my parent's vegetable garden. The outside walls are chicken wire and hardware cloth attached to woven...
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    Advice on neighbor who shot at my dog

    I feel ya 100%. I've owned multiple houdini dogs. I currently have a tibetan mastiff mixed with bloodhound that is an escape artist. He has made himself a stench in the nostrils of my neighbors on multiple occasions. One set of neighbors near us kept picking him up and dropping our dog at the...
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    How do you tell the difference in chicken and duck eggs (both white)?

    The FILTHY one is the duck egg. They like to roll their eggs in mud and poo and hide them. They are also sometimes kinda gummy/slimy feeling and smell faintly like a fish tank because of their thick waterproof coating they get. Good thing they taste really really good! :he
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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    Oh ok. I posted some pics above though if it helps. Thanks for the info. :)
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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    Stress causes this? I thought maybe it was just bad genetics?
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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    Very handsome flock there!
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