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    Hawks

    We lost one of our white rocks to a Cooper's Hawk last Spring and we immediately ordered some heavy duty netting. We rotate our chickens to both sides of our coop so they are always on fresh grass. We use the electric netting fence to contain them and keep the coyotes and dogs out. Since adding...
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    100 Pictures of Our Flocks: A Community Picture Project

    8. new additions
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    **Deck the coop w/boughs of holly?** Show us your decorated coop!

    This is our coop with the inside lights off and the Christmas decos on.
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    Best place to buy electric poultry fencing?

    Just bought the 48" x 82' roll of netting with the Patriot P5 energizer from Premier. Set up is a piece of cake and my little dog quickly learned that the chickens aren't to be messed with. However, last night while eating dinner we looked outside to see the chickens (All 4) had slipped through...
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    Built a Catawba Coop (pics)

    I built one of these as well. I used treated wood for the roof and then treated the rest with boiled linseed oil. I will be moving our 4 chicks to this soon. I have seen people raising 4 chickens in this but I am already figuring I might be building a larger coop soon. Plus we want to add a few...
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    when to move chicks outside

    My girls are almost 6 weeks old now and appear to be fully feathered. I am in the Chicago area and it could still get into the lower 40's at night. It is in the 60's on average during the day. I am wondering if it's safe to move them outside at this point. I have had them off the lamp for about...
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