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    Bamboo leaves as food....

    The giant panda only eats bamboo shoots and they grow pretty huge! I believe it gets extremely cold in China where it grows wild
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    Getting a hold of Spike!

    My tiny Serrano bantams are kept in a run covered on three sides and with corrugated clear plastic sheets on the roof. They don't like the wind blowing on them or a bit of rain. Last winter we did have a day or two with snow and they only came out of their cosy coop to eat and drink. The...
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    Venting about Roosters

    I've never heard of a collar for a rooster but have heard of the dog one. I suppose they both do the same thing ie. Shut the critter up! Dreadful dreadful and cruel....
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    Venting about Roosters

    I agree entirely. We have slightly different laws here in UK but if someone complains about noise from any animal you are given the option to re train your animal or rehome it. Of course, if living away from others then animal noises are fine. I would far rather hear a cockerel crowing than some...
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    Venting about Roosters

    That should read meat not near. Bantams not bandanas. Rooster bantam not barman. Crowing not growing. Being not bring. Sorry -predictive txt!
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    Venting about Roosters

    Surely all farm animals don't have to end up as near or derivatives. I got my four bandana purely as pets. I choose not to eat meat but that's my personal choice and I don't foist my opinion on meat eaters. I have always wanted chickens and only now in my retired years have the time and space...
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    Predator help.

    I've got a similar set up -my aviary is 12x6' and it's on paving stones all the way around. We laid a huge sheet of steel mesh. The kind they use for reinforcing concrete about 6" down then earth then turf (which has all been eaten!) That way a fox probably wouldn't bother trying to dig under...
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    Predator help.

    Thank you so much for your detailed update. I'm sickened that this should happen but even more sickened that it should occur in UK. I'm based in Kent by the sea. We have a few neighbours and like you say, the good ones are worth their weight in gold. The trouble is these thugs will probably wave...
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    5 Gallon Bucket mouse trap

    I have nice in my run too. I remove the veggie tray and the mash bowls every night but the pellets feeder is suspended from the roof of the run. During the day the chickens throw the pellets everywhere and I try to sweep it up but it gets mixed in with the earth so the nice have that to eat. I...
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    Look at this fluff....

    Gorgeous little creature. If only they stated so cute!
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    Would you feed this to your chicken?

    I live in Kent and had a very similar larva turn up in my garden following a very stormy night.I live by the sea and it does get stormy. However, I recognized it as a hummingbird hawk moth larva. Beautiful moth and endangered here. I put it in a safe place to carry on its life, but I can just...
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    Time to go on the offensive...enough is enough.

    I'm also a believer of live and let live but the thought of any other creature attacking my beloved girls scares me to death. My 4girls are kept in a 12x6ft aviary erected on paving stones.I thought the only predator I'd have to worry about is the fox so we are hopefully fox proof. However rats...
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    Predator help.

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    Predator help.

    what's the OP? I hate it when everyone responds so sympathetically and then there's nothing further from the person to say what happened. Is it just me or do others feel the samw?
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    Flock won't allow hen to eat

    Poor birdie. I would feed her by hand and let the others see. If they come over and behave then they can have food too but if they're nasty shoo them away. I wear garden gloves when I'm cleaning in the coop and run and if I have to shoo a hen away for any reason they see the glove, but if I'm...
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