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    Something ate my chicken

    Feel pretty sure that only the coon is getting the poison as everything is on my back deck 15 feet off the ground. ...and the entire contents of the feed bucket are getting eaten in 1 night.
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    Something ate my chicken

    It WAS a raccoon! I put my one remaining chicken into a dog carrier and then into the large dog cage just for extra precaution and later I looked out the window and seen a raccoon stealthily approaching the cage. I scared it off and then mixed up some poison with chicken feed and set it out. in...
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    Something ate my chicken

    I found only 2 of 6 hens alive.....I moved them into a large dog pen... you know the all metal box style pen for large dogs inside the house? well today I find one more dead!!!! pulled halfway through the 2inch by 3 inch fencing! its breasts and innards were all eaten and the leg that was...
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    Comment by 'jenneverett' in article 'Factors that Influence & Affect Egg Laying'

    Meant to say daily.
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    Comment by 'jenneverett' in article 'Factors that Influence & Affect Egg Laying'

    Gtourtel .... I keep 3 hens and have a converted shed for a coop... I have a light on at all times in the shed and I get 2 eggs most of the time and 3 eggs at least twice a week.
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    Arkansas folks speak up.........

    Think about deconstructing the coop you have and useing the materials for your new coop.
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    Comment by 'jenneverett' in article 'Factors that Influence & Affect Egg Laying'

    I had a egg eater.... I placed 4-5 fake eggs in each laying box and several around the hen house. I have not found any more egg scraps or residue.
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    Can you use deep litter method in an open chicken run?

    Welcome! For my 2 cents I would buy a storage shed and add a dog run to it. The dog run has a gate and you can cut a doggie door into the shed for the chickens. I am using a shed myself. in my case I use the deep litter method in the shed but have a plastic fence I move around the yard so they...
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    Mealworm farming

    Somewhere in this thread that question was raised and it was estimated that you would need a colony of half a million to feed 1 cup per day without depletion of the colony. (Factoring in optimization of the breeding conditions and food/water)
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    Arkansas folks speak up.........

    Welcome ! In bella vista instead of ft smith but there are people from rogers, pea ridge and Gravette here also..
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    Arkansas folks speak up.........

    Wow thats a bundle of critters! What area are you buying in? I am in NWA and in some cities they will not let you have chickens or have a limit that is plain stupid.
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    Mealworm farming

    they definitely like pecking at the wedding ring
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    hello from the spencers! i am Jenn and my wife is katie.

    I am just guessing but the eggs have started from 1 hen at least.... I believe that the RIR is the laying hen as the eggs are brown and about normal in size.
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    Questions about raising Meal Worms

    The answer is yes. The worms turn into pupae and from that stage they turn into beetles. The beetles lay eggs and then you have worms again. Now keep in mind that not all of them will mature at the same rate so you will have some in all 3 stages after the first batch.
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    hello from the spencers! i am Jenn and my wife is katie.

    Sweet! None have laid eggs yet at about 25 weeks. And after the orher RIR passed without any apparent reason I was wondering if I needed to eat this one.
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