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    BYC's Random Funny Posting Thread! Hosts Mike & Sally

    Okay, I don't have a joke, but I do have a funny coup story to share. A couple of months ago I was feeding my chickens with my hooded jacket on. I guess the drawstring looked like a worm to one of my chickens, because she jumped up and grabbed it. I got her off, but she persisted and jumped...
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    Hardware cloth and healthy chicken feet!

    I just found a hole dug from underground into my coup under my girls' feed trash can. We also put a sizable predator apron all the way around the coup that I thought would be enough deterrence until this. I live in Indiana as well, and currently have a couple of stray cats, two types of hawks...
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    Retired firefighter now raising chickens

    OH - @DobieLover - I didn't know about this. My girls just put their beaks in the water, not their wattles. So please note this warning everybody!!
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    Retired firefighter now raising chickens

    I'm actually just using a heated dog water bowl and it's working great. The only downside is that I have to refill the bowl every 2 days. I currently am down to 2 chickens (I lost 2 to predators at the end of the summer), but I'm sure there are different sizes of these types of bowls that you...
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