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    Official BYC Poll: How Many Chickens Do You Have + How Many Chickens On BYC?

    10 hens I try to stay in the 5-15 range.
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    what decapitates without consuming? *new info and new pics Pg.4*

    From what I have experienced... Foxes, coyotes and bobcats will grab a chicken and run. Bears will rip them apart near the coop. Raccoons can reach through fences and pull chickens apart, sometimes only removing their head. Skunks frequently get into my coop (squeezing through 2"x4" fencing)...
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    What kind of Predator is this?????

    Foxes and cats will kill and cache food when it is abundant. I am not sure if raccoons cache, but they do partake in mass killings. I have had a bobcat kill chickens over a period of days, but never in the same day. Coyotes, like dogs, will kill all the chickens for the pure sport of it. I have...
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    Bears?

    The only grizzly bear in CA is on the state flag. All others have been killed. However, black bears can be a real problem. Check out these pictures from last year: http://www.lucky13ranch.us/beardamage.htm I have rebuilt the coop door with 4x4s and so far the bears have not got in. I also...
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    hens mating hens

    I have seen various dominate hens mounting the other hens in my flock. It does happen somewhat regularly. I can see the hens through the window from where I am working. I just ignore it.
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    Hawk swoops down over me repeatedly going after my girls.

    If the hawk is swooping down so close and you are present, I think I would try using a garden hose on it. A shot of water may be enough to make it think twice and not hurt the hawk. I have had just about every predator kill my chickens, but not a hawk from what I can tell. I have seen hawks...
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    So,19,000 members, How many Chickens do we all have? 26,143 & counting

    18721 + 12 = 18733
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    Training dogs and cats to leave chickens alone

    Quote: I trained our two dogs in a similar way. They ignore the chickens and even wild turkeys. The other day a turkey laid down 10 yards from the dogs in the middle of the day. If any chicken starts to squawk, the dogs bark and look for a predator. The firm "no" from training early on...
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    Bear damage

    About scaring them off, the long story is... over the past few years, I have seen some evidence that a bear was poking around the coop. Last year, I moved the coop a little further from the house. It is the same basic design the previous owners had for 15 years. This past Nov. around 3am with a...
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    Bear damage

    Quote: This setup has kept out raccoons, bobcats, foxes and coyotes. I have a raccoon that tries to dig under every night. It hits the buried fencing and gives up. It has killed a few chickens by grabbing them and pulling them through the horse fencing. Adding multiple layers of chicken wire...
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    Bear damage

    There have been some posts about bears. Here is what happened last night. Coop door... Fence damages... People have also been wondering what the scat looks like. They left three piles. I added a bottle for a size reference. Pile 2... Pile 3... In November a sow and two cubs broke...
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