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    Might be BLUE JAYS pecking the eggs, NOT GUILTY CHICKENS.

    In July, we started having at least one egg pecked open every day and sometimes it had been entirely eaten! I read all of the posts, was already feeding choice protein food like fried trout and leftover meat, tried golf balls, etc. When we installed a new security system, we put a camera in...
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    Guard dogs for poultry project

    Whoops. Had to wait on the roosters as we realized we would be attracting the predators while the pups were too young and too small to defend even themselves. May have to make secure night-time area for the roosters on our side of the creek and just let them be with the pups when we can watch...
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    Guard dogs for poultry project

    Thank you all so much for posting! We brought home the two 8-week-old black German Shepherd out-cross (a good German line) brothers, evening before last. Their father is unknown, but we hope/believe Rottweiler based on the markings, hefty size, wide muzzles, and quiet, calm attitudes. The...
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    Guard dogs for poultry project

    Hello This is a new project. We will begin posting results by May 2010. We are experienced small poultry farmers, who are working with a pair of carefully selected 8-week old pups to imprint them with patterns to protect poultry and stock. Yes, we too have lost stock to predators in this...
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