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    Putting a "Property Damage" Price on Layers

    Why don't you just shoot that dog? Most towns have leash laws and a dog running wild and killing livestock should be shot.
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    Pinless Peeper/Poultry Blinders?

    I live in western NY. My pipes froze 5 times last year, it was so cold, and they hadn't frozen in years. It did not seem to affect the peeper wearers at all. We had 10 to 20 below zero nights many times. I do not heat my coop.
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    Pinless Peeper/Poultry Blinders?

    They do not plug the nostrils, the pins are loose fitting in the nostrils. Two of my chickens have been wearing them about a year with no ill effects.
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    Winter Egg Production?

    The red light is obviously not working. Only one or two eggs a day from 6 eighteen month old Austrolorps and 5 Easter Egger pullets. And they are pullet eggs. Switched back to a 40 watt florescent light, which is what I used last year. Of course, now I have to slowly increase the time the...
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    Winter Egg Production?

    I would have sworn I read about using a red bulb, in several different articles, last year. So this year I buy a red bulb and now I can find no mention of it anywhere. I think I will switch back to a white light.
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    Winter Egg Production?

    I did not ask for opinions on weather or not to use extra light. I have obviously already decided that for myself. I only wanted to know if red light would work or not and have still not found a definitive answer.
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    Winter Egg Production?

    Well, I was just reading this when you posted! Thanks. I read the whole thing twice and could not find anything saying red light would not work. I had started using the red bulb this fall, but I suppose I could switch back to white. I used a 40 watt florescent bulb last year with good...
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    Winter Egg Production?

    Will using a red light work for egg production? Not a heat light, just a regular red bulb. I used white light last year, and they seemed to peck each other a lot more. Are not crowded or anything like that.
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    storm stress

    No, the temps have been about 80 right along. Pretty mild really. The storm was very bad though, as in I want to crawl under my bed and hide bad. I usually sleep right through them with a window open right over my head, and this was the first time I have ever actually been scared. As long...
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    storm stress

    We had a very scary thunder storm. One chicken was dead on the coop floor in the morning. The rest looked scruffy for a few days and have stopped laying. I thought they were going into an early molt, but now look ok but still seem subdued. Been 3weeks and still not laying. Any thoughts? Oh, not...
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    Pinless Peeper/Poultry Blinders?

    I think they may come in two sizes. Small for bantams and regular for standard chickens. Get the pliers, I think it would be impossible to do alone without them.
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    Pinless Peeper/Poultry Blinders?

    I don't believe the chickens have any feeling in their beaks and it does not block their breathing. I really do not think it hurts them at all. Mine have been on for a couple of months with no problems. I think it is better than letting them rip each others feathers out or peck each other...
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    Pinless Peeper/Poultry Blinders?

    I really had no trouble doing this myself. As long as you have the pliers it is a cinch. I placed the peepers on a flat surface in the correct upright position, with the pliers lined up right in front them. Then I picked up a chicken and placed it well back under my left arm. Then I picked...
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    Pinless Peeper/Poultry Blinders?

    These pinless peepers are great! I see how everyone says this is a two person job. I had no one to help so I coughed up for the pliers and it made it very easy to do by myself. Used a fishing net to catch the major offender and tucked her under my left arm, held her head with my left hand...
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