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    I think I want to cover my entire yard with poultry netting!

    In Wyoming I had a hawk and an owl sitting side by side checking out the chickens. I stretched clear fishing line across the chicken field, up high, and tied streamers of "bird scare tape" onto the fishing line every few feet. The Mylar tape flutters in the slightest breeze and shoots shards...
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    Skunks killing chickens

    In Wyoming, at least, it is illegal to relocate a predator. That means killing trapped skunks and raccoons. I've also fought the predator wars. In one area where they were digging under the fence I took some old boards and ran long screws through them pretty close together, then put the...
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    Help me identify what killed our chicken please

    I lost two chickens to a raccoon, and the bodies looked exactly like this. I also lost three to hawks. The hawk pattern was just a big cluster of feathers as the hawk took the chicken with it. I trapped the coon and a friend disposed of it for me, and as for the hawks, I ran clear...
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    My dog is a chicken eater, don't know what to do

    I agree. It doesn't have to be a strong painful zap unless Rosie tries to attack a chicken. But every time she looks at a chicken she should get an immediate correction and if she approaches a chicken she should get a stronger correction. She is a combination of two very intelligent breeds...
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    My dog is a chicken eater, don't know what to do

    I agree. It doesn't have to be a strong painful zap but if Rosie gets a correction every time she even looks at a chicken, and she doesn't connect it with you, she will learn. I have used this on a strong-willed terrier mix to keep her within an unfenced farm boundary and she learned within a...
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    It's been 26 years since I've had a bear in my house

    I haven't had to try out this theory on bear scaring, but I had very good results running off raccoons using one of those compressed-air boat horns. (A friend who heard this used her vacuum cleaner to chase an aggressive raccoon out of her house, confirming my theory that loud obnoxious noises...
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    Horizontal Nipple Waterers... in your opinion, yes or no?

    I set a large heavy duty tote on top of a milk crate after I put a row of seven nipples on one side. The curiosity factor had several of the girls fascinated with this new addition so I used my finger to get water into the nipples and most were eager to check it out. They trained the other...
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    Comment by 'JTHawk' in article 'Bee's key points to successful and safe free ranging.'

    After watching an owl and a hawk checking out my chickens at my last place I strung heavy clear fishing line across the enclosed grassy area where they ran, up high, and tied on streamers of what is called "bird tape" or "scare tape" ---thin Mylar tape with metallic designs on it. They float in...
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    Bear Flipped over coop

    You might try paint balls, or even frozen paint balls. They hurt but don't kill. Friends in CO mountains had good luck with hot wire but it had to be really hot, better if plugged in and not solar. Do not spray pepper spray as a deterrent---evidently when it is sprayed on something then it...
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    Bantam rooster on his back

    Several times I have found my bantam rooster on his back. He can't get up and the first time I thought he was dead. One time he was in the snow and I thought he was dead. Today he just squawked till I went looking for him and flipped him over. Is this normal? Are my bigger chickens...
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