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    Had a predator attack and need some advice

    We have racoons so I put out traps baited with cat food, they are out all year because they can have 6 babies. I relocate them across the river in heavy brush and they can't get back here. I live in the county and don't believe in killing them. The ones around here prey at night so as soon as...
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    How many eggs is everybody getting?

    I am in Alberta the temperature is -35c right now -31f My chickens won't go outside they have a heat lamp and they lay about 5 eggs a day out of out of 9 hens. It is suppose to go up to freezing in a few days. They will think it is haven to be able to go outside except there is a lot of snow.
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    Hen in unheated woodpile

    Can I move a sitting hen, she has been sitting on eggs for 7 days but the temperature will go down to -11c in a few days. She picked her own spot and we couldn't find her until today. It is in a covered woodpile and protected by rain and wind.
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