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    Counter-Peristalsis Contraction

    I don't know which bird laid that egg?
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    Counter-Peristalsis Contraction

    I had this happen this week. One time. I took photos. Welsummer hen. The outer egg didn't have the typical Welsummer spots, so I thought it was from another hen. When I cracked it open, the inside egg was definitely a Welsummer. The outer egg shell was very thin. I dented it with my thumb...
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    Live Traps Not working

    I have thought about attaching a 2x4 to the trigger to make it easier to depress and/or modifying it so that it sticks up higher. These Rural King traps only have triggers that are about 4 inches wide and stick up 1/2" or so. Seems like I remember traps from years ago that had a significantly...
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    Raccoons vs Electric Fence

    I have plastic coated netting on one of my pens. Found out that the electric wire wasn't doing much good. I had to run a ground wire 4 inches away from the hot so when the coons try to squeeze between them, they get zapped. If your privacy fence is wooden, you will have to run a ground wire near...
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    Live Traps Not working

    So Saturday night, the raccoons got into one of my pens and killed 5 out of 8 chickens. Casualties were two year old Black Copper Maran hens that laid eggs on the darker end of the spectrum. 2 - 4 month Copper Maran Hens, and my 4 month old Copper Maran Roo that was just starting to look nice...
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