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    Scratching Hens Have Struck -- TRASH HEAP

    Great minds -- I had already started the terracing concept with concrete blocks but I haven't determined the actual back end/starting point of the pile yet. Thanks for some great ideas to help me tweak the process!
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    Scratching Hens Have Struck -- TRASH HEAP

    I think you're my neighbor! LOL I'm in Sharp County - where are you?
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    Scratching Hens Have Struck -- TRASH HEAP

    Wow- did NOT expect such quick and helpful replies. Here's some more info. 1) The house is not on top of the trash pile -- but accessing the trash pile would involve equipment too close to the foundation to be safe. 2) I am in a very low income area and have come to learn that MANY folks down...
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    GRAPHIC WARNING: Raccoon attack part 2 SNAKES

    Definitely NOT a water moccasin - agree with the kitchen drawer that it's a black rat snake. They can get in a 1" hole - they love eggs but will take small chicks. Also, just because your chickens can roost up high doesn't mean a coon can't climb. Sleeping chickens are literally in a stupor...
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    Scratching Hens Have Struck -- TRASH HEAP

    Totally weird post for a chicken group, I know -- BUT. . . Quick background - I live in rural NE Arkansas. Property is heavily sloped woodland with a drainage culvert (now I know -trash chute) leading to a small lake. I have a large enclosed area for the hens that encompasses an ivy covered...
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    Advice on integrating chicks -- complicated situation

    So - I had a broody hen - I gave her 11 fertile eggs to sit on - set her up in a spot outside the coop and secure run but inside the chicken yard so she could still interact with the flock. Day 7 - a crow took an egg while she was off eating, so I enclosed her space and nest box - Day 12 - 10...
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    Question about having a bachelor pen for ducks...

    Unfortunately, Lucky was 'given his wings' just this morning, after enjoying a final meal of peas and cherry tomatoes. After 2 weeks, his leg was getting worse - he still wouldn't put any weight on it, and his overall condition was deteriorating. The other boys have spent all day in and out of...
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    Question about having a bachelor pen for ducks...

    TLDR; I have an all male flock -- it's crazy! The odds were obviously NOT in my favor last spring when my 2 'sexed' female goslings grew into ganders, my straight run of 9 ducklings (6 surviving shipping due to a freak cold snap) yielded 4 drakes/2 hens, and the 2 'sexed' female rescues I took...
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