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    What age do I stop using a heat lamb on the chicks

    Thanks for the advice, I will keep an eye on them to see if the heat lamp is too hot. Thats a good tip. Really appreciate the replies. Hope all your chickens are well.
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    What age do I stop using a heat lamb on the chicks

    Hi everyone, can someone tell me at what age do i stop using the heat lamp on my chicks? mine turned 4 weeks old yesterday and its 75 fairinhieght in the house Thanks
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    Can foxes climb

    Thanks for the reply, I will endeavour to fully enclose my girls chicken run, so they are safe. Thanks
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    My chicken survived a fox attack

    Feral cats can be a real problem. and yet we found a cat and her kitten by the side of the road, dumped. Another cat we found at the rubbish tip, dumped. The people that dump these animals in the bush are the ones responsible for the feral cat population, but they are the first ones to...
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    My chicken survived a fox attack

    You must have been so sad to loose the ducks to the dingo. We live just outside of Bendigo on a sheep stud farm, so there are plenty of predetors around, especially foxes because of the lambs. The farmers do all they can to protect everything, but there are so many foxes. Dingos can get...
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    Can foxes climb

    hi, Can foxes climb over fences. They climb trees, so I assume they can climb over fences. Does this mean I would have to have a roof on my chicken run? thanks
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    My chicken survived a fox attack

    Yes we had quite a scare. We have just moved from Queensland to Victoria, we never had any trouble with foxes where we were living in QLD as there were dingoes around, which apparantly drive the foxes away. Dingoes you say, isnt that just as bad? Well...yes, but we only ever heard them in...
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    My chicken survived a fox attack

    Hi everyone, I have two chickens toot and carmen. they were free ranging around the house, as they have done for the past year or so, when Carmen started screaming. I ran outside and found a fox was trying to drag my precious carmen away. I dont think he had a good grip on her, because he...
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