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    Stopped laying

    Apparently it didn't hurt lol!
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    Stopped laying

    Did you threaten them? Lol
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    will her eggs always look like this ??? PIC.

    My brown eggers lay different shades of brown, never speckled. Most likely a genetic things with the eggs.
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    Stopped laying

    My girls wouldn't lay when it was hot. You can add fresh greens such as fresh mowed grass, garden scraps ect. Also may wish to try dummy eggs to give them the idea. Left eggs in the nest for two days from my regular layers and the new girls started laying finally. May wish to check and see if...
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    Strangest and Silliest Chicken Names?

    Hubby I have Paula Preen, Mr.Tweety, (Rhode Island reds,)Ms. Beiste,(Brown Brahma), Mr. Molly ( thought he was a hen so we left the name and added Mr. when we found out differently) Peaches and Newt (3 Cochin Banties), Knothead (whitecrested Polish) Tiger, Dumplings (Easter Egger). Had Henna...
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    I need advice on dealing with a big fat murderous raccoon!

    try making a small bait box out of hardware cloth and then wiring the bit box to the trigger on the trap Will try that and see if it works. Haven't seen a coon for 2 nights. May be to hot, live in central Ill and we are still under the heat dome.
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    I need advice on dealing with a big fat murderous raccoon!

    We have had the same problem with the coons stealing the bait and walking away. Some we have here I swear are at least 30 lbs plus. They are huge! To big for the live traps so they get in and thhe door can't shut so they back out with a free meal. Hubby and I live on the edge of a wooded...
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    I need advice on dealing with a big fat murderous raccoon!

    Coons are intelligent and will figure out anyway they can to get to the chickens. They fear nothing. I have a 15 ft wired cage they ripped into. SO I will at least cull to a point to control the population. My chickens are a source of food as well as considered family. I will defend them to...
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    I need advice on dealing with a big fat murderous raccoon!

    Recently lost 1/2 my chickens to coons. Our feathher babies are now locked in a coop at night. The doorway into the pen is shut and lockedd with a hook and eye and the coop floor is wired with heavy small gauge wire with 2 layers of floorinng. all windows are wired over with the small gauge...
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