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    not a single chick left

    Since losing all but two hens to raccoons I have been on warpath. First I built a 360 degree enclosure and used the narrow wire "cloth" at bottom 1/2 cage. The added benefit here is that I don't have to clip wings and if by chance something got in, the girls could fly and perch up. When I let...
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    please help.. im at a loss.

    Im an Orthopaedic Surgeon but not for chickens. Regarding the leg, if it is dislocated--the hip I would suspect, --animals can live well with a chronically dislocated hip with just a little limp as they get used to it. Especially in a young bird-- it should adapt to it. If it is the leg, and...
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    Things That Chicken Eat That Surprised You

    After the raccoon attack I was down to two hens, Frik and Frak, and have rebuilt the flock with two Americanas and some Australorps and RI Reds. I have trapped and killed four raccoons, and the first one I gutted, skinned, and prepared for eating. After brining for a day or so, I chopped up...
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    Anyone use eggies?

    A friend gave me some Aurecanas and said the blue eggs peel better. And she was correct! So my brown eggs get fried, but the blue eggs are always the ones I use for deviled eggs or any other boiled egg dish.
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    Lighting Question

    Im not sure why your are lighting your coops. Best conservation is no light. I don't know if chickens have hormone cycles like humans, but we humans mess ourselves up by artificially extending our days with electricity, and not changing length of days with the seasons. My chickens--hybrids and...
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    Official BYC Poll: The Worst Predator

    Raccoons are smart and have opposable thumbs. When we were gone for vacation, the little masked b....stards figured out the schedule of the people who were watching the flock, and timed a family attack before the solar door closed on my chickens. Took the lid off the brooder coop. In all, got...
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