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    How do you handle a skunk caught in a live trap????

    I win the lottery about four times a year. We have four hives of bees and the skunks love to tip them over and rob the hive not so much for the honey but the larva. The occasional hen or chicks missing fall to any number of local residents. One you wouldn't think of is magpies. I take...
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    Need some advice on Free ranging my chickens and preditors

    We live on a ranch and in the middle of all predators that eat chicken. Let the chicks spend time in their run and coop until they get comfortable with their surroundings. As suggested let the group out in the evening before they roos they will return. Predators are just that predators. There...
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    Need your opinion: what should every coop have?

    I am the least likely person to post what you need. We live on a ranch and have a lot of Fox, coyote, Mountain Lion, and Bob cat, Raccoon and badger. Keeping that in mind I bought a tool shed from costco to lock the birds up at night 8'X10'. This shed is plastic of some kind and washes out very...
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    List of Materials to Butcher

    I am new to the Forum and this is a great thread. I live on a small ranch and kill 30*or- birds a year. I have not used a forcing cone but I do use a gunney sack. I cut one corner out just big enough for the chickens head to fit through. I place the bird upside down in the bag and pull the head...
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