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    Arizona Chickens

    I've been out during the day and evening, I have yet to see a hawk. I used to see them often but I'm guessing it is too hot. My only hope is that they went to a neighbor that I hear their rooster(s) every morning. Not sure who it is but I know the direction. It's pretty far though so I'm...
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    Arizona Chickens

    Any traffic we get back here is a neighbor so I'm almost certain they weren't stolen. I'd like to see a thief catch them anyway as I have a hard enough time as they were very skittish. I'll look for tracks but the only predator I've seen are hawks (not recently). I would suspect to see some...
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    Arizona Chickens

    You know I thought that too as the ones missing were my favorites, my only two Salmon Faverolles and a white leghorn. Then again I live off an isolated dirt road so I find that unlikely. People really steal chickens though?
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    Arizona Chickens

    I have three missing chicks that are a couple months old. I was gone for a couple hours and got home at dusk yesterday and noticed they were gone. My birds free range during the day and cooped at night. I haven't seen any hawks lately with the heat and haven't seen a owl yet this year...
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    mealworm substrate

    Understood, that is why I have two aquariums. One with bran for the perpetual cycle and another with millings for a large worm single cycle. Not sure if that is the best way to do it. Regardless, I checked a few feed stores and they didn't have meddlings. Doesn't seem to easy to find in a...
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    mealworm substrate

    Right now, I just have a aquarium with wheat bran and it's at the beetle stage now (I don't separate stages). I was thinking of using the other aquarium with a middlings base and put some of the beetles in there. Let them lay some eggs and then wait for the mealworms. Once all the worms...
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    mealworm substrate

    I thought I saw some wheat middlings last time I was at TSC and I thought about this post. I have a spare aquarium so I think I'm going to give it a try. Do you just add the beetles to the mill run and they lay eggs fine?
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    Arizona Chickens

    Thanks. I thought they would eat most the bugs. So, centipedes and ants can be a problem. Any other bugs?
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    Arizona Chickens

    Hello, new here. Pretty sure I've dug up a centipede a time or two on my property. Are these an issue? Just wondering what I need to be concerned about besides hawks, owls, coyotes and snakes.
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