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    Official BYC Poll: Do You Wear a Mask or Respirator When Cleaning Your Coop?

    Nope, I never get sick and do not believe in "germ theory". My free range hens have a small coop that they are only in when it is dark, and it is built directly on my compost pile that also takes hum-anure, so there is nothing to "clean" except every few weeks when I dig out some of the...
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    I'm so old I Remember when:

    Me, and just a few others. "Hey, we've got one who can 'see'." - They Live (1988)
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    BYC Café

    Caffeine does not affect all of us the same. I think that it might be caffeine along with other factors, like worry or mental or physical pain that keep people awake.
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    I'm so old I Remember when:

    I remember seeing on TV when JFK was shot. I was 3 years old sitting at a table, making some ceramic dishes that would be fired in a kiln later. I knew by intution at 3 that something really bad was behind that JFK thing (that a potential "Jetsons" like "Great Big Beautiful Tommorrow" future...
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    BYC Café

    Good Morning, New here. I live in a pine and birch forest at 10,000 feet in the southern Mexican mountains. Every morning I wake when the chickens wake up, and liberate the chickens for a day of free ranging, and feed the friendly animals that come, most of which are not even mine, but if...
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    Possum attacks HELP!

    A 35 watt incandescent “decorative” bulb, dialed down to about 15 watts with a dimmer. From my experience and from other accounts, it is 100% effective at preventing entry of opossums into a small outdoor pen where there are easy obvious entry points. The roof is 1/3rd covered by black...
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    Possum attacks HELP!

    I have regular nightly opossom visits and they kill any chickens they can and also they can enter if there is any possible way. I think killing the opossoms would be useless since there is an "unlimited" supply in the region. But on the advice of locals I installed a low level "artistic" light...
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    Did my hen's legs atrophy after weeks of healing?

    Same problem here. I have a 4 year old barred rock hen who has not been able to walk for several months, who was free range like the rest of the flock, but now gets a diet and care similar to what was noted above. Including some sun bathing with the other hens in the pasture when I accompany...
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