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    Electrify your Chicken wire/ Welded wire

    Please let us know the results.
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    The majority of my flock killed in one night

    Yes. Unfortunately they've changed the formula for"Golden Malrin". Now it doesn't kill anything; not even flies.
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    The majority of my flock killed in one night

    Yes. Out of 16 chickens, five of mine survived. I lock them up at night but they have a small opening in hardware cloth to an eclosed area that, to my forever shame and regret was not completely secure. Something Big forced its way (the sides of the hardware cloth were bent around the...
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    Why won't my chickens eat lettuce or any other greens besides grass?

    Actually, I think that's the secret. They can 'pullet" apart. If I throw out a bunch of weeds, they're indifferent, tasting here and there. But if I step on it to hold it down, they dig in till it's gone.
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    Daffodils and ducks and chickens.

    Have you considered Zinnias? They grow practically anywhere, are very pretty flowers and my chickens don't bother them at all. Not even a nibble (after the seedling stage, of course)
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    New member

    Hello all, I'm Olga and new to any sort of on-line community. My flock of 13 hens includes 3 age groups and consists of EE's. Marans, one Ancona and 2 Austra Whites. They've done a great job on the weeds in my back yard and are now busy excavating. I don't have the luxury of a flat piece of...
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