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    DIY Incubator Upgrades...

    OK, now I'm all fired up!
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    Stop chickens from pecking your legs

    Hi everyone, thought I'd come back and report my outcomes now that it's been a little while. I've had two times that I've noticed a chicken absent-mindedly peck at my legs but I have not had to repeat their training. I was not so lucky with Billy Felder. Training did not help, actually I must...
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    Stop chickens from pecking your legs

    So I guess where this is going is; How would my aggressive rooster respond when he finds out my legs are made of hard aluminum. My guess, he would find a softer part of my body. But who knows?
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    That's a Takin in case you are wondering.

    That's a Takin in case you are wondering.
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    Stop chickens from pecking your legs

    I am glad to hear that some people have had positive results training an aggressive rooster. I hadn't researched it but I noticed how they peck the back of each others heads. I hope my rooster, Billy Felder, makes good use of his training because I really like him. Edit; Once again, I should...
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    Stop chickens from pecking your legs

    Yeah, I like gentleness. I seem to be having success, time will tell, training a rooster, who attacked me twice, by pecking him on the back of the head with a finger and thumb. I thought about making a fake chicken head to peck him with, LOL, but settled on making my hand into a chicken head...
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    Stop chickens from pecking your legs

    I wonder if maybe some cardboard would also work. It would certainly be more comfortable. If it's under your clothes they won't see it until they have learned their lesson. It really surprised me how fast they learned. My chickens are unfortunately not little Einsteins' but they learned almost...
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    Stop chickens from pecking your legs

    My chickens developed a bad habit. They think I'm made out of food so they were constantly pecking my legs. Even through my jeans it often hurt. It's surprising how hard they can pinch. I cut two pieces of roof flashing the right size to wrap around my legs under my pant legs. When I went in...
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    Greetings from Central Virginia

    That's good advice! Thanks
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    Greetings from Central Virginia

    Hi Sydnee, I plan on keeping the Bielefelder Hens and a Rooster but the rest will be meat birds.
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    !@#! Groundhog

    Pour a pint of gasoline into the hole and then cover the openings. The critter will go to sleep and never wake up. I've handled them this way for years. It seems fairly humane to me.
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    Greetings from Central Virginia

    Hi everyone! It's been about 20 years since I've had chickens and I sure have missed them. Now I have 20 Bielefelders and 10 Ginger Roasters, one week old today. I've been reading this site for a while and y'all sure have helped me, Thank You!
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