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    Weird Hen Murder

    Hi, did you ever see what was doing this? After tasting blood they almost always come back.
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    Coon signs

    Oh for sure they are climbing. No crossbows? What about flaming pitch or catapults? Sorry had medieval imagery with the crossbow thing. Seriously they will climb with ease and after I put netting over the top they started digging under. Mama and 2 younguns killed about 10 birds in one night...
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    Rogue Rooster Hanging Out with Our Girls??

    Sorry to hear about the babies! Some thoughts from my experience.. I’d welcome the roo. He knows how to survive if he’s a ranger and will teach the others where to loaf and call out when there’s something off (if you decide to range). I do let mine out when I’m here. I split my time between farm...
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    Bobcat Killing My Chickens HELP!

    Ps I’m sure someone will notice the coop door is regular chicken wire not the hardware cloth like the rest of the run but I’ve not had anyone get through the door either.
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    Bobcat Killing My Chickens HELP!

    Hi. I see a bob about once a month cruising the perimeter on my coop cam. I have quarter inch hardware cloth on the bottom 4 feet of my coop run and buried it 6 inches underground. That stopped the coons and everything else. Nothing has gotten inside the perimeter. Here’s a pic of the latest...
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    Death by breeding?

    Thanks. If I see a recurring visitor I’ll try to remove them. Within local regs of course. Otherwise if predation remains excessive to where I lose more than 2-3 hens we’ll likely just leave them in the run. We do enjoy watching them chase the hoppers and run around but don’t want to raise...
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    Death by breeding?

    I think I’m going down to one rooster to minimize the back attacks. We hatched our own eggs last go round and that’s the only reason we had 3. LONG POST SORRY On the predation - hawks are the only predators I have seen first hand in the day. It made a bombing run but that time failed to get a...
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    Death by breeding?

    Hi, predation has taken the flock down from 20 to 4 hens and I found one of the reds dead in the coop. No predators are getting inside. The hens have been picked off over months in the woods during the day. I have 3 roosters and they’re too mean to get killed I guess. So now the question. I...
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    Silver laced what??

    Wife came home from TSC with jersey giant chicks but it appears to have been a grab bag of black chicks. I see the jerseys and a couple barred rocks but what are the silver laced with feathered feet? Silver laced cochin is pretty exotic for TSC isn’t it? Maybe SLW but not pure?
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