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    How do I keep wild birds out of my run?

    Thank you all for your ideas! I will try the drape method. I'm thinking cut up an old t-shirt and staple gun it to the inside of the automatic door frame.
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    How do I keep wild birds out of my run?

    nobody?
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    How do I keep wild birds out of my run?

    Hi All, I'm a longtime member but haven't posted in years. I have a problem that I hope you can help me with. Over the past year wild birds have been getting into our chicken run - they eat the chicken feed and drink the water (and poop in it). There are enough of them that they end up eating...
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    Keeping Wild Birds away from feed

    I have the same problem. Wondering if this worked for you. Thanks.
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    Total stop of egg production

    My flock of nine has almost totally stopped as well! I'm down to one egg a day if I'm lucky. I have two Rhode Islands, a Silky, two buff orpingtons and a few others I can't think of right now. Very worrying. Had to actually buy eggs! The girls seem happy and healthy. I've had chickens for...
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    bizzare roosting behavior?

    Quote: Definitely all egg-laying hens. Based on what others are saying, I will not worry about it and let them do their thing. However I am interested in your continued theories as to why one hen would sit on top of another. Neither of the two are at the top of the pecking order...
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    bizzare roosting behavior?

    On a few occasions I've noticed one of my hens literally roosting on top of another hen. One night I looked in after hearing a scuffle and saw my buff orpington sitting on top of my smaller fayoumi - while they were both standing on the same roost. I couldn't help but laugh. Although I prefer...
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    How many chickens do we all have? 60,083 and counting.

    49295 + one buff orpington (Buffalo), one houdan (Houdini) and one Fayoumi (Nosmo), pictured here perched on my friend about a week before they moved outside. Brings the total up to 49298. Here's the link since I can't post pictures yet...
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