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    Fencing for foxes

    1 foot underground, and 3 feet over? And why 1/2 inch? Would other sizes do?
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    Fencing for foxes

    What gap size for fencing would keep out a fox? We have no raccoons or snakes, it's just foxes and rats to worry about. We have had no problem with rats previously, or at least none a terrier didn't solve, and I don't think it would be feasible to modify the run such that rats couldn't get in...
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    Have you ever had a group of chickens that's just smarter than the rest?

    Anyone seen anything like this? I've vaguely heard of the tic-tac-toe playing chickens.
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    Have you ever had a group of chickens that's just smarter than the rest?

    It makes you wonder what it would be like if a strain of chickens were bred for intelligence the way we breed them for egg production, size, or coloring...
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    Old, neglected chicken coop

    I have an old, shamefully neglected little chicken coop which was absolutely fine (save the need of a lick of paint etc). Except I'd never checked the external nestboxes. The lid of that was built out of a different material and covered with a black sheet of roofing material. It got wet...
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    Have you ever had a group of chickens that's just smarter than the rest?

    We had some kind of red hen mixes when I was small, lumped in with all the purebreds. One of them was taught to do tricks- a lovely, greedy, bossy, friendly hen who would leave food to follow people, sat on command, and would sit on your shoulder when you went around the garden. She reared a...
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