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    Weasel in the Garage

    Haha Well at least hour house will have no mice! That happened to my next door neighbor a few years ago. Drove the dog nuts!!
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    Weasel in the Garage

    Definitely a weasel, probably an ermine. And those guys are bold. I had one approach and look at me from 2 1/2 feet away today as it was investigating the outside of my coop.
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    What are these biting gnats and how do I get rid of them?

    Make sure you spray the inside windows. They don’t like to be inside and will gather at the windows. We called them black flies in the Adirondacks.
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    Help with broody hen in cold temps

    So...I decided to interfere with nature...and put a panel in front of the nest box with food and water inside...I opened up the inside to make the space larger. So this morning i hear a commotion and she knocked it down and couldn't get back in...eggs were stone cold. I took them inside and...
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    Help with broody hen in cold temps

    Thanks that sounds like a good idea. I was worried about changing food etc. and opening the door for draft...I guess she will keep them warm!!
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    Help with broody hen in cold temps

    She is one of my newest hens...hatched in April. Very young. Hopefully very fierce but very nice to me....no growling or pecking. Hope she holds her own with the others....?
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    Help with broody hen in cold temps

    She is in the second from left. See the partition? One screw and that could come out. edit: this is an older pic and she's not there in this pic.
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    Help with broody hen in cold temps

    Thanks! Do you think we should remove the partition between her nest and the next one, plus close off the front of the nest from the other hens? That way I could keep some food in there for her/them. I still worry about opening the whole thing up every time to feed them...
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    Help with broody hen in cold temps

    I was away and it's a long story but...I now have a hen who has been sitting on fertile eggs for about two weeks. In the coop...and it's in the single digits temperature wise. Also the nest is cramped, in the most inaccessible place of the coop that I can only get to by raising the egg box lid...
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    Fisher cat?

    Also a rat trap in a weasel box could work...it's a box with a hole just large enough for a weasel to get in. My trapper friend gave me one but I have not used it yet. I think the trapping season is open here...
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    Fisher cat?

    Where are you in the Adirondacks? I'm in Tupper Lake. We definitely have mink and also weasels (ermine) where I live. Fishers are about too.
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    Are bald eagles a threat?

    I live in the Adirondacks in Northern NY. Hunters put carcasses --roadkill or such-- out on the ice during the winter...we can see them eat as we drive by...!
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    Found this coop freshener at TSC. Is it safe for chicks?

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    Coop Flakes
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    Valiant young rooster brings fight back to assailant

    Hey Shirlain, do you have a Shiba Inu? The bird hunting dog? I have one too and she's okay around the girls...
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