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    Fox problem

    When I let my chickens free-range, I also worked in the evening and didn't get the gate closed until after dark. So I put up the electric fencer, hoping that would help to keep predators out. I discovered that the best part of the electric fencer was the little red flashing light. They sell...
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    Fox problem

    I used the electric fence and discovered a bonus that I hadn't thought of. The red light that flashes intermittently on the fencer seemed to keep the Coyotes out of my chicken house. They sell a small red flashing light that is solar powered and it's called a predator eye. I got mine on Amazon...
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    My Solar Powered Coop

    Fantastic! I will be using some of these ideas. My chicken house is far enough from the main elec. supply that it requires 100 ft of extension cord to run out there. It gets covered with snow and makes me nervous. This is much better and nobody will get shocked with the 12 volt. One...
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    What is the strangest thing your chickens ate? Mine just ate crawfish Monica and aligator tail

    Avoid feeding them raw egg. Occasionally you will get an egg breaker who breaks her own or another hen's egg to eat it. Once they start, you may loose one or two eggs a day. They say there are cures for that, but the only one I have found is to make the egg breaker into chicken soup. A...
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    What is the strangest thing your chickens ate? Mine just ate crawfish Monica and aligator tail

    My mother grew up during the depression and they milked 15 or 20 cows. When the milk didn't sell or it soured, the chickens ate it. They love milk, cottage cheese, yogurt, etc. The one thing I have found that they will not eat? Squash bugs. Unfortunate.
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    Can molting bring stress to my ladies?

    My mother is 87 and when she was young, they lived on a large farm. My farm is much smaller, but I still get lots of good advice from her on chickens. Because Grandpa milked about 20 cows, they always had extra milk, even after they sold most of it. Chickens love sour milk, yogurt, cottage...
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