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    Design for solar powered electrical tape to keep out predators (fox & racoon)?

    It is parallel to the ground to prevent animals from digging under the fence
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    Design for solar powered electrical tape to keep out predators (fox & racoon)?

    Maybe a foot to a foot and a half with a welded wire footer I'd start at 8 inchest from the ground, then maybe another at the top. If you can have a razor wired angled top to prevent climbing over, that would help 3-6 feet? You could get 7' or taller T-posts and hammer the top foot into a 45...
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    Can you train for friendlier chickens?

    I have only ever bought adult chickens and they were always friendly right off the hop. Every chick I got by letting a silkie go broody and I'd let her do the hard work of raising the chick and teaching them how to forage. All these chicks wound up being skiddish of people. It would be very...
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    Is this silkie “fully feathered”?

    I have a silkie that is 11 weeks old and much more feathered than your picture. They probably won't have all their feathers established until week 14 I guess. I've had silkies from the same mom and rooster have varying feathering as adults. 2 silkie hens that hatched at the same time are...
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    Death of one of my chicks, other is alone now

    I had two chicks and a hawk snatched one away at around 7-8 weeks old. I don't seperate chicks from my flock. My single chick is 10 weeks old now and just chills with the rooster for companionship, he gives away food he finds and he lets the chick cuddle under him for warmth at night. It all...
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    Broody hens and fall hatching?

    I had a broody hen hatch eggs on the 5th of October last year. It typically takes 3 weeks to hatch so you'd be looking at getting chicks around the first of September. The mother will keep the chicks warm the best she can until they get their feathers in and even if she stops playing mom after...
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    New to broody hens and silkie mixes

    I have a silkie hen that I've let go broody and hatch chicks 3 times. I don't know exactly how long she leaves the nest, but its not long. Just long enough to go to the bathroom, eat food, drink water, and stretch her legs. She cannot be gone too long as she has to closely monitor the egg...
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    Raccoon Tip: Unbaited live animal trap

    Raccoons are pretty intelligent, they will examine fences, determine weak points to either pull things down or dig under or the best spot to climb up. I found that in placing an unbaited medium live animal trap on the outside, parallel to the fence as close to the fence as I could, curious...
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    Found coon tonight

    Get a live animal trap and bait it. Or not bait it and sit the trap along the exterior of your fence. All raccoons I catch I either kill or release down the road on undeveloped 100+ acre fortune 500 company owned land.
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    I've had chickens for a few years, decided to make an account

    I bought a house over 2 years ago with a chicken coop and the owners asked if they should leave the chickens and I said "yes". I think there were 6 or so originally but only one of the chickens that came with the house is left. Its been a learning experience. The previous owners kept them in a...
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