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    Electro Plastic Poultry Netting and Kids

    We used electro-netting for our goats (and even a cow when the grass wasn't too tempting). The holes were a bit too big for chickens, but they stayed in it most of the time. We used it to let them graze in the yard when we didn't want them digging up flowers & such. If they got chased or spooked...
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    Jumping in from Everson, WA

    So... what exactly does a parrot have to do to be classified as evil! He shrieks, yipes, bites, projectile poops, etc. in a malicious way He loves to wait til your head is near his cage, then does a sonic shriek, and sits back looking smug when you jump. He also lures people over by whistling...
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    Breeding 101?

    Sounds like trap nests are the way to go, since I want to pick which hens get to reproduce. I have a buffy that goes broody easier than the rest, so that might work....
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    The "have you ever actually eaten a fresh chicken?" question.

    We don't have the time or space to raise a meat flock. Did that once and it was just too much hassle for the return. So we decided to recycle our older laying hens (and young roos) for the stock pot. I can up the stock, and it's like liquid gold! We don't eat much roasted chicken anyway, so...
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    Washingtonians

    I'm near Everson, WA in Whatcom county. Almost everyone near me has chickens, or at least it sounds that way now that the roos are sprouting! I love hearing the progression from gargling to cock-a-doodle-doo. I moved here from Seattle, via a short stopover near Colville, WA. Been here since...
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    Jumping in from Everson, WA

    Howdy everybody! I've read a lot on BYC, but due to time constraints (and running my own forum) have never registered and/or participated. But now I'm moving into areas of chicken-keeping that I need some advice with, so I figured I'd better ask the experts I'm a Seattle native, but after...
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    More Newbie Questions, with one from my DH as well,

    One of my coops has an "egg thief" type of nest box. Here's a link to a picture of it from my blog - http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4992/2157/320/coop.jpg We should have made it lower in the coop, since they liked to sleep in it until we rearranged perches. They never pop out the top, and...
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    Breeding 101?

    Not sure if this is the right area to post this, so please move as needed. I'm new to BYC, not new to chickens, but I've never raised my own, always got hatchery chicks. I got a nice-looking barred rock roo with this year's batch, and I'd like to pair him with a couple of my hens. What is the...
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