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    Frustrated with lack of eggs!

    I actually have 3 cats already, all are great mousers but they don't seem to deter the squirrels at all. I've been spraying through squirrels with the jet sprayer when I see them and that keeps them away for a day or so, but they always come back.
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    Frustrated with lack of eggs!

    It's true haha! My hens can be pretty loud some days. But my neighbors are pretty nice.
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    Frustrated with lack of eggs!

    I wish my hens would eat the squirrel! I'd consider getting a rooster but again, I live in the city lol.
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    Frustrated with lack of eggs!

    Just during the day, squirrels are diurnal so they're not a problem at night. I thought about putting out squirrel bait with poison, but I don't want to also poison someone's cat or dog if they ate the squirrel. And that still wouldn't really fix the problem. My husband suggested a squirrel...
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    Frustrated with lack of eggs!

    It wouldn't make a difference, there are literally hundreds of squirrels in my neighborhood. I definitely could trap or kill it, but another one would just move in and take its place.
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    Frustrated with lack of eggs!

    I am so frustrated with my hens right now! I have 2 RIR, 2 Barred Rock, and 2 Americaunas. The Americaunas are almost 3 years old and the other 4 are about 7 months. The older ladies finished a molt recently and at least one has begun laying again. The new ladies have all begun laying, they were...
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    Rhode Island Red: Hen or roo?

    There's kind of a better picture.
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    Rhode Island Red: Hen or roo?

    I've heard of that collar! I'd love a rooster, maybe he would beat up the squirrels that steal the food, lol. And it would be fun to hatch out some chicks! But I'm not sure the collar would be enough to not annoy my neighbors.
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    Rhode Island Red: Hen or roo?

    The neck feathers are rather long, and have a green tinge, but not above the tail at all. It is a rather dominant bird - very bold coming right up to us in the yard, and it bosses around its age-mates, but not the older chickens.
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    Rhode Island Red: Hen or roo?

    That's encouraging! I live in the city so we can't have roosters. I'm hoping it's a hen with a fabulous, beautiful comb haha! But it's not crowing at all, not even a peep. We have our back windows open all night until about 8am, one is in our bedroom, so I'm sure we'd notice crowing.
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    Rhode Island Red: Hen or roo?

    No signs of crowing yet. No spurs, either. Do yours have spurs?
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    Rhode Island Red: Hen or roo?

    This RIR has a much bigger wattle and comb than my other one, which I know is a hen. Is it a rooster? It's about 20 weeks old now.
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    Chicken suddenly being picked on, what to do?

    And now Spaghetti came out of the coop and things seemed fine, but they started fighting again! Do I grabbed Spaghetti and brought her inside, but I can't just keep her here - I don't have anywhere to put her!
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