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    preditor control

    Australian Shepard she keeps everything away
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    Coyote Please Reply asap

    I have to say I also have a huge coyote problem. our chickens are in the run most of the day and we let them out for 2 hours before dusk. mostly because of the yote problem as well as other predators. our 3 month old Australian Shepard is on a run about 60 feet long from my porch to the door of...
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    I hate my town (stray cats and corrupt bureaucrats)

    for what it's worth you might want to look up your local ordinances. I looked at the town you live and googled it. I spent about 5 minutes on that site and I know what your rights are as a citizen of that town. you might also find that your neighbors by law are not to feed those cats and that...
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    Received my box of dead chicks today :(

    Sorry to hear about all of the lost chicks. we ordered our 15 from purely poultry the first week of Jan and the arrived on the 14th of Jan. the weather then was about 20 below and they all arrived alive. we did lose one three days later but have not since. My question is when your chicks arrive...
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    do skunks hurt chickens?

    one thing that does work for getting rid of skunks is perfume. we had a family of skunks in our barn when we moved in and after talking to an older gentleman he recommended it. we bought a bottle of cheap perfume and soaked rags with it and placed them around the inside of the barn and within a...
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    Unsure problem

    Yes med feed but we lost her tonight. we separated her and within an hour she let out a runny stool kind of clear and whitish and died within ten minutes. the other 14 are doing fine and stools look fine we will clean out the brooder and continue on thanks
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    Unsure problem

    Thanks the temp has been the same for the past few days.we did use a paper towel at first but there was so much dried stuff that's why we gave the small bath to help break it up and get it off, which worked out great to clean the area.
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    Unsure problem

    Hello everyone. We received our new chicks on Wednesday of this week and today as we cleaned out the brooder and were checking the chicks over we noticed that one chick had quite the build up of poo on her rear (more than any other chick and really not right) we cleaned the area with a mild...
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    anybody raise sprouts to feed the chickens?

    how do you sprout?
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    Hello from Wisconsin

    I' am new to BYC and also to raising chickens. I find this site very informational and love it. I do have one question when it comes to medicated or non for starter chicken feed. is it critical to use medicated for preventing other diseases? if chick's that I buy come vaccinated should I still...
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