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    Can chickens eat through a chicken-wire barrier?

    I agree, and it does seem like electrifying the run would be the most effective way to stop a lot of the critters that seem to think I built this chicken area for their pleasure and entertainment. But I know nothing about how to do that and it honestly scares the bejeesus out of me! Will...
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    Can chickens eat through a chicken-wire barrier?

    Been trapping them and husband relocates them in the woods near his job (two cities over but there seems to be an endless supply in our woods.
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    Can chickens eat through a chicken-wire barrier?

    I've mixed crushed red pepper into the food bin a few times but it didn't seem to stop the thieves.... but boy just from handling the container and then putting my hand near my mouth I was on fire! Not sure how anyone eats that stuff! :) Sue
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    Can chickens eat through a chicken-wire barrier?

    Good point, on both counts. Might harm the chicks and squirrels would still find a way.
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    Can chickens eat through a chicken-wire barrier?

    No experience or knowledge regarding fermenting foods but definitely worth looking into!
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    Can chickens eat through a chicken-wire barrier?

    Thanks for the replies and suggestions. We have it all here since my "backyard" behind my chained link fence is woods and a brook. Mice, rats, chipmunks, rabbits, possum, groundhogs, raccoons, hawks, blue heron (I have a pond in my yard). I have cameras all around the perimeter of my home...
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    Can chickens eat through a chicken-wire barrier?

    Yes, this is another squirrel-problem thread. :( Our yard borders the woods so we have dozens, probably more, foraging for food in our yard all year long. We didn't mind so much before we had chickens, and even after getting the chickens I was "OK" with them because the chickens didn't...
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    Teach me how to free range with dogs, please

    As with most things in lfe, "your mileage may vary". No one can predict how another person's dogs will react to a situation - hell, not even the dog owner can predict how a dog will react in different situations, especially when there are 3 dogs involved! I think my best bet is to, as...
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    Teach me how to free range with dogs, please

    Yes and no to some of the dog commands: The two older ones I could definitely work with to get them to sit, stay on their side of the fence, but with the new rescue addition who is a high energy lunatic (aren't all puppies?) he would get the other two going. The dogs have sniffed the...
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    Teach me how to free range with dogs, please

    They are 8-9 weeks old, but they look like full grown chicks - still amazed at how fast the tiny fluff balls turned into chickens! When you say individual chicken training, did you mean one chicken at a time or one dog at a time? Sue
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    Teach me how to free range with dogs, please

    Actually, that's not a bad idea. My fantasy was to have the chicks and dogs living in peaceful harmony and becoming buddies with the dogs protecting them from other predators, but this would be a starting point at least. Just wondering if keeping the dogs contained while the chickens are...
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    Teach me how to free range with dogs, please

    This very possibly might be a post I should put on a dog behavior forum but thought I'd try here first because I know some of you have both chickens and dogs and may have some tips. Situation: I have a large fenced-in yard, and within that fenced in yard is a smaller fenced in section that...
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    Scared of squirrels or just love their coop?

    Curious as to what you mean about the chicken wire bothering the chickens? I am tempted to look into the electric fence idea but lots of drawbacks to that. My 3 dogs, my young grandchild, and clumsy me who will keep forgetting not to get zapped!:p No, no roosters allowed in my town. I...
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    Scared of squirrels or just love their coop?

    Thankfully the entire run and coop are roof so no large predators will get them from up above. I do have a blue Heron that comes to my pond to steal my fish but it's far away from the chicken coop. And I have an occasional hawk come by but it's not too often. And there are times through the day...
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    Scared of squirrels or just love their coop?

    Ugh, going to be a lot of money and a lot of injuries but if there's no other way . . . . I thought of electrifying the fence, anyone done that? Or maybe chicken wire for the top (already have the HC on the bottom two feet.) Sue
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