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    I have a sitter

    Hi all.... I have 4 sex link hens that have been laying one egg almost every day without issues.. A couple weeks ago one hen began sitting on the eggs and refuses to leave the hen house. she keeps her feathers fluffed and I think she has stopped laying only sitting on the eggs every day all day...
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    Gimp leg being picked on by others

    I thank you for your ideas and replies but its a moot now.. I put him into a cage by himself. I put him inside the barn with food and water. This morning after 2 days and nights we found him dead. I have no idea what happened to him. He had a tough life and I did all I could.. Thanks guys...
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    Gimp leg being picked on by others

    I understand this is a forum mostly about chickens but I have Guinea fowl.. They were all raised together but due to dog piles etc one of the keets got a broken leg but has managed to get around just fine on one leg. As they grew gimp would just follow along with the pack in the rear but hopped...
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    Electric fence for raccoons?

    my coup/ pen is entirely enclosed however it is only enclosed of chicken wire. I ran the skirt of the wire into the ground about 6 inches. My coup is entirely enclosed and even the eaves have hardware cloth covering up the eave openings. My intentions are to wrap the bottom in hardware cloth...
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    Electric fence for raccoons?

    On my packaging it states 1 joule and rated at 25 miles. When I stated 6500 v that was as high as my tester goes. It is one of the fence testers you hook onto the fence and push the probe into the ground. It could be much higher but the tester tops out at 6500 v. My ground is a copper 8...
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    Electric fence for raccoons?

    Hi all,,,, new to the group...happy to be here. There is lots of knowledge., I have been having a problem with some predator trying to get to my Guinea fowl.. After reading through the threads and loosing sleep at night, I put up lights to see if I could spot a varmint. Nothing but lost...
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