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    My OWN predators!

    I have a lab mix who killed a total of 5 chickens on two different occasions when I first got chickens. All the old timers told me once a dog gets the "taste of blood" you can't train that out of it. WRONG!!! He has now been free-ranging with the chickens for two years... The secret to my...
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    Newb Question: Chicken won't stop wallowing in the mud.

    When any of my girls do "dirt bathing" I know they're happy!!! It is completely normal... And I think a good sign that all is well in her world.
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    Should I give my hens a rest from laying?

    Talking about reducing the amount of eggs... I'm in north tx and it has been a super hot early summer... 100 degrees all the time. My chickens would normally lay an egg each daily this time of year but now it's more like one every 2 or 3 days. Is it the heat?? They seem healthy & only one...
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    A huge hawk is terrorizing my chickens!!!

    Thank you!!! Great suggestions, I think I will try the balloons and shiny trinkets first as covering their run is not really an option, the area is too large. The hawk seems to be gone at the moment so I'll go give my girls some supervised outing time. Thanks again everyone! I'm new to this...
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    A huge hawk is terrorizing my chickens!!!

    I have been reading posts on a raptor site and everyone keeps saying hawks won't disturb anything above 4lbs... I just caught a hawk eating one of my chickens yesterday afternoon. She was a silkie so not very large. This has happened once before last summer so I did not worry about it much as...
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