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    Rat proof feeder

    Hello there, We live in the country north of Seattle WA, have 8 chickens and a now known rat problem. I've been using the nipple water feeders but 5 gallon layer pellet feeders on the ground along with a "flock block"......bad choice on my part as we now have rats. Are you completely happy...
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    Cranky Hen won't get out of nesting box nor let others lay - thoughts before isolating her or tradin

    So she is still broody, bitchy, growly and the Chicken Family Egg Stealer. So what if I do this.....let her have her 5-7 eggs she hoards then one morning gently insert a 1-2 day old baby chick for her to find and raise? My concerns: Will she either feed herself or walk the baby down the plank...
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    Cranky Hen won't get out of nesting box nor let others lay - thoughts before isolating her or tradin

    I agree in I would love to just let her be and appreciate the faux egg idea. The challenge is she is really bitchy, won't let the other 5 hens into lay and goes after them some when she is out and about. How about some Chicken Prozac? lol
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    Cranky Hen won't get out of nesting box nor let others lay - thoughts before isolating her or tradin

    Will search for it, thank you. Is there a guesstimate how long a Hen stays 'broody'? She his a real handful to move but no problem.
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    Cranky Hen won't get out of nesting box nor let others lay - thoughts before isolating her or tradin

    Super, thanks. How long does her being 'broody' usually last? When I grew up and had chickens....they all just laid.
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    Cranky Hen won't get out of nesting box nor let others lay - thoughts before isolating her or tradin

    We have 6 hens that we raised from day olds last May 2012. 2 Barred Rocks, 2 Gold Laced Wyandottes and a Black & Gold Sex Link. They all get along fine and have been laying 6-8 eggs a day since they were two months old & they're happy hens. The coop is clean, we use a deep nesting method of pine...
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    Chicken Poop and the garden

    Whew....I just cleand out my coop where I use pine shavings & food grade diatomaceous earth employing the "deep nesting method" and poured a 5 gallon bucket full on each of my 4'X4' raised veggie beds turning it into the soil. Hopefully in WA state it is not too late....is it?! BOCK!!
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    Hello from WA

    Howdy from Stanwood WA and our 6 hens!
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    Close fox incident.

    I'm in the WA State Master Hunter program, have live humane traps, am prior law enforcement, go by the book and can help with coyotes. PM me for more info and coyote & fox are serious threats with their only predator/resistence is "man/woman". Pepperspray, throwing rocks, yelling, dogs...
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    Booted our six 4 week olds out into their heated pen in Stanwood WA today!

    Thanks GardenGal! Both my daughter and 7 yr old son love their chicken babies & we hand raised them inside for the first 4 weeks. All anyone has to do is put their hand in the cage and they hop on looking for a ride & some love. We fenced 1.5 acres of our property off and by the time they are...
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    Booted our six 4 week olds out into their heated pen in Stanwood WA today!

    We picked up 2 Barred Rocks, 2 Gold Laced Wyandottes and 2 Sexlinks...gold & black when they were 3 days old. We had the brooder in our living room for the first 4 weeks and today we introduced them to their new Chicken Palace....a 7'X14' predator proof chain link dog run with a predator proof...
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    Heartiest chicks for Stanwood WA?

    Turned our 7'X14" chain link dog run into a chicken coop, covered the top with chicken wire, 1/3 hard roof for wind/rain/weather resistence and sided half of the back corner & side also for weather protection. Put in two Dogloo houses, ran some sticks through for roosts and am building two...
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