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    New Predator

    I've never tried that before I'll have to give it a shot. Thanks
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    Integrating Mum and chicks into flock

    We have all been there.
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    Love my hen

    Looks like an easter egger cross bred with something else. our easter eggers are all prolific layers even outlaying our Australorps during the winter.
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    New Predator

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    Friend or Foe

    We have an adult Salt-and-Pepper Kingsnake that lives under our back porch and will periodically see green and diamondback water snakes in the ditch that borders our property as well as corn snakes' black racers and a beautiful coachwhip that lives under our neighbors shed. Snakes may cost you...
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    New Predator

    He is spoiled like you wouldn't believe and a great protector of the goats and chickens even plays with the chickens sometimes (a weird version of tag where they will take turns chasing each other around). It's his 3rd cat he's killed along with 2 racoons and a handful of possums. It was...
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    Integrating Mum and chicks into flock

    We are currently in the process of hatching out eggs with 2 broody hens and this is our 3rd time hatching chicks. Each time we have separated the hen from the flock after about 10 days of them being broody and we have never had issue with reintroducing the chicks to the flock although like the...
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    New Predator

    Ok after relocating a game camera we seem to have caught the culprit. A new cat had been spotted in the area that no one knew who it belonged too. A cat was seen checking out the coop and run for a few days. None of the neighbors could identify the cat. After letting the chickens start roaming...
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    New Predator

    We live on the Gulf coast so Martins aren't really an issue here. We have a long-tailed Weasel but there isn't any signs of weasels in the area.
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    Roo/hen?

    More a mix of things. You kind of get a sense once you've raised a couple batches of chicks. It's easier after the first few days of hatching and these are older
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    Issues with neighbors dogs

    It's not Psychotic to shoot animals that repeatedly attack your animals. No more than it is to cull a rooster that harms the hens.
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    Blue Australorp and Easter Egger Mix

    With the death of his father (blue Australorp) Silky is now our sole remaining rooster. I wish I had pictures of his sisters before they were killed (racoon or cat we aren't sure) They were both solid black and all the other roosters from this group (2 were potted 2 given away) were solid black...
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    Dad found a chicken in the yard…!

    Its a Rhode Island Red hen. RIR hens have wattles and there is no spur which would be present on a mature chicken. This is one of our own RIR hens
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    Roo/hen?

    Looks like first and 3rd are roosters. The second might be a hen. I have no experience with that breed just compared what I have seen without our own.
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    Issues with neighbors dogs

    Taking to a shelter if you can catch them is always a good idea but people should never shy away from killing animals that attack their flocks. Especially as killing a single animal that is part of a group will deter other members of the group from returning. Especially social animals like...
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