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    I know chickens are creatures of habit, but…

    You could get an outdoor timer reasonably. All my chickens over the years have gone back to the coop by dusk. They'll find their way back fine.
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    Devastated! Warning Graphical

    Raccoons regard chicken wire as merely dental floss....I use 1/2" hardware cloth. Sorry for your traumatic loss. I lost my flock of three Barred Rocks to two Labrador Retrievers, but others to foxes and raccoons. Now I have electric netting.
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    Sky high lumber prices = thinking outside the box.

    Sounds very nice. The only comment I would have is about the chicken wire. If you have predators around, especially raccoons, you'll have problems. Raccoons use chicken wire as an appetizer and dental floss. Chicken wire keeps chickens in, but will not keep predators out! For predators, you...
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    Something you wish had been invented in chicken keeping.

    In my little 4-chicken tractor I find a pitchfork is fast, easy and effective in removing the bedding. I use my own timothy straw mostly. After the pitchfork gets most out, I use a short handled hoe for the rest.
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    Heart breaking day on the farm...

    So sorry to hear about your loss, and I know what it's like. A few years ago, two dogs (nice, friendly retrievers) killed my Barred Rock hens and rooster. Best thing for prevention of this sort of occurrence is to invest in electric netting. It's saved my flock from foxes and raccoons, as...
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    Safety of buried eggs?

    Once did find a "nest" of plastic with 9 eggs in the garage once though! They were fine!
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    Safety of buried eggs?

    Waayyyy too much bedding in the nesting boxes! 2-3 inches works just fine. My hens like to "feng shui" new bedding. I like straw much better than shavings, stays dry, lasts longer, and I harvest it myself.
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    I Have a Fox Problem

    After losing chickens to dogs (the most, although lots of people deny that dogs did it), foxes, close calls with raccoons, I bought electric poultry netting. It's light and readily moveable. Not long after I put it up, my wife heard a very loud yelp, looked out the window, and there was the...
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    "The Hen's Head"

    I just want him to balance without pulling all her head feathers....he only de-feathers the one hen.
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    Comment by 'Tristan und Isolde' in article 'Treating wounds and injuries with Stockholm Hoof Tar'

    Hadn't heard about SHT before, but very interesting ideas. Will get some. Anybody else have ideas?
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    "The Hen's Head"

    Does anyone know of a substance I could put on the back of one of my Bielefelder hen's head? The rooster seems to be destroying all the feathers on the back of her head. Is there something I could put on her head that would not harm either one of them but would discourage him from pulling the...
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    Let me introduce myself....

    Hi! I live in Nova Scotia, in the Annapolis Valley. Presently, I have a Bielefelder rooster; one pure Bielefelder hen; one hen who is 1/2 Bielefelder and 1/2 ??Orpington??; one hen of mixed ancestry, greybarred; and one little hen, part Silkie and Chantecler (alledgedly) very pretty, with...
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