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    UPDATE!caught on cam, coyote or fox or??? UPDATE w/ PIC Post #132!!!!!

    Looks like a dog to me.. The tail doesn't look like a coyote to me.
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    OMG...Dont put your hand in the nesting box!!!

    I would take it and let it go in one of my competitors yards... lol jk
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    HELP!! Raccoon in my trap, should I release it or kill it???

    I just have a stern talk with the racoon, put it in time out for 10 minutes then let it go. Open the door, pull the racoon out, pat it on its head to let it know we all make mistakes, but that it needs to try and do better next time. Then I let it go. lol
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    Please Review Coop Design and Comment

    One thing I did not include in this is the height of the roost.... my understanding is that it should not be more than 24"? I will make sure I keep the next box below this elevation as well. This will be part of a chicken tractor. I have 5 pullets and 5 straight run. I estimate I will...
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    Please Review Coop Design and Comment

    I am working on a chicken tractor. This coop will be 4x4. This is a profile view of the house looking from the run. Please review and make comments. I will have a door in the back for access and the roof above the next box will be accessible. From what I have learned on this site, it is...
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    Tractor Design and Size Question

    I understand 4 feet per bird, for the entire coop, but I am working on the house design and want to make sure I allow enough room for it. If I put 10 birds in a tractor how large does the roosting area need to be? How many nest boxes?
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    M I Crooked Letter Crooked Letter...ahh, nevermind....Mississippi

    Proud MSU Bulldog here from Tupelo MS.. well actually from Baldwyn, but living in Tupelo now. 10 Plymouth Rocks, 10 Rhode Island Reds, 10 Buff Orps. Hope everyone is doing great out there.. GO DAWGS...
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    Got my chicks in the mail today - Qs and one looking droopy

    Wow... Dejavu.. I received my chicks from Cackle Hatchery today also.. 31 of them and they are doing great. I was worried about them because of all the heat the last 2 days. I added a couple of tablespoons to the water and those little chicks are bouncing all over the place. I am sitting on...
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    New - And chickens arrived today...

    I have to say I am pretty excited about this. I have always wanted to have a small farm. My family has some land they do not utilize so I am going to raise rabbits, chickens, have some beehives, and maybe a few goats next year. My chicks arrived today. I was worried about them being shipped...
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    Hi...from Mississippi (:

    From Tupelo MS myself.. also have my first chicks arriving tomorrow. Can't wait. What part of North MS?
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    Chicken Tractor - Keep predators from digging under?

    I love the idea of a chicken tractor, but we have coyotes and foxes around the area. If I do not install wire under the tractor won't predators be able to dig their way under the tractor? If you install wire on the floor how do you move the tractor without harming the chickens? The only...
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    Hello from Mississippi

    Hello everyone. Just a bit about me. I grew up in MS and moved away after college working as a civil engineer. I hiked the Appalachian Trail last year and liked all the hostiles and homesteads I ran into along the way. I am fortunate that my parents have 40 acres with a 7 acre field near...
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