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    HOLY POOP! my moms dog just ran off a coyote!!

    We have always seen coyotes during the day. I agree that it's normal. My little JR was just killed by a coyote in December, because he didn't have the sense to stay back with our other dog. Our "other dog" is a border collie x australian cattle dog who sticks by the back door like glue when he...
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    coop deoderizer

    Quote: Actually there's a lot more to it than that. Food grade diatomaceous earth (aka DE ) is processed differently, so you must be sure it's FOOD GRADE . Pool grade de , used in pool filters will kill your animals. I get mine from a local health food store who sells me a 50# bag for $18...
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    My future chicken coop. Bought it on CL

    I want one ...whine
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    What is your favorite coop feature?

    I love the full size human door, the big window on the south side that lets in a lot of winter sun (er, when it's actually shining) The small window on the north above the pop door and next to the human door that I can peek in, the roomy nest box ( that they all only lay eggs in the same spot...
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    Carpet on floor of chicken coop

    I think I would definitely go to the trouble of tearing it out now and avoiding headaches with it in the future. I mean, ewww, old carpet can only get worse!
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    Growing plants and shrubs for chickens to eat, etc.

    Quote: Your soil may not necessarily be acidic just because you have pines. They usually prefer acidic soil but don'tmake the soil acidic. For instance, I live on the other side of the country in a pine forest, yet the soil here tends to be very neutral. So if you think your limited in what...
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    Was it a hawk?

    Lilytoes, so sorry to hear about your poor hen.
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    Why are so many coop designs elevated?

    Quote: Thanks new2! I've been lucky so far, we do have a couple of good varmint chasing dogs, and the girls are locked in the coop from dusk to dawn, but I know the "If you build it they will come" adage really applies to chickens. So next spring I'll add hot wire and come up with a...
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    what about free ranging under bird feeders?

    Thanks for the input! I wasn't worried about them eating BOSS because I feed it to them, I guess it was contact with the BIRD droppings that I wondered about.
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    what about free ranging under bird feeders?

    My little flock is young, I just got them in Sept. They have never been loose in the yard yet and wont be able to until spring. I was wondering about them eating spilled BOSS under the wild bird feeders. I would like to keep feeding the birds but don't want my girls getting sick. What do you all...
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    Game Cam Pic

    Well whoever dressed up in that suit has some seriously skinny arms. I'm thinking some Muscle Milk and a membership at 24 Hour Fitness.. ..
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    **NAME THAT SCAT** Can you ID this predator by its poop? (pic incuded)

    Looks like coyote to me , I guess it depends on the size, seems fox would be a lot smaller than coyote. Why doncha run out and measure it for us?
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    So waddya want for Christmas, and WHY?

    Uh, I want whirled peas, and a blender to whirl them in.
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    Crow with broken wing hopping down the sidewalk.

    Moabite said "...what would you have done?" Well, I probably would have disregarded my dw, or in my case my dh! . We had a pet crow for about a year when my boys were small. We got him at a garage sale. The people didn't know where he came from, they said he just showed up,but they were afraid...
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    Stop eating your own eggs!!!

    I'm now wondering if I might have an eggeater. I was in the coop today doing chores when a hen (golden campine) went into the nest box, to lay I assumed. There was one egg in there that I was going to collect on my way out, but the campine stood over it, and kind of held on to it and started...
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