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    8 month old LGD (Pyrenees) killing ducks and hens

    Had the same issue. 5 month old Great Pyrenees, started ‘playing’ with the chickens and leaving ‘love bites’ I.e. ragged bleeding holes in their necks. Never did it when anyone was around, but if ya turned your back on her she’d go for it. Even started getting the other dogs into it. Our...
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    What the heck is going on with my australorps?

    An update for posterity- As winter has set in we continued to give feed to the chickens (as their normal prey were all holed up for winter) starting on the 9th of November. No change. However, Mrs K. Seems to have nailed it-on December 25th (Glory to God for all things!) we found one single...
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    What the heck is going on with my australorps?

    Well we’ve introduced feed, both scratch and layer feed…they aren’t really interested in it. I built a feeder for them and laid out a few pounds of feed after I got home from work one day and they kinda pecked around at it but basically left it alone. Next morning a few birds pecked at it, but...
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    What the heck is going on with my australorps?

    Red pepper flakes and cayenne pepper. Also said if she had leftover sourdough starter it will go into the mix. I was dubious of that, but it makes her happy so why not lol
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    What the heck is going on with my australorps?

    That was my suspicion, hence why we locked them up for a few days. I was shocked that they still laid nothing in the coop Good question. I know red pepper or something like that but I’ll get details and report back Updated! We are in southwest oklahoma. Admittedly it was an oddly wet spring...
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    What the heck is going on with my australorps?

    40 is our immediate homestead. They rarely venture off the 5 acres in our front yard. It’s notable when they do. Single stationary building. Elevated. Essentially just big enough for their roosts and attached nestboxes. 3 water sources, one for them, and a large Waterer each for our sheep and...
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    What the heck is going on with my australorps?

    That’s why we have so few roosters-2 of them to 40 hens. We did have issues initially but we solved that by doing in our excess roosters. We’ve never fed them anything, to include when they were making an egg a day. We do supplement them with baked/crushed egg shells, but no protein. I can’t...
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    What the heck is going on with my australorps?

    So we have about 50 free-range Australorps. 40-ish hens, 2 roosters, and 9 that were hatched and raised over the summer (out of 20 is hatchlings, only the 9 survived). Received them June 21st of last year. They started laying in October-November and laid A TON of eggs. So much so that we were...
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    Suggestions for 100-200 bird coop

    True-I’d hate to get to the end and realize I messed up before the first tree was sawed. However I’m not married specifically to a woods style build. If there was a more modern style that would suit my needs better I’d go that way. I just tend to think that for my needs (good ventilation, clean...
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    Suggestions for 100-200 bird coop

    Great info guys and gals, thanks very much!
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    Suggestions for 100-200 bird coop

    Thanks so much! That is EXACTLY the sort of thing I was looking for! The odd measurements actually don’t bother me-we have a woodland mills wood mill to mill our own lumber (our homestead is a burr oak and black walnut Forrest for all intents and purposes) so we can make to suit our needs. I do...
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    Hello from Oklahoma

    We LOVE them! We only just got them in late July, but we’re already somewhat overwhelmed with eggs. Over the years we’ve had white rocks, barred rocks, jersey giants, and a couple other breeds. These are the perfect bird for us. Hence why we want even more than our current 51
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    Suggestions for 100-200 bird coop

    Hello all. We have a 40 acre homestead that we free range our 51 Australorps on, and we’re looking to expand. I’m primarily interested in a coop that requires no electricity-so I’ve been very keen on the half monitor style coop from the 20’s. We’re planning on 100-200 birds, in addition to our...
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    Hello from Oklahoma

    Long time lurker, first time poster. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Not new, but still very much a novice. Grew up with them, and have started raising them again since we’ve started building our homestead. Started with 5 acres, now have 40. (2) How many...
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