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  1. MyraNC

    Best way I've found yet to deal with snake problems!!

    The minnow catcher is a very great idea. Are you sure the snakes can't make it back out the hole. Someone is doing a study on copperhead and was wondering what good are they that the harmless can't already take care of? Who needs bit? I do leave the harmless ones alone. Why the need for...
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    A coyote killed my chicken. Can we eat her?

    I'm glad you aren't going to try to eat it. A dead animals needs to have its interals extracted so the meat doesn't draw anything from the waste ect. And of course have the blood drawn out. Never, Ever let it just sit without doing this first. It will make a good bait though and it should...
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    ** What Do You Make Of This??**

    Maybe 'buglit' has it right, --- she tried it once and doesn't want any part of it again. lol I got my chickens at 3 days old so I know how old she is. I leave the chickens out early afternoon But like I said she and her roo were together for several weeks as I gathered eggs for hatching and...
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    ** What Do You Make Of This??**

    That is correct. She was a good layer last year, set and had chicks and never laid again. Why? I wonder. I've held her and couldn't feel any eggs in her. Isn't this strange?
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    ** What Do You Make Of This??**

    I have a 2 year old Golden Buff Orpington hen that hatched some eggs for me last year. She was a good mother but since then has not laid any eggs. I had my chickens seperated to gather eggs this year and she was with her rooster and there were No eggs. Now they are free range and they eat good...
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    What do you think is the best approach to MY predator problem?

    I don't think I can say this enough, but in my coop I have a radio playing constantly on the talk radio station so there are voices and I have Never had anything come in my coop except copperhead and I took care of them. I have a very small light also so they can see if ever they need to get...
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    Homemade Fly Trap

    Consdrs, You said you put golden malrin bait in an empty jug. Did you put anything else in with it? Where can you buy it? flies get bad this time of year. Thanks
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    Can Chickens eat Blueberries and Red Grapes?

    Something to remember- Chickens eat most any thing. If you can eat it so can they. And it is as good for them as it is for you.
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    6 mo. old Cockerel getting beat up by 14 mo. old hens

    I'm sure as with anything some are attracted to some more than others. Just because you are left in a room with a fella doesn't mean you have to like him. I've just done the rooster- hen seperation so I get the right breed. Now that we are all roaming free together some hens of different...
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    This is strange - what would cause it?

    Do roosters moult? I've never seen that happen. Why would they moult. A hen needs a rest from laying eggs all the time but his job isn't hard.
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    This is strange - what would cause it?

    I had my roosters seperated and they were with their own kind while I gathered eggs for hatching. Two roosters have their tail feather like someone took sissors and just cut their tails off. Does anyone know what would cause this? One rooster was with one hen and the other rooster was with...
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    Eggs in Compost Heap?

    My dogs love them in their food and it is a good source of protein and calcium. I blend shell and all. I feed my chickens whatever I have, like flax seeds,yogurt, water or broth,olive oil, whole eggs raw in blender and mix in their laying mash. They love it...
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    My rooster died...

    I know exactly how you feel as something simular happened to me but with one of my cats. As I sat in the living room chair one evening 3 weeks ago my sweet female cat fell off the end table and was deader than a door nail. Not one sound out of her but the thump on the floor was a dead weight...
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    If Skinning the Chicken do You still Need to put in Hot Water?

    Thanks friends, now I will shut the stove off and start. lol
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    If Skinning the Chicken do You still Need to put in Hot Water?

    I'm going to do a few chickens today and don't have a plucker so I am taking the skin off. Do I still need to put it in the hot water?? Thanks
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    * I never Had A Silkie Before And Now I Have 10. What Can I Expect? *

    I got Black Silkies especially because they are small and I do NOT want them to be seen so easily by predators flying overhead. Do the hens or the roosters like being held most or is it about the same? Right now they all run from me when I come to see them or feed them.
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    * I never Had A Silkie Before And Now I Have 10. What Can I Expect? *

    My Black little fuzzballs are almost 8 weeks old. What can I expect out of them once the weather gets warm and they are out in the yard? Should I keep just one rooster? Will they dig up my garden? Right now they are the size that if I tied them to the end of a stick they would make a great...
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    De-wattle?

    Let me ask, if you lived in the North Pole would you buy a convertable? It wouldn't be fesible would it? I say they same goes for chickens, if you live in an area that has such extreme cold that it is harmful for them to live you shouldn't have them. It is very selfish to go to such extremes...
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    *** Anyone have Honeybee's with Guineas and Chickens ? ***

    I'm doing my part by getting a couple of hives in April and wondered if my guineas and chickens will eat them as they come out of the hive or will they know they will get stung? Someone told me the birds will eat the moths that land on the hives and will leave the bees alone. How do your...
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    I'm new to Silkies- At what age do they want to set?

    Thanks Friends; I am so looking forward to next spring. I'm like a big kid when it comes to my chickens. Like when you can't wait to open that present. lol
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