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    What Size (Sizes?) Should I Make Nesting Boxes

    I`d go 20x20 for the large birds
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    How to tame Roosters?

    Eat sell or give them away, trying to tame them is a waste of time.
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    Predator problem

    Do you need a licence for a crossbow, longbow or compound bow in the UK? How about an air rifle?
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    Predator problem

    Dig a hole in advance somewhere it won`t be noticed or make a burn pile. Soon as you shoot the varmint bury or burn it and don`t tell anyone. No evidence no crime.
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    Please help. Is my favorite "Hen" actually a roo?

    OK now I don`t mean to sound cold but dealing with excess cockerels is just part of raising chickens. If you can`t find em a place to go or process them to eat you could just let them out of the pen and let mother nature take care of the situation.
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    Beware Of Polecats

    They will probably be ok until the owls show up for dinner.
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    Wyandotte & Laying

    Yea treat her legs now. Pretty common for a hen to stop laying when moved to a new flock or home. She should start laying again soon especially if you fix her leg mite problem.
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    Does anyone know if chicken saddles prevent hawk attacks?

    Maybe if you can mount a CD, mirror or something like those spikes they put on the top of powerline poles on the saddle
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    I'm so upset

    Most times around here when a little one goes missing it`s because a hawk or owl got it.
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    A tree fell on me today. Seriously.

    Those trees are too large to be trusting a rope to guide their fall. Do a Youtube search for more safe and effective methods and always clear the first tree from the area if your going to drop another one close to it. Much easier and safer than trying to pick your way thru the limbs of two or...
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    Hen or Rooster (1 year old Ameraucana)

    Sure looks like a hen to me.
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    Black and white Easter Eggers - Show me yours!

    Just my opinion but I have never seen an EE hen that looked like that.
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    Chicken wire on top of run

    Chicken wire on the top of my small run for the last 6 years, never had any break in`s. I don`t lock em in the coop at night, just close the doors to the run. Out at sunrise to free range on 3 acres locked up at sundown.
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    New mama due to hatch eggs in 4 days - how do I prepare?

    You could install a temp ramp 2' 1/2 to 3' long to the nest box. I set up a feeder with chick starter so the hens can`t access it, same deal with their water.
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    Dual broodies

    I put her in the broody buster this morning.
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    Dual broodies

    I have a hen sitting on 6 eggs for a little over a week. I have full confidence in this hen hatching and raising the chicks. Problem is another hen has decided she wants to commit to this brooding to. The first hen dosen`t seem to mind the company and there is not fighting over the eggs that...
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    Help with quail run?

    I`ve never raised quail, but 45 in an 8x8 sounds pretty crowded.
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    Terro shaker safety

    If you have any old non productive hens or extra roosters use them as test subjects before you risk any chickens you wouldn`t want to lose. Despite what may be written factors that vary widely like type of soil, drainage and rainfall can tend to make your situation different from others.
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    How to fix a fox problem

    Yeah good luck trapping it. Someone else has probably already educated it about traps and relocated it to your neighborhood. Kill it or it will get all your ducks eventually.
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    South Florida Predators?

    Those are sandhill cranes.
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