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    Are toads poisonous to chickens?

    According to this article, chickens are unaffected by the toxins from cane toads. https://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2013/04/04/3729907.htm
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    Swollen eyes and bloody face. Need advice

    ...tonight. Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms? – No only her. Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma? – This *could* be an injury I am not certain. The other side of her face looks the same but the eye is completely swollen shut. What happened, if...
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    Official BYC Poll: The Worst Predator

    bobcats unquestionably
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    Review by 'drjulian' in article 'Bee's key points to successful and safe free ranging.'

    Although there is some useful information here, you are incorrect about using electric fences with chickens. They are dangerous. Here is a picture of a chicken who recently got tangled in the fence and was electrocuted over time, a horrible and painful death of a completely healthy chicken. DO...
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    WARNING: "Poultry safe electric fence IS NOT SAFE FOR CHICKENS!!!"

    We installed this so-called 'poultry-safe' electric fence and found that to be false advertising. This afternoon we discovered one of our chicks stuck in the fence and electrocuted. We had been using it for a while to prevent predators, but now we discover it is more of a danger to the...
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    What to do if you have two Cockerels

    I had THREE roosters from one hatching...all brothers...all born and raised together. They got along fine for the first few months but once they matured it was a different story. Two of them would hang out together with the girls and they would gang up on the third...chasing him...attacking him...
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    FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

    PUNTA GORDA - FREE ROOSTERS - I have 2 10 month old roosters (LI & RI Red mix) I need to rehome. Please contact me if you would like one or both.
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    Too many roosters -- desperate to get rid of two

    I ended up with 3 roosters (all brothers) who are now 10 months old it is becoming a problem. At first I thought it would work out with three guys guarding the girls but that has changed. First of all two of them continually gang up on the third and have him completely intimidated. But what is...
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    Help! There is a skunk in my coop now!

    Maybe dispatch him right in the coop if the chickens are roosting and he is on the ground. He may spray but seems like he already has
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    Electric fencing, do you really need it vs non electric fencing

    I too have always dreamed of complete free-ranging during the day on my 13 acres but predators are the issue of concern. Bobcats, for example, will scale a 4' fence electric even with barbed wire on top to grab a chicken. Dogs, coyotes, cats etc all will work hard to find a weakness in your...
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    Predator took all 5 hens last night! I feel horrible!

    bobcat or coyote
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    Official BYC Poll: The Worst Predator

    My experience has been quite different. We have 2 dogs and 2 barn cars and they are totally intimidated by the chickens and ducks, mostly "trained" by the rooster.
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    Official BYC Poll: The Worst Predator

    Bobcats...here in s w Florida I think they are smarter than most, easily circumventing electric fences (high and low) and hunting even in the hot, bright daylight hours. This year alone we lost 2 ducks, 1 hen and our Rooster who died defending them.
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    Do I need to seperate newly hatched chicks

    good information thank you
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    Do I need to seperate newly hatched chicks

    Thanks!
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    Do I need to seperate newly hatched chicks

    My chickens free-range during the day and are closed in the coop at night. A batch are about to hatch in the coop where the brooder has been on them for nearly 3 weeks. Last time she hatched any I moved her and the chick (only one egg survived to hatch that time) to a separate smaller coop right...
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    Foster mother turning on 2 month old

    Thanks for the reply...yes it is very sad...the chick looks lost and scared all the time...but nature will takes it course.
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    Foster mother turning on 2 month old

    Our Lavender Orpington tends to be a broader. In fact when our RI reds lay their eggs she will take over the nest and sit on them. We decided to leave a few in the nest to hatch. Over time, 3 of the 4 eggs wound up broken or pushed out of the nest by her. The other one hatched. Our flock if...
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    What breed rooster is this?

    Anyone think it might be a New Hampshire Red?
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    What breed rooster is this?

    Was gifted this rooster for my flock of hens and I was unsure what breed it is. Can someone take an educated guess?
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