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    I found a baby mouse....

    Just wondering.......if you killed it’s mom, why are you keeping it alive? Won’t you need to kill it later?
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    Neighbors dog scared off rooster!!!

    My condolences...... I hope it goes well with the neighbor. Try not to be confrontational. You are upset and have every right to be, but a dog is a dog. Does the dog run astray or do they try to keep him/her confined? The only recourse you have is replacement cost. I know the rooster means...
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    Official BYC Poll: The Worst Predator

    I have 10 something or others not sure. I think they are comet sexlinks, they are about 12 to 14 weeks. Six orphingtons, 12 RI Reds those are 10 weeks. I believe it was a young hawk. The chicks all scattered and my big rooster was hiding under a tree squawking. When I walked over the hawk flew...
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    Official BYC Poll: The Worst Predator

    A hawk tried to get my chicks today.
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    What to do with Roosters

    I’m trying to decipher the chicken behavior. I was sitting with him today and another roo upset a hen so he went over and messed with the roo and then chased the hen around. This evening when it came time to close up the coop he came up to me and we walked together back to the coop. I would like...
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    What to do with Roosters

    I have 28 birds in my new flock. Out of the 10 that we’re supposed to be pullets from tractor supply I got 6 roosters. Before I knew this I got 12 RI reds and 6 Orphingtons. I got the Orpington on a straight run hoping for a rooster. I have at least one of those. BUT, of the 10 I got originally...
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    Official BYC Poll: The Worst Predator

    What about spiders and snakes? Where in Australia are you from? How is it living there? Is it always hot? Silly questions, but I’m interested and have never been there. I live in Tennessee, but have spent most of my life in Florida. Two very different places. I also got to live in Alaska for...
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    Meet Hudson, a puppy who has injured almost 3 baby birds (I would like to ask him why)

    A dog, is a dog, is a dog. I’ve had this little bird that built a nest on my front porch early this spring. She had babies. I’m not really sure what happened to them, but I have 2 cats that are allowed out at night. Once I knew the babies were gone I got rid of the nest. She kept trying to...
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    Is this bumblefoot?

    What is bumblefoot?
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    More sweet pics

    What cuties! I’m trying trying to post pictures, but I’m having difficulties.
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    rooftop hens

    My coop is taller (not trying to compete), it a shed I converted so I can walk in the doorway without stooping (I’m not very tall though). My goats only try to jump on our cars and eat our pretty plants and the chicken feed when they get to get out (sneaky tricks that they are) when they sneak...
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    rooftop hens

    How do they get on your roof? I know chicks can get at least 6 feet off the ground, but wow!
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    West Melbourne FL ordinances??

    I think it depends on where in West Melbourne you reside. I haven’t been there in a long time, but there were more rural areas that were more agricultural, I’m not sure if they exist anymore.
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    West Melbourne FL ordinances??

    I lived in West Melbourne a long time ago on Monaco, behind Barnes and Nobles. I didn’t have chicken then. Call the city, but they were pretty picky back 20 years ago. If you have a privacy fence and no roosters you should be okay. My neighbors were a pain. At least one was. I know my cat was...
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    Official BYC Poll: The Worst Predator

    Gonna make some hats?
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    Heart breaking day on the farm...

    Any updates? I’m sorry for your loss. I had a Pomeranian that went after and killed two of my mother’s neighbors chickens when I was visiting her. He was able to get through the no climb fence. I paid her for the loss of the chickens. It probably wasn’t enough, but she just asked for...
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    Official BYC Poll: The Worst Predator

    For me, it’s been dogs, but that was a few years back. Since April when I started raising chickens again I lost 2 out of 30 to my cats that got out when I first brought them home.
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    Free range???y

    I’ve been home for about three months. My husband and I are truck drivers. We’re a team, but I’ve had to stay home for family reasons ( my mom is sick) and because he thinks the world is coming to an end ( so I get to take care of the animals and the garden, I’d much rather be driving but we are...
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    Free range???y

    Just a few hours ago I heard a bunch of crows making a lot of noise. I walked into the front yard and saw a hawk fly away. They have been quiet ever since.
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    Feeling Very Guilty...Need Advice

    First of all I want to say that I didn’t read through all the posts. Secondly, I’m sorry you are going through a stressful time. I have become quite attached to my chickens as well. My husband jokes that I am keeper of the chicken Marriott. The dog is problematic, but could be worked with if...
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