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    Predator attack

    Snake. We lost one the same way to a large rat snake. Tried to swallow it, but got stuck at the shoulders, regurgitated the bird and left. Chicken's head and neck were wet and slimy looking when my son found her the next day.
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    Run extension - electric fence?

    Thank you very much for the pointer!
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    Run extension - electric fence?

    @Ridgerunner Do you happen to know a vendor selling this size? The shortest I've found is 82', which means a lot of excess netting for those of us living on city lots! * found it on the Premier 1 website.
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    NIGHT OF THE RACOON

    OP can release it in his backyard where it won't have to fight for new territory. There are many reason it's illegal to randomly discard living animals into new environments. Bullet to the head is a quicker death than the potential starvation, disease, or other issues caused by relocating...
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    NIGHT OF THE RACOON

    Do not illegally release it elsewhere as someone else's problem.
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    Snake?

    Looks like the bantam we lost to a snake.
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    Will an owl take a chicken roosted in a tree at night?

    Back when we first got chickens and free-ranged we had a couple after-dark owl attempts at chicken-napping off the patio chairs where the birds would roost until I moved them to their coop (this was back before I tightened up chicken security). We luckily did not experience losses, but I do...
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    Not just molting-crop HELP! 🙏🏻♥️

    ...that's a different problem. Sounds like what you're doing is working. Keep it up. IDK if yours have access to hay, but like @StinkyAcres said, it can cause impaction and my wife had me remove it all from the coop and run, at least as much as I could, when she heard about issues with it.
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    What bait for possum?

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    What bait for possum?

    Oh yeah, I also meant to point that out. I trap and eliminate problem animals to win those battles, but predator-proofing your coop is the only way to win the war and avoid losing animals to them.
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    do chickens talk back ?

    I'm convinced they are just checking for 1) if I have food, or 2) if I'm unresponsive, they've found food.
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    Which BYC member scares you?

    Anyone boiling vegetables, except in soup, is doing it wrong.
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    Growing Gourds up the run

    Love the idea! I did the same with lemon cucumbers and planted them a couple feet away from the run wall, then trained the vines with bailing twine staked to the ground near the cukes and attached to the top of the run so the vines got ahold of the run several feet off the ground, keeping them...
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    What bait for possum?

    I wouldn't recommend antifreeze as it is indiscriminate and kidney shutdown seems like a rough way to kick it. Bait your trap with sardines, cat food, etc. and the possums will show up. Coons also like those baits as a bonus.
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    Help - dung beetles?

    I grew up in the high desert in N.Cal. 25+ years later, just thinking about that smell makes me feel sick.
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    Review by 'ashcons' in article 'Getting Chickens Out Of Trees.....and into their coops.'

    I was with you up to here.
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    Hen beat up labrador

    Sounds like your dog got some chicken avoidance training! Our dachshund, who I would have concerns about being safe around the chickens was rewarded with a peck on the nose the first time he tried checking them out through the run hardware cloth. He's steered clear of them since.
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    I think my bantam rooster ate a small mouse whole. Is that normal?

    After watching chickens for a few years, lemme just caution you against falling asleep in the run. If you think those other things are weird, give them a rotisserie chicken carcass sometime.
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    My Lily Caught A Mouse 😱

    Wasn't she trying to beat it into mouse pâté first? Whenever mine catch something whether it's a strawberry or a critter, they worry it to pieces while softening it up. Happy birthday to the ground!
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    Squirrels gone bad.... Some graphic details

    I'd kill for a squirrel "problem." The solution is an air rifle (not bb gun) and squirrel dumplings. Yum.
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