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    Anyone use SAND in the run/coop

    I’ve always used sand in the coop and top part of their beds. I read somewhere to mix in diatomaceous earth with the sand and I do so every time I replace it. The extendable metal cat litter scoop cleans it up quickly and easily. No mess. The run area has pavers underneath the coop so I place...
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    Affectionate Chicken Normal Behavior?

    :hugsI’m so delighted by all of your responses! Thank you so very much for sharing each of your precious stories and experiences for all of us to enjoy and learn from! I think I will go outside now, in the cold, and sit with my precious girls! I will take them some special treats for being such...
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    Affectionate Chicken Normal Behavior?

    :hugsDearest BarredRockMom, Thank you for such a thorough and delightful explanation of your experiences with your girls! I loved the way you explained the relationships! While reading my head was saying, “Yes, Yes”, because I had experienced something similar. My eyes teared up at your losses...
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    Affectionate Chicken Normal Behavior?

    So what’s the most amazing affectionate memory you all have with one ( or more) of you chickens?
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    Affectionate Chicken Normal Behavior?

    Thank you Peepsi! I will!:love
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    Affectionate Chicken Normal Behavior?

    I thought it was the norm because I spent so much time with her when she had PAsty Butt. But when I brought 3 pullets home and it happened again it seems this is a thing with hens. They get REALLY attached and affectionate. They ignore other family members so neither of them is affectionate with...
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    Affectionate Chicken Normal Behavior?

    Henry is adorable!
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    Affectionate Chicken Normal Behavior?

    :yuckyuck
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    Affectionate Chicken Normal Behavior?

    :love I would but I’m not allowed to have a Roo!
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    Affectionate Chicken Normal Behavior?

    Whew, I really thought I did something wrong! thanks so much! I’ve been accused of being a chicken whisperer! :frow LOLOLOL
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    Affectionate Chicken Normal Behavior?

    So I now have a little more than a year under my belt raising chickens. My first year I purchase BSLs and one had one with pasty butt. I spent a great deal of time daily cleaning her vent. The other birds seemed to realize something was wrong with her. As an adult hen that lays beautiful eggs...
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    Red tail hawks are toying with me and terrorizing my flock!

    I don’t have a YouTube account. Could you see the pictures?
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    Red tail hawks are toying with me and terrorizing my flock!

    Here are two more photos.
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    Red tail hawks are toying with me and terrorizing my flock!

    So I couldn’t upload the video so I took snapshots of the hawk just before it hit the coop from the video so I could share them here. I hope this works. This is the photo of it swooping in. I placed an arrow over it.
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    Red tail hawks are toying with me and terrorizing my flock!

    So just had an attack by a huge hawk on my coop. It flew into the screen hard but the hardware cloth didn’t even budge (I used screws and reinforced it everywhere). Then it walked behind the new addition out of site then attempted to break in again in the same location. When it all failed my...
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    Concrete Sand In Run?

    Our chicken palace consists of pavers as the flooring. I leveled the ground and built it over the pavers. The base is built on 8”x2”. I filled the floor with sand and mixed in some diamatous earth. The coop floor also has the same mix. I simply drilled holes in a horse scoop and scoop the sand...
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    Red tail hawks are toying with me and terrorizing my flock!

    So wonderful the hawks are migrating for you! Our foliage has fallen so there is much less foliage for them to hide. A clear determinant as to whether or not time out will happen. I had a bold hawk sitting on the fence eyeballing the chicken palace! Look on hawk, as they are safe from you...
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    Red tail hawks are toying with me and terrorizing my flock!

    So how are you all surviving predators during this time when most hens are molting? Do you still offer opportunities to free range, or do you keep them penned due to less foliage and decreased hours of sunlight?
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    Red tail hawks are toying with me and terrorizing my flock!

    QUOTE="Folly's place, post: 21947949, member: 106492"]I think that varying the time of day when the flock goes out to free range helps deter predators, at least a bit. If possible, having a rigid schedule of daily free time is best avoided, to make predators have to work a little harder to get...
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    Red tail hawks are toying with me and terrorizing my flock!

    I’ve seen mine also looking up at the sky. They usually run closer to me but I have one that jumps under the trees. It seems they hunt around noon so we let them out to free range around us in the morning and have them up before noon. Another person posted they see them in the morning and wait...
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