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    Black Bear

    Day before yesterday, two of my hens escaped the run just before I had to be somewhere. I thought nothing of it, I'd be sure they got home the moment I got back. They have a place they like to roost if it's dusk and they're out. I got back at 8:15 but could only find one. I looked...
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    Shaken from "dispatching"

    We have been having raccoon "visitors" for some time. Last month we were able to capture one in a live trap. Hubby dispatched - buried. Done. But - another, older, smarter raccoon escaped another (weaker) trap and refused to be caught thereafter. This animal (and the one caught and killed)...
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    Slow, odd chick

    I have a flock of 15 EE chicks. They're just over 4 weeks old. So cute and healthy! However, one of them has been odd since she arrived, and is now starting to worry me. She was slower than the rest from the start. As she's grown she's slowed down. She waddles. It almost looks like it...
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    Introducing new chicks to ONE hen.

    I've searched the forums and have yet to see an answer to this question. Last spring I built a little chicken tractor and stocked it with 3 leghorn hens. They were a year and a half at the time. I just wanted to "stick my toe in the water" so to speak - before building a bigger coop. I...
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