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    Raccoon + Havahart live traps... not working so well

    After losing three more a week ago to, I suspected, raccoons, I bought a Havahart live trap that was advertised as useful for opossums, raccoons, etc. Night 1: Baited with peanut butter- trap sprung, no raccoon Night 2: Same Night 2, Round 2 a couple hour later: Same Night 3: Baited with a...
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    Caught red handed, er, yellow beaked in the act.

    I knew one of them was an egg eater but could never catch the crook. Yesterday afternoon I went to the coop to check on a couple gals I thought were broody (they weren't) and I saw a rear end sticking out of a nesting box. I yanked her out and sure enough, there was the evidence. After I...
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    One of my chickens snores

    Previously I thought I had heard some faint whistling coming from the coop, and last night confirmed that, yes, I do have a chicken that snores. After being out of town all day and then picking up my daughter from a church social I got home well after dark and the chickens were on the roost and...
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    Got to watch a dirt bath

    I was doing some yard work and came around the house just in time to see a hen shaking the dirt off after rolling on the ground- she looked like a chicken version of Peanut's 'Pig Pen.' Cracked me up. Such funny animals.
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    Return of the prodigal

    Yesterday I lost a hen to a hawk and another was missing. I kept the remaining 19 cooped up today to make sure the raptors were gone but thought it would be OK to let them out a bit late afternoon where I could stand guard and keep an eye out. I scattered some feed and they scratched and ran...
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    *crap* Lost one to a hawk... maybe two...

    I know it's a risk of free range, but it still bums me out. An additional hen is missing but I'm hoping she in hiding and will show up tomorrow. I got home late afternoon and looked out the office window to see a mess of feathers and a hawk sitting on top of the hen. One more hawk was in a...
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    ...um... how do you know if its a rooster?

    *blush* I haven't had to ask this sort of question since I was five; but how do you distinguish between hens and roosters? These are adults so it ought to be obvious... well.... I'm new at this.
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    Home made automatic feeder

    I took three 3' sections of 4" PVC pipe and two 90 degree elbows and made a U. The lower section I cut the top off and attached a 1x12 pine board to serve as a backstop. Two screws to attach the uprights to the inside of the coop. I fill it the uprights with cracked corn and layer mix, the...
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    Educate me: What is broody?

    One of my chickens is in the nesting box until I show up and get the egg. Is this being 'broody'? She is real irritated when I scoot her out and get the egg. After the scolding she runs off to join the others out in free-range land. bwak! bwak! (scold, grumble, scold some more) bwak! bwak!
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    Not quick enough and got a frozen egg

    Darn cold the past couple days and I still have one or two gals that will donate to the breakfast cause. Usually gather the eggs as I'm tucking them in for the night. Just got back and the lone egg was split and hard as a rock. Guess it was a late morning or early afternoon project and was...
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    Cured 'em of roosting in the nesting box, but not recommended

    I've had my 18 chickens and three roosters about a month. One of the hens refuses to roost, she like hanging out in the nesting box and convinced one of the others that sleeping (and pooping) in the nesting box is the cat's pajamas. Now I've got twice the problem. Advice garnered here had me...
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    What time of day do they lay eggs?

    The free range chickens I got from a friend and moved to my coop are now allowed out. Last night they all got in from their first day in the yard Up to now the few eggs they given I just discovered when I was feeding them, but it has me wondering about when they lay. If they lay early...
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    First day out for the flock :D

    A friend of mine gave me some chickens and we moved them to my coop Wednesday night. These birds have had free run of his yard and I want to continue having them free range. I put them in the new coop and have fed and watered them every day but kept them locked up. Today after church I let...
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    Feeding chickens table scraps?

    What do you feed the chickens when it come to table scraps and left overs? Is there anything that is off limits for them?
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    New to the chicken hobby. What have I done!?! What am I in for?

    My son-in-law helped me build a coop then moved to another state. I can't let this work of art sit empty and have a friend who is wanting rid of a bunch of his 2-3 year old chickens. They recently quit laying but the weather here turned cold. I've heard that if I heat the coop they might...
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