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    Saying good bye to these forums

    My flock has found a new home with a lovely young family. I hope the family will enjoy my pets. I'm 72. Have COPD so can not breathe in the cold Montana weather. I've had to count on others to feed and water the chickens during the cold winter. This summer they also had to help me more as...
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    Predator repellents and how safe are my dogs

    My 5 foot welded wire backyard fence is not stopping the fox from visiting a couple times a week. I've recorded her on my cameras from midnight until 9 am. I've seen the fox in the front yard as well as the backyard. I am assuming it is a female trying to feed her kits for the fox to be out...
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    I am so angry I was not careful enough

    Lost 2 of my birds yesterday, a hen and my rooster. This area has a lot of predators. After a few rebuilds on the coop I made it predator proof, except for a bear if a bear would want in it. Coop has a run that has a roof and a 3 foot hardware cloth apron. Yesterday a neighbor was here. Her...
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    My Wyze Cam

    This morning the neighbor called me up to tell me to look down on her place. She had a fox running around. When I checked my Wyze cam I realized that the fox had been at my chicken coop an hour earlier. Thankfully I have beefed the coop up so that a fox can not get in. This is the second...
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    How I found my lost dog

    Bogey is a 10 pound terrier mix I got at the dog rescue a few months ago. Had friend up to watch a football play off game. Let her dog and Bogey out into the totally fenced back yard to go potty. Her dog came in. Five minutes later I looked for mine as it was going down to 14 F that night...
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    Did I just stop broody hens so easily?

    A few weeks ago I had 2 hens go broody. They wouldn't leave the nest until I kicked them out once a day. Then last week I had a third go broody. This was too much as I only have 6 hens. At the same time I am caring for a neighbor who badly broke her ankle. I have her in my home as I have no...
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    Coop fire due to heat lamp

    Just read that this happened in Helena MT a day or two ago. A heat lamp in a chicken coop caused the coop to catch fire. Chickens and rabbits were killed. Then the wind spread the fire to a storage building filled with hay. Hay is a total loss. From there the fire went to another building...
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    Dog Forgetting Potty Training

    Have an 8 month old puppy I have had since she was 8 weeks old. She's a tiny thing and Montana is cold and snowy in the winter so she was trained to use a box with a piddle pad in it. She started using it on her own within a week of getting her. Suddenly a week ago I noticed that she was...
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    Homeowner's Insurance

    It was time to update the insurance on the house. Boyfriend died so now the insurance is in my name only. Have made some changes such as a gas insert instead of a wood burning insert in fireplace. Have replaced some of the old windows. Had to make sure the insurance would cover rebuilding...
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    Only going broody when rooster dies

    Have a 4 year old barnyard mix hen. Two years ago a fox got the rooster. The hen disappeared and we assumed the fox had gotten her also. Five weeks later she reappeared with 10 chicks fathered by the dead rooster. This year a cougar has moved into the area and got my rooster. Again, the hen...
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    Cougar

    It's already taken the geese a couple weeks ago. Heard strange noise in backyard a little while ago. Went to YouTube. Yep, cougars make the sounds I heard. Got some chairs piled up against a door that is not very strong. Don't hear it now. Spot light is not working. Will get new one...
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    Cougar

    Found out there is a cougar in the neighborhood the day after my goose disappeared. Cougar was seen next door. I think I know where my poor goose went.
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    When should I start filling their splash pool?

    Last year was my first year of trying to raise geese. She didn't lay regularly, only an egg a week. She also didn't go broody until July and only lasted a week before she gave that up. Am hoping for better results this year as they are more mature. Last year they always mated when I filled...
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    Giving diseases to my turkeys

    A neighbor who passed away a few years ago apparently used to shoot any wild turkeys he saw on his land. I've lived here 11 years and never saw a wild turkey until this year. Have a flock of them that come into my yard to eat every day. They also fight with my turkeys through the fence. Not...
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    cat messed with fly catcher

    Had one of those tower things that are sticky for catching flies. It was old so I put it in a garbage bag. Then I got busy doing other things. The kitten got into the bag. He got the sticky tower off himself but left a lot of fur. Problem is that he has that sticky stuff all over him...
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    Question about egg laying

    Over a week ago my goose laid her first egg. It was small, but then it was her first. I expected to start getting eggs regularly now that she's started. So far it appears she hasn't laid another. A couple days ago she was in her nest for a couple hours. When she took off across the pasture...
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    Aggression toward just one hen

    A week and a half ago I found my Jersey Giant hen cowering in the nesting box. The whole back of her head was a bloody mess. Since then I've had her in my screened porch and she has healed up nicely. She even started to lay eggs a few days ago. I've always thought she was the Alpha hen...
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    Owl killed my goose

    Was surprised to see a huge owl out in the back yard today, sitting in the snow. He was just sitting on the ground in the snow. When I went out to scare him away I could see the remains of my African goose. I didn't know an owl would take on such a large bird. The hawks and eagles never...
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    Amazed while watching hen take care of chicks

    Four and a half weeks ago one of my hens presented me with 10 chicks. I didn't even realize she was brooding. August was a very busy month and I was too busy to do more than collect eggs, feed, and water. I moved her and the chicks to my screened in porch to keep them safe. When they were a...
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    10 unexpected chicks

    Was stunned when a hen presented me with 10 pale yellow baby chicks 2 days ago. Have been so busy lately that I didn't even notice her sitting as she didn't lay in the nests. She's a mixed breed chicken, light brown and a little black. Daddy was a buff laced Polish that we culled in mid July...
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