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    Probable coon problem: does trapping work?

    Hello- We've had a bear getting into the run this summer (found the berry-rich scat inside the run). The food supply was gotten into but the birds were always safe. I've sealed up the areas of the fencing he had pulled out and dug under. But this morning I found one of our decks dead. Her...
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    Weird ?male? Welsh Harlequin

    Hello- We have 4 Welsh Harlequins we raised from chicks this spring. It seemed all along that two were males. However, one has not had its head change color, and has a black bill. Is it also a male? Is it somehow remaining "beta" since the other drake is more advanced? Is it normal to be...
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    ducks and chickens - sharing food

    Hello- We have some ducks and chickens living in peace. I am wondering, though, for optimal nutrition for the birds, how to feed them together. We have a long "chicken moat" run around a garden with a chicken coop on one end and a duck house on the other. They occasionally go back and forth...
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    rooster picking on a hen

    Hello- 5 Hens (2 BOs and 3 EEs) and one Rooster (Cochin/Araucana mix) are sharing a coop with a daytime run. The rooster has always been nice to us and the ladies, but recently has started picking on one of the BOs. She now has a bare spot on the back of her head from this treatment. Are...
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    pond under raised duck house?

    Hello- First time duck keepers here. We're going to raise 4 Welsh Harlequin ducks outdoors. I was planning to build a raised coop, not unlike the henhouse of "the Garden Coop" plan. Then considering having a 4' kiddie pool halfway under the house and halfway under the ramp in front of the...
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    Welsh Harlequin Ducklings

    Hello! Just wanted to share our 4 new Welsh Harlequin Ducklings, hatched down the road at the Yachats Hatchery.
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    netting suggestion for hawk protection

    Hello- We're about to construct a chicken moat. The walls are 6' tall field fencing. Its a 4' wide double fence about 60' x 20'. We'd like to cover the top of it with netting to keep out the numerous hawks and eagles in the area. A hawk has already tried slamming into the coop (which is...
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    Mixing ducks and chickens

    Hello- We have 6 chickens, about a year old: 2 Buff Orpington hens, 3 Easter Egger hens, and a Cochin-Aracauna rooster. We would like to add 3 Welsh Harlequin ducks to the flock (1 male and 2 females). The ducklings will be raised indoors until they are ready to go outside. At this time...
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    Buff Orpington Rooster suddenly died - what to do?

    Hello- Our beautiful and giant Buff Orpington Rooster died suddenly today. He was brought home from the feed store this June, and was I suppose about a week old at that time. He was raised (with his 5 hen buddies) indoors until feathered, and then moved into an outdoor coop in early August...
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    is this Buff Orpington a rooster?

    Hello- My first flock. Supposed to be all females but I am thinking we got a rooster. Obviously the one is way bigger than the others and has a much more developed comb. I'd love it if someone could confirm this. It just looks so much different than the other 2 Orpingtons (see also 3...
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    they are in the yard at last!

    Hello- I posted a little intro a while ago, but am back to show a couple quick pics of the coop and the lil birds out in the yard (3 araucanas and 3 buff orpingtons). It was a long, impatient 6 weeks of raising them inside, and I know that you all know how fast they grow. Amazing. Here they...
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    hi from oregon

    Hello- We have a small acreage in Coastal Oregon and are about to construct a coop for our first round of chicken keeping. Sure we will have some questions but so far so good. It will be the Garden Coop plan and perhaps adding a Chicken Moat to it as the colony expands. We're primarily...
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