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    1 wk old kitten emergency

    We just found a mama cat and a litter of 5 kittens living in a shed on our property. I moved them into our house and they are now living in a cardboard box in our bathroom. The kittens appear to be one week or so old. One of the kittens has what looks like pink eye, yellow discharge and crust...
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    Chicken owner performance anxiety

    Last fall our beautiful flock of 12 chickens was massacred in a matter of days. We were down to 3 hens, who we re-homed to a woman with a pred-proof setup. Anyway, the story goes that we were pred-free for 4 months, the coons then discovered our flock, and they dug under wire, through brick...
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    Electric netting sources

    I want to buy some of the movable electric netting that free-range operations often use to corral their birds. Does anyone have a good source for the netting? I looked online and feel that the first couple hits from google were wildly more expensive than what I thought it would be. I mean, if it...
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    Why not chop their heads off?

    We are preparing for meat birds in the spring and thinking about our processing ability. When I was growing up, my grandmother would just chop the chickens' heads off on a block and go from there. Now it seems using a kill cone and slitting their throats is the most popular method of slaughter...
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    HELP- How do I save these dumped roosters?

    Today on my way home from town I was rerouted down a dirt road to avoid an accident. While traveling down this dirt road, I came upon a guy dumping a cardboard box of something out of the trunk of his car. When I got close enough I realized that the box contained 6 or 7 roosters! I shouted some...
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    Exterminating coyotes?-scary story

    Last night around midnight I woke up to the sounds of excited coyote communication. We often hear the yips, barks and snarls of coyote packs successfully ripping apart some poor little animal up and down the valley where we live, but never up on our hill that overlooks the valley. They packs...
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    Unique Culinary Meat Breeds

    I am looking to raise some foo-foo, culinary meat birds (think Poulet de Bresse) and was wondering if anyone has any interesting suggestions for breeds. We are going to try the black chickens (gasp...sorry silkie lovers ), but I do not know of any other unique culinary breeds available in the...
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    Poulet de Bresse

    Does anyone know of any hatcheries in the US selling Poulet de Bresse, the French blue-footed chicken? I know that there is an American version, simply called the blue foot chicken, but I was hoping to track down some of the real Poulet de Bresse for culinary reasons.
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    I won- for now

    I lured the chicks back to the coop and have had two nights no losses! Plus, the coon tried to dig in last night and was stopped by my triple-layer brick, wire, stone barracade. It pulled some of the brick out, hit the wire held down by massive stones and turned back. I guess when the meal isn't...
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    Coop Avoidance and parental guilt

    We have lost 5 chickens in the past 2 weeks to what we believe to be a raccoon. The first chicken was taken from the coop by a coon that dug in. The others were taken when they refused to roost in the coop following the murder. They went more than 30 ft up into an adjacent tree and we couldn't...
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    The ladies love their new man!

    Introduced a new RIR rooster two days ago, 7 months old and quite lovely. He was given to us by a very generous BYC'er who lives in our area. Our BO roo was killed by coons. I didn't realize what a difference a roo makes for flock management. The ladies are much more organized and at ease with...
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    Chicken CSI: help solve a murder

    Attack 1: 1.5 weeks ago, suspect did not make it into the run; rooster had feathers pulled from his chest, neck and under his left wing; all feathers were outside the coop, perp reached in through the wire Attack 2: 2 nights ago, suspect entered coop by moving a 4x4 locust post and dug a...
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    Defensible coop location

    Do you think that relocating the coop from the wood edge (about 50 ft from our house) to the yard (about 20 feet from our house) would make the coop more defensible? We could run electricity etc. if it were closer, plus it would be more within earshot. Has anyone else considered the defensibilty...
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    Introducing a new roo

    I lost my roo Lola last night to a pred who Lola had valiantly defended the flock from twice. I want to get a new roo for flock dynamics reasons and was wondering the best way to introduce one. Lola had great pride and love for his flock of girls and actually lost his life protecting them. Is...
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    They got my roo

    Please say a little chicken prayer for my rooster Lola. They got him last night, but he died valiantly protecting his flock. We had no other losses. The little SOB that got him made it into the coop this time and Lola must have gotten down to defend the flock. It dragged him out of the coop and...
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    Caught in the act

    This isn't really chicken predator related, but I thought that I would share. Last night I walked onto my front porch to fill the cat food bowls that reside in chicken-proof boxes. I had just walked past my cat Stella in the kitchen and Little Cat was asleep in the living room. Lo and behold...
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    Best bait for live trapping?

    What is the best bait for live trapping a coon or possum? Where do I place the trap in proximity to the coop?
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    Rooster defended flock, now what?

    Last night around 4 am my DH heard what he described as something fighting for its life. I went and checked on the chicks and the only thing amiss was that the roo and 1 hen were off the roost and on the floor of the coop walking around. They were both fine, no blood, no missing feathers. No...
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    EMERGENCY!!! Rooster attacked and injured

    Last night around 4 am my DH heard what he described as something fighting for its life. I went and checked on the chicks and the only thing amiss was that the roo and 1 hen were off the roost and on the floor of the coop walking around. They were both fine, no blood, no missing feathers. No...
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    Poll- When preds attacked, where were your chicks?

    I am just curious, for those of you who have lost birds to a predator, were the chickens locked in a coop during the attack? Also, how high is your roost? We thankfully haven't lost any or had any attacks, but I am trying to figure out if roost height/coop enclosure has an effect on chicken...
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