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    GIANT sturdy hawk netting

    I have an enormous net I was going to string up over my back yard to keep hawks away. I've realized this takes a lot more equipment & diy skills than I'm prepared for (and that I also don't want a huge net covering my yard. It is very sturdy, with holes big enough for songbirds to fly through. I...
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    Yard surveillance - Audio instead of video?

    I'm letting my girls roam around most of the day in the yard. For spring & summer I sat out with them or had windows open, so I could hear & come poke my head out when they start squawking to make sure it's egg song & not "something predatory is eyeballing us". Now that it's getting too cold...
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    Icicle butt

    1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) My birds are all just over 6 months old. She is a Golden-laced Wyandotte and has always been a little smaller than the others. 2) What is the behavior, exactly. She had some icicles stuck to...
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    Can a chick appear healthy/lively with an impacted crop?

    Baby chicks are 2 weeks old today. They are each a different breed, so hard to say if size discrepancies are normal or a sign of trouble. Got a Salmon Faverolle, a Spotted Sussex, and a Golden Laced Wyandotte who are each noticeably smaller than the other 3- Buff Brahma, Black Copper Marans...
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    Poly-vi-sol Iron confusion

    I thought I had bought "no-iron" baby vitamins-- due to the lack of a "with iron!" blurb on the front of the label, and because iron is not mentioned in the nutritional panel on the back of the box (where it says how much of each nutrient is in the stuff). But when I double-checked the...
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    Panicking about my watering setup, picking up chicks in half an hour HALP!

    Hi, I know I should have figured this more out in advance but I kind of... did a bunch of reading, bought all the stuff, and thought I was basically all set. Now that they're almost here and I've finished putting everything together & contemplated actually using it, I'm second guessing...
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    Freshness of unopened feed?

    I purchased chick starter and grower feeds in advance to make sure I'd be ready when my birds arrive, and then read later that you need to be careful not to buy more feed than you'll go through promptly, as stale feed may be unhealthy or unpalatable. Is there any issue with feed that has sat...
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    Heating plates, extension cord safety?

    I'm realizing that I will probably need to use an extension cord to plug in my brooder heat plate(s), because the circuits are absolute crap in the mud room where I want to stage things. The breaker for that room flips if you plug in a fan and sometimes for no reason. Other option is living...
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    question re: Marek's vaccine & starting chicks from multiple sources/ages?

    Hi folks, First timer here (mostly--we had a few chickens when I was a kid but I was not very involved in their care and upkeep). I am sometimes prone to rambling, so the TL;DR is at the bottom in bold: I'm waiting on an order of local chicks that will be vaccinated, which I'll be picking up...
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