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  1. chatterbox

    i got chicks

    I've been wanting to build my own incubator for a long time and have read on here all kinds of ideas. So when my spare freg went out I thought here is my chance. I spent maybe 10 minutes putting it together not including trip to store to get water heater thermostat. Besides the water heater...
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    predators on all sides

    I lost two chicks in the coop to snakes. This happens every year. I killed three snakes in the coop this week. One was over five feet long. During the day I normally let the bigger chicks out and have never lost any until today. I had six chicks and I lost three this evening. While I was...
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    snakes in the coop

    Every year i get some chicks and after a month I put them in the coop. They do fine except for the snakes. The snakes must be to small to swallow them because I always find the chicks dead, wet from head to about half way and in a elongated position. I know snakes get in the coop because I...
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    coon proof

    I'm new to this forum and new to chickens but not coons. The place we just bought had a nice coop and run built on it and I couldn't figure out why they just gave up on it. The niebors informed me they had a coon problem and that was the reason. I suspected that because there was an attached...
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    smarter then I thought

    My nine chicks have it made right now. The place we bought had a large coop with 16 nesting box's and a 16x8 totally inclosed run. There is another run attached that is old and needs some repair but mostly just straighting the fence and putting a gate on it. I decided to let them out into the...
  6. chatterbox

    howdy

    Well I'm new to this board and new to chickens. Had some chickens when I was 6, long long time ago, and bought a place with a coop so we decided to clean it up and see what happens. I have four chicks about 4 or 5 weeks old and five about 3 weeks old. All is well so far. There are some...
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