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Well, I'm about 4 months late (!) but I thought I'd update in case anyone wanted to know how this mystery turned out! This is my run and coop--although now it is also surrounded by an electric fence, and the run door has been replaced so it no longer has a cinder block on top. :P I'm pretty...

Yes, it's an electric fence charger. The lowest voltage one available at the feed store. (I have 3 kids and a dog, and no experience as an electrician. I went as cautious as possible.) One short side of the fence runs right along a taller chain link fence--about 12-18 inches between the...

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That's so strange! Yes, they do absolutely know it's hot. (And they're way handier than I am, actually.) I do live in a super humid place that gets a lot of rain in the summer. Maybe they touch it when it's wet. If 7500 doesn't kill a cat, though, then I'm guessing I don't have anything to...

Thanks! It is, and I'm thankful for that! I just don't want to accidentally kill a neighbor's cat or hurt my house sitter.

We have an electric fence around the run and coop. When I test it, it's usually between 1000-2000 volts. About a year ago, we found a dead squirrel gripping the wire. I was surprised it killed him, but I figured maybe he wasn't smart enough to move after the first pulse? Now, my house-sitter...

Crazy question. A few weeks back my neighbor told me he found a pile of egg shells in his back yard that looked like our eggs. I thought maybe my kids had left some outside after gather them and a raccoon or something carried them off—totally possible. But my kids have been more careful since...

Thank you, this is all so helpful! Will the other hens accept new chicks if she is guarding them? Adding 2 or 3 could be fun if they’d be safe. I need to read up on how to break a broody hen. Poor girl, she’s barely more than a baby herself!

She definitely puffed herself up when I opened the door to look at her. I think you are right, she seems protective! Thank you

The noise are almost like an angry purr! So maybe you are right! I don’t care if she stops laying, we just want her to be ok. My kids adore her.

Hi friends, one of our Silkie Bantams is acting unusually. She was in the nesting box yesterday afternoon the whole time we let the girls out to free range, and is there again today. She seemed sick—shaking and making strange noises—so I gave her a bath and tried to see if she had any blockage...

We have 8 pullets and 1 cockerel (soon to be rehomed to a family friend.) They are all about 3 months old. 6 of the 9 are silkie bantams, and there are 2 golden sex links and 1 maran (I think.) One of the sex links has a bare patch on her chest. I can take a photo when I am home later, but it...

I posted a few weeks ago about my worries about traveling. We have lost some hens while traveling, and I was looking for help fully securing my coop. I reinforced every weak spot in the attached run (the coop has an internal door to the run), built a new and more secure door to the run, buried...

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hi! Chicks are about 8 weeks old and I just realized I bought them medicated feed. I had been giving them unmedicated. (I asked for unmedicated at the store and didn’t double check the bag. My mistake.) I am leaving town for almost 2 weeks in the morning and I really don’t want to have to go...

We have a seriously adorable little cockerel and I'm afraid we have to rehome him. My kids are devastated* but our neighbors are just not ok with a rooster. We live in a suburb, and if you live in tampa you know how confusing the zoning laws are. Basically, if a neighbor complains we have to get...

Thanks! This is all super helpful.

Ok, so now I’m reading that they should have been on 20% at least until recently. How frustrating, I should not have relied on the feed store for this information. I might go ahead and get them a 20%feed for the next few weeks to be safe. Thank you

(I meant “is that enough”:rolleyes::p)

18%. It is Purina Premium start and grow non-medicated. Is the enough?