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    Red tail hawks are toying with me and terrorizing my flock!

    I’ve lost some chickens to hawks. The chickens are free range and there are lots of wild chickens around too. It’s amazing how they sense when hawks are around. Sometimes I’ll see them hiding and I’ll see hawks way, way up circling, hunting. I did shoot one once with a paint ball gun when it...
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    Heatlamp instead of incubator?

    I once hatched some eggs on a heating pad. It was an experiment. I didn’t know what temperature it was but I think it was a middle setting.
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    Another year full of cockerels....

    I get pullets only online or from a local hatchery . I keep a small group. (6 at present) for eggs. Works good. My neighbors would not like a rooster.
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    Costs Of Raising Backyard Chickens - How Much Is It To Raise Chickens?

    Aloha from Hawaii. We currently have four hens, one is 5 years old and still gives us eggs three times a week and the others are eight months and have been laying large brown eggs since the end of January. I already had a waterer, it attaches to a hose and I think it was $15, and my husband...
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    Dealing with bird mites; my home, my hens, my itchyness!

    Hi! I live in Hawaii and have lots of free range chickens. We go through the mite problem occasionally and have discovered Dio Tenacious earth to be a good remedy (Google it. It's amazing stuff). It's a white powder that's completely harmless to you and your animals.....you can eat it, etc...
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