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When they start hatching a jump in humidity is normal and needed. I usually stick a couple soaked sponges in there to get humidity even higher. They need the high humidity to keep the lining in the shells from drying out and sticking to them

Quote: Water over their head. Small trap like that, its easy. Fill garbage can full enough to cover trap

Quote: Coonskin cap, of course!

If you make sure the chickens won't be roosting against the wire where the coon get get a few feathers through the wire, you should be fine. Only trouble I had one time was with a couple baby doves against the wire. Coon can get a couple fingers through but I doubt a whole hand. One that was out...

I found this inexpensive game cam that I think is the one I will get http://www.fadfusion.com/selection.php?product_item_number=20280800713

I think they live too close to Obama. We need to keep our right to bears arms! Our chickens need protection. I have a big trap 30" X 30" X 60" set for a coyote that I caught red-footed a couple days ago digging under my chicken pen. Then I have two pretty big coon traps set cause coon ate 2 of...

Quote: Must be an Illinois thing. I don't have a FOID card and have a .22, .357,. pellet pistol and .410 I never heard anyone around here ever mention FOID card

Quote: Absolutely! So I can buy good chicks from you. I'm dying to have some good buff barred cochin bantams

Quote: Thankyou

3 month blue mottled, 8 month black mottled

You will love the cochin bantams. I raise blue mottled and black mottled. I have neighbors house about 40 feet from my roosters and they don't mind the crowing. It isn't nearly as loud as a big chicken. There's about 15 roosters out there of various sizes and even the 3 month old ones are in...

Quote: kkaymci55 wrote: I think I will let taxidermist tan the hide so I can make a nice soft coonskin cap. I haven't tanned anything yet and probably would mess it up. I want the whole tail just like Daniel Boone's cap I have tanned several squirrel furs using the brain tanning method (I...

Quote: I think I will let taxidermist tan the hide so I can make a nice soft coonskin cap. I haven't tanned anything yet and probably would mess it up. I want the whole tail just like Daniel Boone's cap

Quote: That will make a nice throw rug for the coup floor LOL No, this is going to be the nice throw rug for the coop

Yes, can't afford to feed, house, healthcare for convicted felons. I want a coonskin cap anyway.

I am guilty of murdering two defenseless innocent chickens. Now I am behind bars

Quote: I'd love some buff barred cochin bantams like Steve Wheat has. If he gets back up to speed on them I'll probably think about getting some from him. I have blue mottled/black mottled now. Karen Thanks for the replies

I am most curious about the genetics required to get buff barred. Barred roo over buff hens? Buff roo over barred hens. I welcome any input.

I use Premier electric fencing for my birds. It does work well. The only thing it will not protect against is overhead predators such as hawks, eagles, owls

All summer I let my birds out if I was going to be home and around. A couple weeks ago I was thinking of letting the birds out and decided not to because it was raining. Not 5 minutes after I came back into the house what do I see right out the back door?