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    Onions and garlic for deterrent

    I’m experimenting with garlic at the moment to keep ticks away (there’s a lot) from my chicken enclosure. Garlic granules I’m using so letting me chooks have some too. Also I’ve heard that pine martens and foxes don’t like the strong smell either. Although I’m using other deterrents as well...
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    Protection against predators

    Thankyou 🙏 fingers crossed
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    Protection against predators

    They all have their own coops which I lock them in at dusk, surrounded by the electric netting.
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    Protection against predators

    No it’s not my property, someone has let me use their land so I could give the boys a home. They all have coops that I lock them in at night and all coops are surrounded by the electric poultry netting. I just didn’t know if there was something else I could do. Thankyou for your reply 🙂
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    Protection against predators

    Hi there, I have rescued cockerels and turkeys and have them in little groups in a field in my village near woods. I have them in two enclosed areas with electric poultry netting and lock them up at dusk. I also have the predator eyes, sonar pest machines around and use scoot and marten spray...
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    Will they fly?

    Thankyou for your reply. I just planned to have them in an area with electric fencing so was hoping they wouldn’t touch it or go over. 🙈 so there would be no ledges as such. good info on the wing clipping. Thanks for the luck I may need it 😂🙏😊
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    Will they fly?

    Thankyou for your reply. I know that when they get bigger they may struggle to but wasn’t too sure 🙂🤞
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    Will they fly?

    Hi there, first time turkey owner! I have 3 gorgeous turkeys , 2 hens and 1 Tom. Large breasted ones (these are pardoned turkeys and my babies 😊) I have them in their baby enclosure at the moment (now with roost bars inside not shown in picture) but would love to let them out to roam especially...
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    Electric fencing

    That’s super helpful thankyou. I have a box to put battery in but not the energiser so will do that too. Sounds like a good plan 👍🙂 thankyou
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    Electric fencing

    That is absolutely fantastic! Thankyou so so much with your help. Honestly you have no idea how great that is. I was thinking that regarding solar panel position so can change that no problem. Thankyou. I have my fence set up all ready it was just the attaching the solar to the battery via the...
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    Electric fencing

    Hi there, I am completely new to electric fencing. I have the electric poultry netting, was told I needed an energiser, 12v battery and solar panel charger for battery so have got these to what I could afford, I’m not entirely sure how to attach the solar panel to my battery - it does come with...
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    Ticks

    Thankyou cmom. Will check out the permethrin and poultry dust. 🙏 I’m glad you haven’t had any problems with ticks. Thanks again !!
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    Ticks

    Brilliant Lacy! They sound really interesting birds. That’s my bed time reading sorted 😃 thankyou so much for your help
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    Ticks

    Thankyou. I know nothing about them apart from they are loud? Lol but can’t be louder than the roosters surely 🙂
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    Ticks

    Yes deer ticks 🙈 happier knowing that chickens and turkeys eat ticks and that it’s a field of snacks 😂 I just envisioned going up to take them brekkie and the birds are covered head to toe in ticks which would be just awful. Thankyou royalchick
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    Ticks

    Thankyou for your reply Lacy duckwing 🙏 My intention wasn’t to control tick numbers, it was just to rescue some roosters and pardon a few turkeys 🙂 just the land I have is full of ticks 😢 opossums would be great 😜 but I think I’ll maybe look into guinea fowl. Just didn’t want the birds getting...
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    Ticks

    That’s super sad. I’m putting my cockerels (some I rescued ) in a field near to my house and strimmer the area to make the grass short and they have coop, fence, electric fence, solar deterrents- sound, smell and visual 😂 so they don’t get eaten but I didn’t seem to think that there would be so...
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    Ticks

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    Ticks

    So I’ve very kindly been given some land so that I can keep my roosters on as well as turkeys- separately obviously incase of blackhead. my question is the field is absolutely crawling with tick nymphs. We have recently cut the grass so it’s way shorter and got all fences etc up. I’ve spread de...
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    Converted playhouse chicken run and coop

    Ooh I’m hoping to have four girls. Hoping coop and run will be ok for them. Our eggs hatch in 9 days. A kind neighbour has given my children and I eggs to hatch. We are to keep four girls and they are having the others back to keep. Thankyou for your help. X
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