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    Game Over, 8 years, 100 chooks Foxes win

    Well thats it, no more. The last 6 of a hundred over the journey, more than half raised from eggs, are gone. The fox came, twice, nothing I could do. They slept on a rail in a locked coop, but the foxes scare them off the rail into the yard I suspect. The poor Rooster was the firs to go, I...
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    ATTACK!

    The broody Hen was in the coop sitting on eggs, it was the new mum that got attacked. her babies went and scattered into the bushes. They are must be 2 months old now maybe 3. I forget. I could never catch her or them, so they have been out all the time, its mid winter. Mad chook. but shes a...
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    ATTACK!

    I was sitting inside at 2pm watching a movie, when I heard one of my Chooks squealing like a stuck pig, so I raced outside with the dogs, expecting a cat or a fox. It was a dirty big brown Hawk, first attack for me. It does not look like it got anything, but they have all gone t ground, so I am...
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    Can a Hen be "crazy"

    The 5 chicks are going strong, growing well, they actually know who I am. I am amazed they are doing so well, in winter shes a good mum. I have anther Hen who is sitting on 5 eggs, three will hatch, 2 wont as they are a week older than the three. She collects the eggs laid each day, but I remove...
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    Can a Hen be "crazy"

    10 types of grain, fruit and veg and shell grit and lots of greens, scrambled eggs and the odd treat of meat and my special cooked loaf which is like dog food minus the meat. My old Isas used to lay 100gm eggs, I was told to stop feeding them so much or they would get egg bound. 140gm was my...
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    Can a Hen be "crazy"

    Well there has been some action, I looked for this chook everywhere, I knew it was somewhere, the dogs were sniffing around Yesterday I found it, under a lavender bush, the same bush I had almost stood on top of. She was so well camoflaged I just could not see her. She was obviously sitting on...
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    Can a Hen be "crazy"

    Nah, I know the noise they make when they have laid an egg, this thing, walks, stops, goes BAK BAK, two short cries that sound exactly like that, then it leaps in the air likes its being chased by a ghost, trust me, theres no other chook near it when it does this. It almost sounds like a sneeze...
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    Can a Hen be "crazy"

    I purchased a dozen lil babies 6 months ago, a mixed lot. Ive only had chooks for 5 years, had 5 fox attacks in this time at two different locations. It breaks my heart each time, but the yard looks lonely without them...... but you cant outsmart a fox. Mine have the best life, eat nothing but...
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