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    Bribing Neighbors

    Most noise laws are based on times of the day. Generally if you don't have neighboring roosters they won't crow incessantly. Make sure you shut them up in the evening so you can let them out at an acceptable time in the morning. If you have to have screened openings because of heat and such just...
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    15 years experience couldn't prepare me for this........(graphic)

    Might be possible that she did it to herself- got it caught on a wire or something sharp and in an escape attempt twisted it off. It's amazing the kind of conundrums these babies get themselves into.
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    Broody But Laying?????

    Broody chickens can stay broody for a long time. Months if they can't follow through with something. If you leave eggs under her she will stop laying after a couple days and just set once that happens you can find just hatched babies (1-2 of them) and exchange them for the eggs. She will raise...
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    If you have a dog.....

    Quote: My mini Aussie sheds so I don't believe that's true. She is great with the birds though. She would like to be able to herd them but she knows better so she mostly ignores them.
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    So tell me, what would you do differently with your coop???

    Don't worry about the insulation so much, especially with so many birds. Make sure you have good ventilation because it will get very moist in there if it is air tight. When you make the roosts use the flat side of a 2X4 or 2X6 so that the birds have to flatten their feet and fully cover them...
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    integration not going well

    I'm dealing with the same exact problem. Mean barred rocks and small new Americaunas. My flock was all hatched this spring so I didn't think they would gang up on new ones yet so I just put the new ones in right away. Not a good idea. After consulting BYC I doctored their wounds then I put them...
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    Wire run top...who has pictures?

    The ten inch spaced wire doesn't need to be strong or super solid. It just has to be there so that the birds of prey will see it. They will never go into your run again because they have to be able to swoop and you just can't swoop when there is wire. This worked for owls also. You can do a grid...
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    Mean old hens

    There are two new hens that I got from the same place so they know eachother. I wired off one of the nesting boxes( I have very spacious nesting boxes) and I will keep the new ones in there at night. I treated their wounds with Blu kote and put them in my garden for the day time. Hopefully this...
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    Mean old hens

    But will it work now after they have already hurt her?
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    Mean old hens

    I have a barely established flock of barred rocks (five) that are about six months old and just started laying and I started adding a few more. I think my rocks are racist or something because they barely blinked an eye at the new barred rock but they have completely ostracized my new...
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