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Hmm. I wonder if this is why my abutting neighbor sets off fireworks during the day. He does have chickens. He's a few acres away and behind a hill so I can't see what is going on over there. Every now and then I'll hear very loud fireworks go off at odd times like 11 AM or 2 PM. I thought it...

Another thing to up your chicken's chances is to let them out a little later in the morning or early afternoon but you need a good sized run. I have a large covered run for my flock that they stay in until between 10 AM and noon, depending on time of year. I wait for the predators to have their...

What is starky? That's a perfectly fine question. Depends on the breed and the situation. I usually start mixing them with the main flock when they are almost the same size as the rest of the flock. 18 weeks. The exception is young chickens with a broody. I mix them in with the flock earlier...

I always keep chickens under cover in a temporary ranging area until they are too big for easy pickins' I just take tomato stakes, hardware clips, and deer fencing and make an area for them that is long enough to let them range but not so wide that it isn't easy to cover with bird netting...

I depend on netting and crows for my hawk protection. I put out BOSS, corn, and bird seed for them. I think the main thing that attract crows though is very tall trees. There are a few acres of tall pines abutting our property and luckily that is a major attraction for crows. They like to roost...