chickens and horses
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Foraging seed safe for poultry AND horses?
Looking to seed my free range area this month! Having difficulty picking out a good all-around foraging seed for my poultry that wouldn’t be harmful to my horses if they snacked on it while walking by. Context: this area is dedicated for my poultry and their foraging needs. My horses only walk... -
Can/will horses be Livestock Guardians?
Just curious if they would guard animals like dwarf and mini goats along with poultry if raised together (with at least one horse companion). Thx,- NinjaGamer2022
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- Forum: Other Pets & Livestock
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Free Range Part Time?
Newbie here! We have 8 chickens (just about 9 weeks old). Their coop is built into an unused stall in the barn (next to the horse stall), and their covered run extends from the coop out into the horse pasture 24 ft by 10 ft. I lock them in the coop at night. The girls have been living in this...- 8Sisters
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- Forum: Managing Your Flock
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Fort Clucks - A secure Run and Coop for six Chickens.
We live out in the country, in a country style subdivision, in Central Texas near Ft Hood. We have houses around us, but they are all on an acre and a quarter or more sized lots. Lots of small livestock out here, like chickens, goats, and horses. My wife had a pet chicken when she was growing...- sabrfencer
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- Category: Small Coops
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Chickens want to hang with the horse?
I have five hens and unfortunately, since so many people in my neighborhood let there dogs run loose without a leash, I can't let my chickens free range a lot for their safety, they have a big enough run with 15 sq ft per chicken, I try to let them have supervised free ranging as much as...- MyISAbrownhens
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- Forum: Managing Your Flock