#freerangehens

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    Weed killer

    Planning to spray the yard with Spectracide weed killer, but hesitant. My chickens currently don’t free range, and likely won’t free range for another month or two since they are still little and we are all still getting used to each other. If I spray now (while they are put away in their coop)...
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    New to the flock - Please dont peck!

    Hey everyone! New to the forum and new to the world of backyard chickens, but super excited to get started! Were in the process of getting everything ready for our first flock of eight chickens (because apparently, chicken math starts before they even arrive - we started with 4). Here's what...
  3. GracePoultry

    Vultures do eat chickens! How do I keep them away?

    Found out that if a vultures are hungry, they will attack and eat chickens. I've had 3 that have been eyeing my chickens. they swoop very low down but my dogs have been doing a pretty good job at keeping them away, However, my dogs aren't always outside and I'm worried that the vultures might...
  4. RubyTheChicken

    Backyard Predator

    I put my 10-week-old chicks out permanently yesterday, and I was letting them free range for the first time unsupervised today as they have been being taken out for about an hour a day for the last month, and I thought they would be safe, and I went out my lanai door, and some kind of grey/black...
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    Found 8 of my 32 chickens killed after I came home from my soccer tournament

    So I came back from a 3 day 4hour away soccer tournament of mine, and found 5 chicks (I just let all the chicks out) and 4 of my hens dead. All the hens bodies except one of the hens wings were gone. And all the chick bodies were there except two of them had their heads ripped off, and the other...
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    littlechickenmama17

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