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Hi all,

I'm a new member even though I've been using this site for 2 years for info and questions about my chickens. I live in Reno NV. Raising chickens in the high desert presents it's own challenges. Coyotes, Great Horned owls, Long Eared Owls, Bobcats, not to mention 40 degree temperature swings in a 24 hour period. I have found chickens to be a never ending source of laughs and stress relief. Who can watch a chicken JUMP and not laugh or at least smile? I love my my ladies! I don't have any roosters. I live on 85 acres and the girls have free run when I'm home and can watch over them.
I have 15 girls and am getting 20 more tomorrow. With egg prices what they are I can't keep up with the demand for eggs. I have Americana's, Morans, Barred Rocks, and some I don't know the names of yet. I look forward to belonging to a group of like minded people!
I have attached pictures of some of the critters caught on my game camera checking out my girls. The owl I had to pull out of my coop with my bare hands while it was attacking my sleeping girls! I released it 20 miles from my house and it came back 2 days later.
 

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janiedoe said:
Welcome to BYC. How did the owl get into your coop?
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I had family over for dinner so I didn't close the coop door till well after dark. Went down to the coop and saw a wing that didn't belong and gave it a pull. Out comes an owl!
I built my run around a giant tree on my property with the coop built into the side of the run. Since then I have built a new coop that is more secure and have not had any more problems. I thought I was going to lose a finger or two when I pulled the owl out. The Long Eared Owls are the only ones who will do that. I have 3 species of owls who make my property home throughout the year at different times.
 
Cynthia12 said:
WELCOME! Oh my goodness. Probably no free run when your aren't home.
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Definitely no free range when I'm not home. I lost 2 to hawks and 1 to a coyote. The same coyote came in and grabbed a turkey right in front of my wife in broad daylight! That coyote has been dealt with. I don't like killing a coyote for being a coyote but that was too bold.
 
Pyramidt said:
Hi all,

I'm a new member even though I've been using this site for 2 years for info and questions about my chickens. I live in Reno NV. Raising chickens in the high desert presents it's own challenges. Coyotes, Great Horned owls, Long Eared Owls, Bobcats, not to mention 40 degree temperature swings in a 24 hour period. I have found chickens to be a never ending source of laughs and stress relief. Who can watch a chicken JUMP and not laugh or at least smile? I love my my ladies! I don't have any roosters. I live on 85 acres and the girls have free run when I'm home and can watch over them.
I have 15 girls and am getting 20 more tomorrow. With egg prices what they are I can't keep up with the demand for eggs. I have Americana's, Morans, Barred Rocks, and some I don't know the names of yet. I look forward to belonging to a group of like minded people!
I have attached pictures of some of the critters caught on my game camera checking out my girls. The owl I had to pull out of my coop with my bare hands while it was attacking my sleeping girls! I released it 20 miles from my house and it came back 2 days later.
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Welcome !!! So sorry 😢
 

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