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Molpet said:
Owl scared my chickens at first. It kept hawks away until I forgot to move it. I was moving it every few days. I hadn't moved it for over a week when they came back to the yard. They ignore it now.
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Good evening Mo, haven't seen you for a few days. Hope you've had a great day
 
rjohns39 said:
understand. It would seem that those of us who live out in the sticks are last to get returned to service.
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Now days I am on the same feeder as the hospital so I only lost power for 14 hrs, used to be days. Storm was Monday and people a mile away were still with out power yesterday
 
One of my quail hens seems egg bound. I haven’t seen an egg from her in a few days and have noticed her bottom looks bigger. I just caught her laying on the ground looking like she was trying to lay. I caught her and took a look. Don’t know what I should be seeing, but it looked like a meaty looking eye with no eyeball. That’s the best way I can explain it. How do I help her?
 
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rjohns39 said:
understand. It would seem that those of us who live out in the sticks are last to get returned to service.
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Actually people in town are still without power too

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Chickassan said:
Isn't it something as ruthless as a hunting hawk is they want zero to do with an owl?




I'm still stumped about those mexican cokes at Sam's.
Iv'e asked a half dozen times about them, maybe more and either got a solid no or a 100 yard stare.
I stopped when I heard myself being called the coke lady, really not the greatest moniker to get tacked to oneself lol.:D
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But they’re so good! It’s worth looking for them. :)
 
rjohns39 said:
The best deterrent to hawks I've found is crows. Turkeys sometimes work, but not too often and geese I'm told will work. Your average red tail is about 3.5 pounds but can take the head off an 8 pound bird using its dive. That said that 3 1/2 pound bird never wants to meet up with a 10 pound or larger bird that can fight back. I once saw a red tail make a dive for my pasture... it had already picked the chicken it was going for. I had four young toms who took flight to intercept the red tail. The hawk turned tail and ran. My turkeys have also killed a barred owl, but waited for her to return to the scene to eat the dead cockerel to do it. I have a friend who puts a single female goose out with his chickens and she goes stark raving mad at the sight of an aerial predator. But I still think that's kind of mean as she's not a chicken and misses her own kind. My friend says if she has a girl friend, they'll get to chatting and ignore the hawk and chickens. IDK, but his logic kind of makes sense.
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Geese bond with their “flock” and they protect that flock. A single goose/gander bonds with chickens if they are raised with them. If you raise a pair with the chickens, they bond with each other and ignore the chickens. Kinda like if you get a pair of sibling dogs they will bond with each other and be harder to train than a single puppy.
Molpet said:
Owl scared my chickens at first. It kept hawks away until I forgot to move it. I was moving it every few days. I hadn't moved it for over a week when they came back to the yard. They ignore it now.
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My chicks don’t care a whit.
 

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