Mars
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I like your feeder
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Beautiful set up, but as said above chicken wire is your weakest point, if you invest some money in a predator proof "and rat proof" weld mesh wire you save yourself a lot troubles later, at least you don't need to lock them up and let them out every day.
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unmedicated feed and water
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Put the eggs in a basket or something similar and put it where she likes to sit, when it is completely dark, move her in the basket to the new place
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Welcome Wyosara
Post your question in the forum below and you are more likely to get an answer
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/
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I dread holidays because of this reason, foxes, crows and every pest and predator are more likely to visit your garden when you are away, they know no one is in the house.
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Tried that last year, didn't make any difference, but my hens have access to green grass 24/7
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Yep looks like the grey ones are barred rocks. The ginger ones look like columbaian blac tails ( fantastic layers ). Jury out on the others
Think the others are what Omlet would call Gingernut ranger, also have lots of other names ( Warrens, ISA Browns)X 2
Except ( fantastic layers ) they do lay well but they lay in strange places and they get broody.
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Sorry for your loss Dogmother
Be careful now, the fox has tasted the yummy and will hang around for a while.
About three years ago someone dumped a rooster near my house, he couldn't fly the fence and my roosters wouldn't let him anyway, he was roosting on a tree, one day I went out to give him some mixed corn, I found feathers everywhere, then I lost 5 hens, a rooster and 7 chicks to the fox.
I wish If I have culled that rooster, but I thought he will be fine.
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The tail of the storm is just passing Galway, I can hear it through the window now, it was a windy day with some rain but nothing big, I drove across Galway this evening few trees down a crane down, autumn leaves everywhere, sea weeds filling a road near the sea, but that is it, nothing as big as you see in Sky News.
Edited to say: the worst thing is many houses are without power tonight and working mothers have difficulties as schools and creches are closed
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I use magic bullet, the old variety, not in the market anymore
Any other options apart from the freezer.
Sorry
The machine I use is called bullet express. it is not available in the market now
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About two weeks ago I collected about 7 kilos of pears, put them in a bowl, they were stone hard, after a week they were very delicious, I am not sure of the variety, the only thing I know it is not conference " I cut the conference because of poor disease resistance"
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I bought A professional fox trap, Funny enough, I haven't seen any foxes since then, baited it and the only thing I keep catching is my neighbor's dog, then baited with apples I caught rabbits, I bought a wildlife hunting camera no foxes shown up.
Funny enough last year early in the morning I saw my hens "led by the rooster" following something across the fence, magpies flying over, I thought a hen flew out of the fence and they are looking at her, then I saw a big red fox looking at them drooling across the fence
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You do much more than I normally do
But you give them one week course and then repeat after 3 weeks
https://poultrykeeper.com/general-chickens/worming-chickens/
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Easier said than done!.
True
I forgot that, actually that is what forced me to buy a broody cage, two Colombian blacktail, frequent broodies, 4 white hens supposed to be white leghorns, bought very young, they weren't leghorns and 4 Rhode Island Reds at least one of those will be broody at anytime
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I realised he might get a bit lonely over the next few weeks, so last night I collected two similarly aged 'legcana' females to keep him company
Good plan WitchHazel
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Contact the lady in case she has another one
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Sausages made from missing people?".
Only Kebab in some stage and that has never been really confirmed, Sausages no
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enough space for people to grow their own.
You can't feed 7.4 billion by this way of farming, actually the only way you can do that is by inorganic farming
that is GMC and chemicals a lot of chemicals
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Best wishes and hugs Chickencam
Nowadays most people with breast cancer do well, especially if they are young and the lesion diagnosed early
You will be fine, hens are good in those situations as a relaxation tool.
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I have a broody cage with a cup drinker connected to a water butt and feeder inside, I found this is the best solution to broody hens, I was very reluctant to put up a broody cage but at the end I bought one.
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If you don't want broody hens, you should get breeds that don't go broody, it is stressful to both you and the hen
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I have a few white leghorns, mixed corn tends to tame most hens, but I don't catch or pet them, they don't fly and they are very good layers, they are very "peaceful" birds.
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A few weeks ago I have a hen who lays in a high plant pot in the garden, I blocked that nest, the next day I went to the garden, I didn't shut the utility door, she managed to squeeze in and laid an egg on the clothes in the basket over the washing machine
Is it possible to rat proof?
in Chickens, Eggs and Hatching
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Get a trigger happy chicken feeder and raise it gradually until it is as high as possible or get Grandpa's Feeder or treadle feeder