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    How to get rid of mites successfully

    First timer dealing with what I believe are mites. Been seeing them on the shavings in the chicken run and crawling up stuff so I’m guessing the chickens have them too. What did you guys find as the most successful and effective treatment for the flock? So far I have removed all the shavings...
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    Eagles nesting nearby

    Yea they are nesting near a small pond! Good to know thanks!
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    Eagles nesting nearby

    It’s not as close to us as it is to our neighbors. That’s good to hear! They are golden eagles
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    Eagles nesting nearby

    Has anyone had to deal with Eagles? We live in rural Michigan and have tons of red tail hawks in our area but our neighbor just informed us there are two golden eagles nesting in the woods by their house. It’s not common for eagles to nest in this part of the state so I’m hoping they aren’t here...
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    Chicken tunnel

    We already have netting up but it’s only over a small area. We want to build a chicken tunnel so they have more access to grass without getting killed since we have so much land they want to explore.
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    Chicken tunnel

    We aren’t planning on making a tunnel around our entire properly just a small one that we can move around every day so their getting the benefits of some free ranging without becoming Hawk lunch! We do have tons of woods and trees but because they’re so exposed during the fall/winter months a...
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    Chicken tunnel

    Howdy, just jumping on here to see if anyone has made a chicken tunnel and if you have pictures of your designs that I can get ideas from I’d appreciate it! I’ve allowed my hens to free range the past two years we have five acres so I always wanted them to have access to most of the grass...
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    Hawk attack

    Yea they haven't been allowed to free range since the attack which was back in November. We are going to make them a chicken tunnel so they can go out but not get picked off by hawks. Hawks are our biggest predator and problem here, don’t have many ground predators because of the farmer fields...
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    Hawk attack

    I’m so sorry to hear that😭Yea I’ve learned to never underestimate hawks, they don’t seem to be very afraid of humans if they are hunting. The one that attacked our rooster was showing its wings to my husband because we were trying to get it to fly out from under the netting. Here’s a photo I...
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    Hen is limping

    Just saw this sorry! So I didn’t want to jump the gun and take her to the vet right away so for the first 6 days I would check her foot everyday closely to see if there was any open wounds and just to be extra safe I kept it wrapped and soaked her feet in epsom salt/warm water every other day...
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    Hen is limping

    Just saw this sorry! So I didn’t want to jump the gun and take her to the vet right away so for the first 6 days I would check her foot everyday closely to see if there was any open wounds and just to be extra safe I kept it wrapped and soaked her feet in epsom salt/warm water every other day...
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    Hen is limping

    She most certainly did! After about four weeks she started to walk normal again and now she’s totally fine. It wasn’t bumble foot or anything serious after all thankfully!
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    Hawk attack

    Aw man I’m so sorry to hear that yea we had to kill our male duck last year he was starting to get aggressive with my hens. We Should have just gotten him more females to keep him company.
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    Hawk attack

    I got him from Blains farm and fleet their online hatchery. Yea he was very mellow not mean at all very kind to the hens. Let my daughter hold him, we raised him from only a few days old. Yea we might get another one next year but I’m wondering if maybe we should get a bigger breed. Our...
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    Hawk attacking flock

    Same thing happen to my rooster a few day ago. That’s a hawk attack for sure. The hawk got under my deer netting only because I left a part of it open and was still there trying to get out when my husband got home. I’ve been keeping them in their run or if they are let out they absolutely have...
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