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Posted: 6/30/2015 3:37:17 AM EDT
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I'd think so
(city boy here  )
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Posted: 6/30/2015 3:39:28 AM EDT
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I'd think so (city boy here )Why? |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 3:41:06 AM EDT
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Probably.
When I was a kid we used them to keep ticks,Scorpions, and damn near every other bug out of the yard. I think they will even eat stuff as small as fleas. |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 3:45:43 AM EDT
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Are they that meticulous to eat anything bug wise, around them?
Something else. I have 2 or 3 Hawks flying around my locality. Will the Hawks go after them? |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 3:47:01 AM EDT
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Free eggs AND pest elimination. Do it.
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Posted: 6/30/2015 3:48:25 AM EDT
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Chickens are hell on bugs.
They turn them into tasty eggs and meat. |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 3:48:49 AM EDT
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Free eggs AND pest elimination. Do it. I was thinking about the free eggs too. Will I need a Rooster? Sorry. Dumb on this subject. |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 3:49:48 AM EDT
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Yes, they will also eat all the vegetables.
I have 6-30 chickens at any point in time. ETA: You only need a rooster if you're planning on hatching the eggs. |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 3:49:57 AM EDT
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Chickens are hell on bugs. They turn them into tasty eggs and meat. Your comments show much wisdom. 
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Posted: 6/30/2015 3:50:07 AM EDT
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They will shit everywhere, also if you let them out lock them up nice and tight every night.
Or raccoons, possums, foxes, dogs, large cats, coyotes and other assorted critters will get them. |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 3:50:53 AM EDT
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I was thinking about the free eggs too. Will I need a Rooster? Sorry. Dumb on this subject. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Free eggs AND pest elimination. Do it. I was thinking about the free eggs too. Will I need a Rooster? Sorry. Dumb on this subject. You do not need a rooster for them to lay eggs. Only if you want to hatch the eggs. |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 3:51:16 AM EDT
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Are they that meticulous to eat anything bug wise, around them? Something else. I have 2 or 3 Hawks flying around my locality. Will the Hawks go after them? Yes they will. |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 3:52:09 AM EDT
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I was thinking about the free eggs too. Will I need a Rooster? Sorry. Dumb on this subject. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Free eggs AND pest elimination. Do it. I was thinking about the free eggs too. Will I need a Rooster? Sorry. Dumb on this subject. No, chickens will lay without a rooster around. |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 3:52:12 AM EDT
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Yes, they will also eat all the vegetables. I have 6-30 chickens at any point in time. Uh, maybe this isn`t a good idea. 
Can you elaborate? What do they do to beans, and `maters? |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 3:53:06 AM EDT
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Chicken shit has many useful and interesting applications.
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Posted: 6/30/2015 3:53:07 AM EDT
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Are they that meticulous to eat anything bug wise, around them? Something else. I have 2 or 3 Hawks flying around my locality. Will the Hawks go after them? 
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Posted: 6/30/2015 3:53:36 AM EDT
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Are they that meticulous to eat anything bug wise, around them? Something else. I have 2 or 3 Hawks flying around my locality. Will the Hawks go after them? Yes they will. Raptors will eat damn near anything that does not try to eat them. My friend used to raise goats. Mexican eagles would kill around a dozen kids a year. |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 3:53:57 AM EDT
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They will shit everywhere, also if you let them out lock them up nice and tight every night. Or raccoons, possums, foxes, dogs, large cats, coyotes and other assorted critters will get them. Have a chain lengthed fenced in yard so I am not sure what sneaky critter could make it in to get to them IF I decide to go this route. |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 3:54:51 AM EDT
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You do not need a rooster for them to lay eggs. Only if you want to hatch the eggs. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Free eggs AND pest elimination. Do it. I was thinking about the free eggs too. Will I need a Rooster? Sorry. Dumb on this subject. You do not need a rooster for them to lay eggs. Only if you want to hatch the eggs. Thank you! Had no idea. 
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Posted: 6/30/2015 3:55:49 AM EDT
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Are they that meticulous to eat anything bug wise, around them? Something else. I have 2 or 3 Hawks flying around my locality. Will the Hawks go after them? Yes they will. Uh-oh. |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 3:55:52 AM EDT
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Uh, maybe this isn`t a good idea.
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Yes, they will also eat all the vegetables. I have 6-30 chickens at any point in time. Uh, maybe this isn`t a good idea.
Can you elaborate? What do they do to beans, and `maters? They eat them. Peas, beans, tomatoes, limes, figs, oranges, grapes, and especially watermelon. I haven't seen them eat leafy vegetables like collards but that doesn't mean they won't. They also eat frogs, lizards, snakes, and a bunch of other things you wouldn't expect, like their dead comrades if you don't clear out the body fast enough. |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 3:56:12 AM EDT
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verticalgain is correct. Don't do it.
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Posted: 6/30/2015 3:56:32 AM EDT
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Raptora will eat damn near anything that does not try to eat them. My friend used to raise goats. Mexican eagles will kill around a dozen kids a year. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Are they that meticulous to eat anything bug wise, around them? Something else. I have 2 or 3 Hawks flying around my locality. Will the Hawks go after them? Yes they will. Raptora will eat damn near anything that does not try to eat them. My friend used to raise goats. Mexican eagles will kill around a dozen kids a year. I've seen videos where they've snatched mountain goats of the sides of mountains and dropped them so they can feast. Op if a hawk wants to eat your chickens he will, you won't even hear it happen and you probably won't know it happened until your count comes up one short. All the predators I've dealt with were grounded so I'm not sure how'd you fend off hawks. |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 3:56:35 AM EDT
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No, chickens will lay without a rooster around. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Free eggs AND pest elimination. Do it. I was thinking about the free eggs too. Will I need a Rooster? Sorry. Dumb on this subject. No, chickens will lay without a rooster around. How many eggs will a chicken pop out a day? Any idea? |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 3:57:36 AM EDT
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They eat them. Peas, beans, tomatoes, limes, figs, oranges, grapes, and especially watermelon. I haven't seen them eat leafy vegetables like collards but that doesn't mean they won't. They also eat frogs, lizards, snakes, and a bunch of other things you wouldn't expect, like their dead comrades if you don't clear out the body fast enough. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yes, they will also eat all the vegetables. I have 6-30 chickens at any point in time. Uh, maybe this isn`t a good idea.
Can you elaborate? What do they do to beans, and `maters? They eat them. Peas, beans, tomatoes, limes, figs, oranges, grapes, and especially watermelon. I haven't seen them eat leafy vegetables like collards but that doesn't mean they won't. They also eat frogs, lizards, snakes, and a bunch of other things you wouldn't expect, like their dead comrades if you don't clear out the body fast enough. They like mice too. |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 3:57:47 AM EDT
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How many eggs will a chicken pop out a day? Any idea? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Free eggs AND pest elimination. Do it. I was thinking about the free eggs too. Will I need a Rooster? Sorry. Dumb on this subject. No, chickens will lay without a rooster around. How many eggs will a chicken pop out a day? Any idea? A chicken lays around 350 eggs a year. Almost one a day. |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 3:57:54 AM EDT
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Have a chain lengthed fenced in yard so I am not sure what sneaky critter could make it in to get to them IF I decide to go this route. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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They will shit everywhere, also if you let them out lock them up nice and tight every night. Or raccoons, possums, foxes, dogs, large cats, coyotes and other assorted critters will get them. Have a chain lengthed fenced in yard so I am not sure what sneaky critter could make it in to get to them IF I decide to go this route. Everything I mentioned but dogs and coyotes will get through a chain link fence with ease. |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 3:58:30 AM EDT
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Chicken shit has many useful and interesting applications. As long as it fertilizes my garden better, I don`t care if those rascals eat bugs and poop all day. 
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Posted: 6/30/2015 3:59:03 AM EDT
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A chicken lays around 350 eggs a year. Almost one a day. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Free eggs AND pest elimination. Do it. I was thinking about the free eggs too. Will I need a Rooster? Sorry. Dumb on this subject. No, chickens will lay without a rooster around. How many eggs will a chicken pop out a day? Any idea? A chicken lays around 350 eggs a year. Almost one a day. |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 4:01:02 AM EDT
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A chicken lays around 350 eggs a year. Almost one a day. I was always told to harvest the eggs every time they lay because the might not lay another if she still has one under her. It's safest to do it that way anyway, snakes and the aforementioned critters will eat the eggs too. |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 4:01:21 AM EDT
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As long as it fertilizes my garden better, I don`t care if those rascals eat bugs and poop all day.
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Chicken shit has many useful and interesting applications. As long as it fertilizes my garden better, I don`t care if those rascals eat bugs and poop all day.
Think about all that nitrogen. |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 4:03:15 AM EDT
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I let mine roam all day, but at night they sleep in a fenced in chicken yard with an attached coop.
2×3" wire grid walls around 4 feet tall with chicken wire covering the first two feet off the ground. The top is covered with chicken wire and plastic netting supported over a grid of electric fence wire. Nothing can get them in there, everything I tried in the past resulted in birds lost to predators. Possums and raccoons will kill them for sport of you give them an opportunity. |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 4:04:23 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/30/2015 4:04:49 AM EDT
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I let mine roam all day, but at night they sleep in a fenced in chicken yard with an attached coop. 2×3 wire grid walls around 4 feet tall with chicken wire covering the first two feet off the ground. The top is covered with chicken wire and plastic netting supported over a grid of electric fence wire. Nothing can get them in there, everything I tried in the past resulted in birds lost to predators. Possums and raccoons will kill them for sport of you give them an opportunity. I have seen bobcats kill them for sport also. I figured a bobcat would eat them but this one just ripped the heads off. |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 4:05:25 AM EDT
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They found a hole in the fence.
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Posted: 6/30/2015 4:06:46 AM EDT
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They found a hole in the fence. Before: http://i1010.photobucket.com/albums/af227/mid_mo/mid_mo/snip2_zpsw1xd6bwg.jpg After: http://i1010.photobucket.com/albums/af227/mid_mo/mid_mo/snip1_zpsguu1ivwa.jpg Looks like chicken will be in the menu for a while. |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 4:09:10 AM EDT
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Raptora will eat damn near anything that does not try to eat them. My friend used to raise goats. Mexican eagles would kill around a dozen kids a year. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Are they that meticulous to eat anything bug wise, around them? Something else. I have 2 or 3 Hawks flying around my locality. Will the Hawks go after them? Yes they will. Raptora will eat damn near anything that does not try to eat them. My friend used to raise goats. Mexican eagles would kill around a dozen kids a year. Good gosh! I never realized that birds of prey could do that! 
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Posted: 6/30/2015 4:10:48 AM EDT
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People who laugh when TRex is described as a 40 foot chicken have never owned chickens.
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Posted: 6/30/2015 4:12:01 AM EDT
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People who laugh when TRex is described as a 40 foot chicken have never owned chickens. They're pretty vicious and ruthless in all honesty. |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 4:12:23 AM EDT
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They eat them. Peas, beans, tomatoes, limes, figs, oranges, grapes, and especially watermelon. I haven't seen them eat leafy vegetables like collards but that doesn't mean they won't. They also eat frogs, lizards, snakes, and a bunch of other things you wouldn't expect, like their dead comrades if you don't clear out the body fast enough. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yes, they will also eat all the vegetables. I have 6-30 chickens at any point in time. Uh, maybe this isn`t a good idea.
Can you elaborate? What do they do to beans, and `maters? They eat them. Peas, beans, tomatoes, limes, figs, oranges, grapes, and especially watermelon. I haven't seen them eat leafy vegetables like collards but that doesn't mean they won't. They also eat frogs, lizards, snakes, and a bunch of other things you wouldn't expect, like their dead comrades if you don't clear out the body fast enough. Have seen a few black snakes, hoppers and lizards around here. This may be the beginning of a bad idea. |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 4:13:05 AM EDT
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Good gosh! I never realized that birds of prey could do that!
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Are they that meticulous to eat anything bug wise, around them? Something else. I have 2 or 3 Hawks flying around my locality. Will the Hawks go after them? Yes they will. Raptora will eat damn near anything that does not try to eat them. My friend used to raise goats. Mexican eagles would kill around a dozen kids a year. Good gosh! I never realized that birds of prey could do that!
Err, *raptors. 
The birds were not big enough to carry the baby goats but they would try and usually ended up disembowling them. |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 4:16:11 AM EDT
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I've seen videos where they've snatched mountain goats of the sides of mountains and dropped them so they can feast. Op if a hawk wants to eat your chickens he will, you won't even hear it happen and you probably won't know it happened until your count comes up one short. All the predators I've dealt with were grounded so I'm not sure how'd you fend off hawks. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Are they that meticulous to eat anything bug wise, around them? Something else. I have 2 or 3 Hawks flying around my locality. Will the Hawks go after them? Yes they will. Raptora will eat damn near anything that does not try to eat them. My friend used to raise goats. Mexican eagles will kill around a dozen kids a year. I've seen videos where they've snatched mountain goats of the sides of mountains and dropped them so they can feast. Op if a hawk wants to eat your chickens he will, you won't even hear it happen and you probably won't know it happened until your count comes up one short. All the predators I've dealt with were grounded so I'm not sure how'd you fend off hawks. I`ve watched hawks carry off squirrels and rabbits. Nothing larger than that. Seen vultures fly in and sound like a dual twin rotor transport chopper, when they take off. Those things were huge! |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 4:17:36 AM EDT
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Yes, they will also eat all the vegetables. I have 6-30 chickens at any point in time. Uh, maybe this isn`t a good idea.
Can you elaborate? What do they do to beans, and `maters? They eat them. Peas, beans, tomatoes, limes, figs, oranges, grapes, and especially watermelon. I haven't seen them eat leafy vegetables like collards but that doesn't mean they won't. They also eat frogs, lizards, snakes, and a bunch of other things you wouldn't expect, like their dead comrades if you don't clear out the body fast enough. They like mice too. I`m good on the mice hunger!
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Posted: 6/30/2015 4:17:44 AM EDT
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Have seen a few black snakes, hoppers and lizards around here. This may be the beginning of a bad idea. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yes, they will also eat all the vegetables. I have 6-30 chickens at any point in time. Uh, maybe this isn`t a good idea.
Can you elaborate? What do they do to beans, and `maters? They eat them. Peas, beans, tomatoes, limes, figs, oranges, grapes, and especially watermelon. I haven't seen them eat leafy vegetables like collards but that doesn't mean they won't. They also eat frogs, lizards, snakes, and a bunch of other things you wouldn't expect, like their dead comrades if you don't clear out the body fast enough. Have seen a few black snakes, hoppers and lizards around here. This may be the beginning of a bad idea. You will need a coupe of some kind it must be well protected. A nice high fence made of chicken wire around it will help also. In all likelihood your first flock might die off. The hardest part is keeping their stupid asses from getting eaten. |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 4:18:30 AM EDT
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The ranch my Grampa managed had about 100 goats on the place. We'd find kids that had holes in their skulls, looked almost like a gun shot wound. Grampa said it was hawks. They'd knock a hole in their head then eat on them.
These were new born kids, maybe a day or two old. |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 4:20:18 AM EDT
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A chicken lays around 350 eggs a year. Almost one a day. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Free eggs AND pest elimination. Do it. I was thinking about the free eggs too. Will I need a Rooster? Sorry. Dumb on this subject. No, chickens will lay without a rooster around. How many eggs will a chicken pop out a day? Any idea? A chicken lays around 350 eggs a year. Almost one a day. I think that I wouldn`t eat more than that per day. By the time that I would add sausage, bacon, and OJ to that idea, I would go broke. My house would smell so good though if one walked in! 
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Posted: 6/30/2015 4:21:07 AM EDT
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Everything I mentioned but dogs and coyotes will get through a chain link fence with ease. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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They will shit everywhere, also if you let them out lock them up nice and tight every night. Or raccoons, possums, foxes, dogs, large cats, coyotes and other assorted critters will get them. Have a chain lengthed fenced in yard so I am not sure what sneaky critter could make it in to get to them IF I decide to go this route. Everything I mentioned but dogs and coyotes will get through a chain link fence with ease. Can a chicken fly over a 5 foot fence? |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 4:23:03 AM EDT
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Think about all that nitrogen. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Chicken shit has many useful and interesting applications. As long as it fertilizes my garden better, I don`t care if those rascals eat bugs and poop all day.
Think about all that nitrogen. Have heard that chicken poop is high in nitrogen. My corn would love it after it was seasoned a little. 
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Posted: 6/30/2015 4:24:54 AM EDT
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They will shit everywhere, also if you let them out lock them up nice and tight every night. Or raccoons, possums, foxes, dogs, large cats, coyotes and other assorted critters will get them. Have a chain lengthed fenced in yard so I am not sure what sneaky critter could make it in to get to them IF I decide to go this route. Everything I mentioned but dogs and coyotes will get through a chain link fence with ease. Can a chicken fly over a 5 foot fence? Yes. Easily. You need a roof to contain them. |
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Posted: 6/30/2015 4:26:10 AM EDT
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I let mine roam all day, but at night they sleep in a fenced in chicken yard with an attached coop. 2×3" wire grid walls around 4 feet tall with chicken wire covering the first two feet off the ground. The top is covered with chicken wire and plastic netting supported over a grid of electric fence wire. Nothing can get them in there, everything I tried in the past resulted in birds lost to predators. Possums and raccoons will kill them for sport of you give them an opportunity. What do you feed your chickens as food on a regular basis? Where do you get it and do you feel like it is cost effective as a comparison to going to the grocery store and buying something already slaughtered? Do you slaughter your own poultry? I want to learn how to do that. |
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