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War is coming, buy chickens
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I have a relative that went all out with chickens. They had brooders and were raising them. They had a total of fifty of them. They sold some of the hen's eggs to get them feed for the winter time.
Problem they had were predators. There are fox and chicken hawks where we live. They killed off all the hens and within one year they had no more chickens...
So even if you have chickens for food and barter, they could be wiped out by predators...
Quoting: DuckNCover Not theses kind of chickens. [ link to www.dailydot.com (secure)] I have a six foot chicken wire fence with a hot wire from the fence charger on top. Concrete poured on the base of the wire. I wish I had video of the day our tomcat decided to bite the hot wire. He was frozen there pulsing with the current until Wifey pried his jaws off it with a broomstick. Cat used up at least 3 of his 9 lives, but he survived. BTW, we have hawks and owls that want to eat my birds as well. I have a giant net bought if that becomes a problem. However, my chickens know to hide under trees when they see such birds about. Only real predator problem is the Texas Rat Snake eating eggs. When I catch them I cut them up for the chickens to eat. It is important to provide cover for chickens to hide under when they see birds of prey. Mine free range, but I keep their coop close to the house. So the only tine I worry about predators is late winter/early spring when the predators get desperate enough to risk coming close to the house.
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