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643 points throwaway5752 | 2 comments | 05 Feb 25 16:31 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jnmandal ◴[05 Feb 25 16:56 UTC] No.42951404[source]▶
Meanwhile, my chickens cost exactly the same as they did 12 months ago. :)
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codingdave ◴[05 Feb 25 17:04 UTC] No.42951600[source]▶
Which is great, so long as your flock does not get the flu and die.

We have had chickens in the past, and while I fully support anyone wanting to do their own chickens, the level of effort to keep them clean and healthy, safe from predators, and the labor to take care of them is non-trivial. They were the most expensive and labor-intensive "free eggs" we ever had.

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oaththrowaway ◴[05 Feb 25 17:09 UTC] No.42951689[source]▶
I have lost 2 flocks of chickens to a combination of raccoons, foxes, and skunks. Interestingly enough none of those could kill my turkeys - they are big enough to fight them off I guess. They don't lay as many eggs though.

It is a lot of work, but after my last group was killed off 2 months I have not impressed by store eggs, so I'm planning on re-enforcing my coop so I can get another group of them soon.

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1. reginald78 ◴[05 Feb 25 18:48 UTC] No.42953251[source]▶
Do skunks hunt chickens? We lost ours when we were a kid to raccoons and weasels. The later being better suited to getting into the coop.

Our neighbor's chickens were devoured by black bears twice. They had one wily chicken that managed to escape both events however.

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2. oaththrowaway ◴[05 Feb 25 19:28 UTC] No.42953794[source]▶
I've never seen one actually kill a chicken but I killed one a little bit ago that was in there eating a carcass. And that's what I've seen come sniffing around the traps I leave. I've trapped 2 skunks in the last year - only 1 raccoon, and he was able to make an escape. Smartest animals I've had to battle in the wild.