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Growing up we had chickens. Rhode Island reds. They were pretty hardy and made plenty of eggs and they were almost full time foragers. Unfortunately even though they are larger they aren't quite adapted to defend themselves from large birds and foxes. I can't have them now because I am away so much but I would be interested to learn if there are automated gate and feeding systems that would let one go away for weeks at a time and how they would work.

Yeah I have lots of land and would love for them to forage and eat all the bugs around my home.

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>>843505

Rhode island reds are savages. They tyrannize the rest of my coop, yet I keep 5 of them.

Automatic doors I haven't used, but I used automatic feeders, particularly one from vevor. I would suggest to check up on it, maybe because I'm paranoid about it

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>>843506
I think that's why we got them. They were strong and hardy and could survive unassisted in winter and maybe not be such easy prey. What we had was basically a huge chain link fence built around the side of the shed with a full size fence door and metal nesting boxes. The door we opened up and closed every day. So much mud and crap on the floor area.

What I would do is buy a coop on wheels and drag it around every few months to a new area. Then set up some temporary fence that attatches to the coop with welded wire and ground stakes and have a large chicken run I can set up and take down quick. This would probably be enough for foxes/coyote. So they would always at least have a large chicken run. Then get some automated solar open/close gate system. But what happens if the gate closes too early and leaves some chickens out? Guess they would just perch up high on my deck near the house till morning. But yeah, I really want to move it around the rear side of the house and maybe up to the side of it to help stop the high winds in winter and pull it up near a tree in summer and everywhere gets some nice fertilizer and keeps clean.

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>>843507
Funny, I keep two drakes for that exact reason: they're heavyweight champions, they fought a street dog at one point, and they almost killed a rooster.

Growing up, my father, who worked on an industrial chicken farm as an electrician in his high school years, turned the entire hillside into a chicken pasture. He had this trick to clip the tops and bottoms of the galvanized rectangle grid fence so that it would be spiked at the top and bottom to give coyotes a hard time.

>>843481

No, fuck chickens fuck ducks.
Everybody in your crew sucks, punk mother fucks.

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>>843514
You have never felt the joy of seeing your flock of chickens gather around you early in the morning when you wake to feed them.

>>843505
so you're a farm [uncertain gender] yet you're obsessed with wolves? how does that work? one would think they eat your animals and then you'd demonize them

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>>843543
I live on the East Coast so I don't see wolves out this way. My main home was once a farm but now I just lease the land to farmers (Also might lease to solar companies in the next few years) who bale hay. My other property, fathers hand-me-down hunting property and his old place in Hawaii never was part of wolves current range. We mostly have foxes which I have befriended and semi-domesticated from time to time and coyotes which I haven't. As for Liru, I just like the character and share the same loves and other similarities with her which is why I post her here. Wolves need to eat and as a meat eater myself I understand they are an important part of the ecosystem. Perhaps if I lived out west and my cattle/animals were getting eaten frequently I wouldn't quite like them as much. I am fine with wildlife management including the hunting of wolves as well. I wouldn't do it though.

My favorite hen growing up was named Big Red. 🐔

>>843481
I dislike chickens. I like ducks.
Chickens are supposed to be that way unless they're rock warblers which get way too big and die because of their weight.

>>843545
sounds logical

>>843547
How can you like ducks? Just yesterday my drake slashed my arm and gave me a nasty bruise on my shoulder while I was changing the water, so I had to use my woodburner to seal it up real good.

>>843545
May I ask what show she is from?

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>>843578
Renkin 3-kyū Magical? Pokān or Magipoka for short.

Canadian geese are also aggressive and will sometimes intimidate/attack if I go around my pond during spring/hatching time or when there are little chicks around.