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Protect Your Chickens From Hawks Without Great Expense

  In Northern America, hawks abound. While beautiful and majestic, they can also pose a great danger to chickens. Hawks are strong, have great eyesight, and are fast. Even the smaller hawks of North America such as Cooper’s hawk and the Red-tailed hawk are incredibly strong and can be aggressive against chickens.  A chicken doesn’t […]

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How To Place And Use Suet Feeders To Attract Woodpeckers & Others

  Where To Place A Suet Feeder Suet offers high-calorie food for especially active, busy birds. It comes in many forms and can be bolded into balls, sheets, crumbles, or other shapes.  Various bird feeders require specific shapes of suet and suet feeders may require specific commercial suet to be used inside.  What Is Suet? 

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How To Place Finch Feeders To Attract Finches To Your Yard

Welcome back! In the last article, we covered where to place oriole bird feeders to attract orioles to your yard. Today, we will cover finch bird feeders. Finches can be found on nearly every continent. The only areas without natural species of finches are  Australia, Antarctica, and the South Pacific. European finches have been introduced

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Where to place Oriole Bird Feeders

Where And When To Place An Oriole Bird Feeder To Attract Birds To Your Yard

  If you missed the last article in this series on where to place hummingbird feeders, check it out. Orioles are usually the songbirds that you hear from your window. They are small, lovely birds that come in many species. There are nine species found in the United States.  Orioles are usually identified with their

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