I gave up on chickens due to predators also.
I actually had a coyote run out of the fence row, grab a chicken about three meters from me, and run off the opposite side of the lawn with the thing...
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I gave up on chickens due to predators also.
I actually had a coyote run out of the fence row, grab a chicken about three meters from me, and run off the opposite side of the lawn with the thing...
When I was a kid we would kill 50-100 chickens at a time. Grandad would have three or four running around the yard headless at the same time.
I remember Mom wringing one's neck once and it...
Don't worry John Lee, they are eating the cat crap to get the taste of the dog crap out of their mouths.
Free range chickens are living on worms, bugs, maggots and they will scavenge dead bodies...
I'm not going 1200 miles to get chickens.
Thanks OT your discription lets me visualize what you are saying pretty well. I just want a few eggs and my place is small. I want to build a portable...
New Question;
When spring comes I will be building a portable coop/w run. I expect to keep no more then 6 hens. How much ground space do I need in the run? How many nest boxes? How much room...