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Yesterday while supervising foraging of my hens a hawk swooped down and almost picked off one of my hens just 10' in front of me. The hawk didn't see me sitting in a chair because of the roof line if it wasn't for my yelling and the basketball pole I think I would have lost a hen.

The electric fence is something you can turn on and off and even use a timer I keep it on at night while the girls are in the hen house, the fence will not electrocute any human or animal it is low impedance...

I use a electric fence charger with 2 low wires around the coop and run, so far it keeps the raccoons away. I have trapped them at a friends coop with dog proof traps that work very well too http://www.fntpost.com/Products/Dog+Proof+Coon+Traps/Duke+DP+Coon+Trap

It's already snowing here in Ohio. I have 4 hens I did choose breeds that have tolerance to cold like Orpington. I have buttoned up the hen house to reduce drafts, I purchased a heavy vinyl pet house door cover like you see on a commercial cooler to keep the drafts out, I changed out their...

The ISA egg is darker and larger than the Opringtons and the Oprs are 8 months old and the ISA is 22 weeks old

Where I purchased her they told me the bought the chicks from the ISA Brown breeder in Michigan. They had 48 hens to choose from and they were in many shades of brown some were almost a buff.

My ISA Brown with my Orpingtons. She is replacing one of my Orpingtons we lost. She laid 2 eggs on her first day with us