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Predator found! Great Horned Owl. There's a big nest way high up in the tree, almost obscured by the new leaves. I saw it this morning as I was walking on higher ground, downhill to the house from the pole barn. Parked inside it 'cuz I have a load in the truck bed to keep under cover from the...

Money is an issue for me right now. I'm in a nasty divorce battle and the first 14 months of the fight and first trial has me in some real debt. It's far from over. I'm going to take my hens back to their old home for now, save up, draw up and build a secure coop (thankfully there's an Amish...

I did not see any, but I was a bit upset and shocked at the time, so I'll look again in the morning. It's getting to be higher grass and weeds all around the tree base, but I'll look more closely. Of course my footprints may have obliterated them because I had to get close to even see her up...

Good point!

The main thing is this hen was killed in mid-day. Maybe in the woodsy regions we have all those critters in Iowa, but not out here where it's nothing but corn and beans, and the creeks are mostly just glorified ditches in the fields. The closest creek is half a mile away. I could see that down...

No, we don't have any of those cats out on the prairie, at least not nowadays. I wasn't aware a 'coon could carry a hen up a tree. I'm pretty situationally-aware about my environment - except right now I'm feeling stupid and guilty of not protecting my livestock, who depend on me. I was...

What size mesh? Could chicken wire do for covering the top of it? I've got a 50 ft roll of it on hand. It's the heavier weight stuff. I'm familiar with the tissue paper thin kind, useless stuff.

Hi Folks, I'm new to the forum, but not new to chickens. However, this is my first full year living on the prairie as a single person in northern Iowa. I lived in NE Iowa before this, and in the mountains of NorCal, since 1985. always rural since 1982, mostly with chickens. Here at my new home...