Thank you so much. I belive strongly in free ranging and I don’t think that 2 chickens in 6 years is an unacceptable loss rate. I also truly believe that my hens would sign themselves back up for the free ranging option everyday knowing the risk. Today still sucks though. Thank you for your help...
My little Copper crossed the rainbow bridge today. She’s only my second predator loss since I started keeping chickens in 2018. It breaks my heart. I will keep everyone in the run for a while until the hawk has moved on.
I free range all day (locked at night) with 17 chickens. This is such a...