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I too am in the middle of the woods. A couple thousand acres worth with no neighbors. We are covered up in predators. Only coyotes are brave enough to make runs close to the homestead and only then when they can come in down wind of my dogs. I agree dogs are the best predator deterrent. But...

My free-rangers stay out when I’m gone. I stress more for my coop birds in my absence because of them being bottled in with no escape should a predator get in, a fire happen, or something go wrong with food and water.

No, I have layer breeds too. The remnant of the layers that survived the free range gauntlet prefer to roost low and under cover at night. Its the gamefowl and gamefowl crosses that like the trees. The pure Liege prefer to roost high but under a roof. My Liege x aseel crosses prefer to roost in...

I can’t speak to severe winters. Hurricanes and predators, are common here but only minor issues for my chickens. But key to that working is that my fowl are of genetic stock that can handle most threats that a wild turkey in the local woods can. When I talk about them roosting in trees, I mean...

I extreme free range. I prefer my chickens to roost in trees. I think its safer in the long term. I generally only use coops for breeding projects. However, I’d still recommend having a coop and run for the same reason I’d recommend someone who has cattle to have a cattle chute. Having a way to...