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I don't think a tractor is safe enough with badgers/fox around, and I want them to have some space both inside and outside, which is not very practical with a tractor. So I think I need a permanent fortress :)

Jeeez - what a drama! I left work early (chick absence), and my son and I went looking. 1 was definitely dead (no head), but tatarata!!! all remaining 5 chicken came running around the corner all of a sudden. So just one lost, and the predator only took its head. This was a 12 week old hen, so...

Complete disaster! All 6 taken at 2pm today. Grandma heard strange grunting noises outside, all chickens gone. Found one with a wrung neck behind the outhouse, no trace of the others. We have looked everywhere. There were people in the house and checking on them regularly. I am just so...

That is not a bad idea at all! I can tunnel them out to the nicer areas and build the run there. Then I can build a coop there later if I win the lottery. I am letting the big ones free range today, and I have tied my dog to a tree to keep guard. Still hoping it is an animal that will only go...

I am feeling a bit down now, as I have lost 3 young chicks (6 weeks) over the last 10 days. Snatched in the middle of the day while people and dogs were in and out of the garden. They were alone 5-10 minutes max when it happened, the last time max 2 minutes. I found some feathers for the first...