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Thanks. We do have a dog, a blind rough coliie so not much of a guard dog but she foes bark a lot. Sleeps inside at night though. Her sent does help keep foxes away, I'm sure. Someone on another forum just suggested putting fence panels around the hens. I think I'd want to put a skirting around...

Sounds like they have a pretty good life at your place already! My best plan was to wait until they get up for a feed then put a large dog crate around them. Put the nest inside and hope they walk back in the crate to get to the nest then lock them in there at night for safety... But I gave a...

Thanks for all the info! I don't think we'd have the facilities to play musical peacocks here ... Though we have a time-share system for the chooks and the free ranging area :) but good to know they still lay once cooped up... We'll see how we go... The other option I was considering is to put a...

Thanks! So they don't get too upset about being locked up at breeding season? I am building a large pen just for that but since I'd like the to free range for the rest of the year I was worried they might be unhappy about suddenly finding themselves in a pen. Do you then let the boys out after...

What does everyone do to keep their free ranging peahens safe from predators during breeding season? Last year my girl made it to 26 days, then we left for 2 nights and the first night we were gone aha was taken by a fox :( we now have a huge covered pen for the chickens so I am wondering if I...