I think one of our main "missing chick" problems have to do with tall grass near them. Its about a foot high, just enough to be a trap for the young ones. This is something we are learning too, they walk in it and they get stuck, and can't see the end. When we walk out there sometimes we see them trapped in a bundle of grass waiting to be let free, we are going to mow the grass this weekend, its the worse part about the location they are in.
Thank you for the suggestions about how to get them unbored. for some sand do you think we could just toss a kiddie pool in there filled with dirt and sand?
But yes, once we get around to making a run we will make it HUGE. but we are super busy, we are coming down with lice and cocci in our goat herd, so not much time for other things right now
(our bantams have defense, you should see them go, they survived "The great Fox attack of 2011" when 40 others died, they made it.
All my chickens are bantams too!
Yes, using a kiddie pool is a great idea. Per an idea from Fishnet she used peat moss and kiddie sand both of which you can get at Home Depot or Lowes. My guys loved that combo. I see them taking a daily bath in it
Speaking of that grass you could pull up clumps of it and toss it in the run. Your chicks will scratch at the dirt piles and eat the grass! (Unless, or course this is your lawn!)
