chicknmania wrote:
OK, (phew) took me all night, but here's the proof...
In the past two years:
179 deaths due to age or illness
247 deaths due to predators in a coop
154 deaths due to predators in a free range environment.
But aren't the `coop' stats primarly a measurement of (excepting the random suburban bear that wasn't factored in during coop and fencing planning) inadequate defensive preparation? A well planned out and executed construction (with an eye to the local vermin), drops the coop/run kill number to zero.
I would think a poorly constructed run and coop is simply less `range' for a predator to cover.
(kinda fond of our chooks, free range with a rifle handy cause they won't be happy and healthy dead)
OK, (phew) took me all night, but here's the proof...
In the past two years:
179 deaths due to age or illness
247 deaths due to predators in a coop
154 deaths due to predators in a free range environment.
But aren't the `coop' stats primarly a measurement of (excepting the random suburban bear that wasn't factored in during coop and fencing planning) inadequate defensive preparation? A well planned out and executed construction (with an eye to the local vermin), drops the coop/run kill number to zero.
I would think a poorly constructed run and coop is simply less `range' for a predator to cover.
(kinda fond of our chooks, free range with a rifle handy cause they won't be happy and healthy dead)
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