GudaRen
In the Brooder
- Apr 29, 2023
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Hello everyone!
I am from Connecticut. My dad has backyard chicken for a long time. We probably has gone through more than 200 chicken by now. I don't think he is going a good job, so recently I took over his backyard chicken business. We always have predator issues, such as raccoon, fox, hawk, etc. In order to keep them safe, my father would lock them in their coop, and would not let them go out at all. Since I started to take care them, I let them out roaming the entire backyard freely. They seems happier and lay more and better egg. I would let them out in the afternoon and lock them back to their coop before sunset.
In the past 2 months I have been taking care them, I have totoal of 2 hens gone missing. It happened while I am away at work. My sister would close the door for me. But the next day, when I count them, there would be 1 chicken missing. I don't see any sign like a dead body, or a lot of feather. I am not sure what has taken them, or did they some how escape? What should I do to keep them safe? I have an uneven, rocky backyard, I dont' have a run for them. I currently have 1 rooster and 13 hens left.
Thank you!
I am from Connecticut. My dad has backyard chicken for a long time. We probably has gone through more than 200 chicken by now. I don't think he is going a good job, so recently I took over his backyard chicken business. We always have predator issues, such as raccoon, fox, hawk, etc. In order to keep them safe, my father would lock them in their coop, and would not let them go out at all. Since I started to take care them, I let them out roaming the entire backyard freely. They seems happier and lay more and better egg. I would let them out in the afternoon and lock them back to their coop before sunset.
In the past 2 months I have been taking care them, I have totoal of 2 hens gone missing. It happened while I am away at work. My sister would close the door for me. But the next day, when I count them, there would be 1 chicken missing. I don't see any sign like a dead body, or a lot of feather. I am not sure what has taken them, or did they some how escape? What should I do to keep them safe? I have an uneven, rocky backyard, I dont' have a run for them. I currently have 1 rooster and 13 hens left.
Thank you!
Unless/until you can build them a pen, the only way to keep them safe is to keep them in the coop when you can not monitor their free ranging.
