I am new'er' to the chicken game, I started with ten game pullets and lost them all in the first year to a raccoon infestation. Needless to say, so did all the neighbors that year. Fast forward a couple of years, after learning about securing the coop and how to take care of predator problems I now have a blue laced red wyandotte splash rooster, one Ameracana, two Olive Eggers, a Buff Orpington, one easter egger, and a Cinnamon Queen! (Shh.. don't tell the hens I like the rooster better!!)