Hi,
We live in North Carolina, so have pretty mild winters (relatively speaking). We've purchased a coop before, but given how quickly it rotted, don't want to go that route again. We're currently building a new coop for our 6 chicks - it's a dog run on a wood frame, protected with hardware...
After 3 years of no issues, we were hit with a predator recently (probably a raccoon) and have been left with a sole hen after having 5. It's been a hard week.
She's about 8 months old, has been a great layer so far, and is incredibly sweet with humans, other chickens, and dogs.
We're not...
