No, I use hardware cloth and have since gotten a new coop and new run that's 10x20 enclosed in hardware cloth and regular chicken wire wrapped around that. The coop is inside the run and its windows are hardware cloth.
It's new so I'm working on the apron and reinforcing the roof for the...
Oh thank you, but I've done a lot of research, upgraded the coop, upgraded the run and I feel pretty confident now, even though nothing is ever 100% ,and they no longer free range. That may change in the spring with the rooster, but we'll see. Thank you again!
Hello! I started chickening (😊) last spring with 6 sex link hens, 3 reds and 3 blacks. Unfortunately, within the first 6 months one disappeared while free ranging.
I did well with the remaining 5 through the winter and spring this year and then all hell broke loose.
I ended up with northern...