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As far as predators we have coyotes, hawks and bobcats that I know are here. My flock has been in a large yard and haven't had an issue with the Hawks at this point. Our neighbor has two livestock guard dogs but the one is always laying here at our house so we can hear the coyotes and have found...

We have 69 acres in Texas so most of the year is nice weather. I am hoping to truly free range my birds only putting them in a coop at night to protect them from predators. Does anyone fully free range, no fencing at all? Will they lay in the coop when they are put up for the night or am I going...

I've only had birds for about two years. I have 11 guineas, 14 chickens, and two ducks. We keep the chickens and guineas together but the ducks have their own space.

I have a massive barn loft that I have been trying to figure out if it's possible to make into a chicken coop. I know chickens love to be high up and they would be safer from predators. It's massive and I'm not sure what else to do with it. I found a thread on here where one person had done it a...