They've been with us two nights now and we've had 7 eggs. We're making changes and adaptations to our run and coop and my other half is also going to be building an arc so they can move round the garden too. More pics
We haven't finished building this so plastic waterproofing isn't as tidy as...
This is in our backgarden not the dreaded allotment and we're still adding improvements. Chicken wire behind screening and l think it should be fine the dog is very good at guarding them :)
Thanks for your ideas.
We had chickens many years ago when we had allotments and ran a school gardening project but then decided to stop after the fox got the 15 chickens I had hatched myself (well not literally) - it was one of the most upsetting things I have ever experienced, along with the loss of our ducks (again...