After a hawk took my 7 week old Maya, we put garden netting on top and used about 300 zip ties. Who ever invented zip ties was a genius. The hawk circled around while we were putting up the netting ; he would have stolen my entire flock.
We just built our coop and run put rope, reflecting tape, and CDs on top of the run. Well, we just lost one of our 7 week old chicken, she just disappeared without a trace, we think the predator attacked from above. So now, we are putting yard netting on top tying up with zip ties. We are...
We started on our first chicken coop & run about three months ago. It has been an ongoing project considering the all the predators chicken sadly have. We just lost one of our 7 weeks old chicken without a trace. She just disappeared. We think the predator came from above, even though we roped...
Thank you for the helpful information. As a first time chicken owner, I am still learning but with so much information on the net, it gets a bit confusing. I appreciate the article. What about cottage cheese and plain yogurt.
Thank you letting me join this group. My husband and I live in rural Oregon with 4 large dogs, a cat, and first time with 13-3 weeks old rambunctious rascals. I have two Lavender Orpington (1 Roo),1 Brown Leghorn, 2 Rhode Island Blue,2 Olive Egger, 2 Cuckoo Marans, 2 Americana, and 2...