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    Logistics - is a fully enclosed run necessary?

    Thanks everyone for your perspectives and experience. Some locals here have warned that if you do not enclose the run in hardware cloth that predators will dig, so I don't know if an apron is going to be sufficient. We'll have to cover with pine shavings to protect their feet. And while I cannot...
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    Logistics - is a fully enclosed run necessary?

    yeah I am convinced. We're going to go 360 degrees with the mesh. Not worth depending on good luck!
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    Logistics - is a fully enclosed run necessary?

    I'm in Centerport near the Vanderbilt. I haven't seen many foxes in this area (I've been here almost 2 years). Lots of deer and racoons. But I know they are around bc they are noisy when they are in heat 😊😅
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    Progressive (Micro) Homesteader on Long Island

    New to chickens! I grew up in rural south Louisiana where there were a lot of backyard chickens, cattle, farms, etc, but we never had our own birds. I now live on Long Island and am so excited that our 8 birds are already only a few weeks away from getting into their coop. We've got a mix of...
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    Logistics - is a fully enclosed run necessary?

    I have a coop without a run so we are constructing one ourselves. In our area (Long Island NY) there are lots of predators--raptors, racoons, possums, fox, etc. My assumption is that hawks are the only thing I am worried about during daylight hours. If that is a good assumption, I feel like I...
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