Thank you sourland, I will keep that in mind as we make decisions on what works best for us. We had no idea when we got these chickens how much we would love having them, this has been a fun adventure.
Thanks for the insight everyone. There is a lot of info here that I hadn't considered before. I didn't know predators were so territorial, they are quite the gangsters. We have some work to do to keep our girls new playground safe, apparently we've gotten lucky so far.
Sidenote: although I...
Last spring we bought four chicks and have had the best time owning them. We have a very small coop with a run, to date have had no problems with predators. We live in a residential area but have woods across the street and at the end of the street about.02 mile down the road. The neighbors...