10 years now and I cannot fathom my life without them! They’re wonderful pets with big personalities!!! All it took was watching my neighbor’s flock for 6 months and to taste one of their fried eggs and I was hooked! A week later I had two chicks, then went back and got two more a couple weeks...
I fell over laughing at the insanity of your descriptions of chicken behavior! Your hawk chicken is so right on too! I have a new flock of now four month old Easter eggers mixed with Marans… they are hilariously funny when the play/fly all over the yard! I’ve never seen chickens play around like...
It really does work! I have cuckoo marans and they are very friendly and don’t mind being picked up. I make kissy sounds and they come running because they know they’ll get treats. When I turn on the hose, they come running for a fresh drink of water. My 10 year old RSL isn’t fond of...
Have you thought of cattle panels from Tractor Supply? They’re pretty stiff, inexpensive and could cover a lot of space. Then maybe fill in spots with chicken wire fencing.