Recent content by stopshinal

We moved here with our flock of two. I'll add pictures of the beautiful ladies. We recently found out that chickens are actually not allowed within city limits. The animal control folks were incredibly impressed by our huge fenced in backyard and delightful pallet coop. As they snapped photos to...

Just had the worst last few weeks. Lost three chickens and I can't tell what type of predation- any ideas? All three were killed just outside of the coops fence. All were disemboweled. All had feathers everywhere. Hawk? We thought stray dogs. But now the remaining two wont leave the coop or...

Just had the worst last few weeks. Lost three chickens and I can't tell what type of predation- any ideas? All three were killed just outside of the coops fence. All were disemboweled. All had feathers everywhere. Hawk? We thought stray dogs. But now the remaining two wont leave the coop or...

Just put in chicken wire all around those slits. Should I still be concerned about predators? Alternatively - what size mesh would be best?

Well, that just about sums it up. It was my partner's idea - the chickens. And in the same breath she shared an engineering problem I couldn't resist - the coop & run. Aluminum roof was just attached last night - whoop. You'll be glad to note certain design considerations were made based...