I could have written the exact same scenario! My 1 Welsummer bought as a sexed pullet, now at 3 weeks is looking like a Cockerol too... :( S/he is huge, compared to the rest of the chicks of the same age (different breeds) So we started to call her Emu... thinking she's a big girl, and...
I followed the link you posted but didn't see any mention of a hawk deterrent product... what is it? I had same problem - Red Tail. Glad my Border Collie happened to be in the yard!
Looking for suggestions too!
I had a similar idea, but thought the guage was too big... so was going to wrap the bottom couple of feet with a tighter guage- what do you all use to do this?
also, what run size do you think is good for 6 large hens?... they will also get open yard time- but if we go away for a couple of...