Hardware cloth can be broken into as well. I have 1/2 x 1/2 inch hardware cloth on my coop and there are places where some young pullets have started a small hole in it just from jumping up on the wire and hanging on the side when they want out. I am going to place 2 inch by 4 inch welded wire...
I was mowing my field last summer and the chickens liked to follow me to see what I would scare out with the mower. I looked across the field and one of them was killing a small snake by stomping it and pecking at it. I looked to be about an 18 inch black snake or ribbon snake. Both are...
The lady has only lived in the neighborhood for about a year and right off the bat, her corgi mix tried to bite me several times in my field when I was burning brush. If I didn't have a long stick in my hand for poking around in the fire with, he probably would have succeeded. I don't mind...
I have coyotes, red fox, coons, possums, bobcats, cougars, red-tailed hawks and a variety of owls but the real problem has been my neighbors 3 dogs, a German Shepard, a Lab and a Corgi mix (the most aggressive of the 3).
I let me chickens out after noon each day and let them free range. One...