I've had four laying hens since March: a plymouth rock, a silver laced wyandotte, a buff orpington and a black australorp. We usually let them out of their run every night before dusk so they can have some supervised free-range foraging. When I let them out tonight I noticed that my girls...
I have a portable ark for my girls that I move around the yard about once a week so that they could be treated to fresh grass and bugs. Occasionally I let them out of the run altogether so they can have free-range of the yard. Well about a week and a half ago I spotted three hawks (don't ask...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I've been a Chicken Mama since 3/13/09 now, so I'm still pretty new.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
I have four laying hens.
(3) What breeds do you have?
I have a buff Orpington, a partridge Plymouth Rock, an...