Hi, I am a 6 year returning member, after being chicken-free for two years. The current food insecurity issues have prompted me to re-start my flock. I am in Tampa, on a heavily treed lot, where the weather and shade makes raising chickens pretty easy. We do have raccoon and possum predators...
Hi all, I am new to BYC. I am almost 60 yrs old, bought my home a year ago, and just started in with organic gardening and chickens for organic eggs.
I started with 8 chickens (3 barred rock?, 3 buff Orpington, 3 americauna), but lost 4 at about 2 months old to a predator. The coop was...