Started last April with a box of 30 chicks, and 3 of those ended up roosters.
Just as the hens began laying, we are now down to 19 with 1 roo. I believe we have been losing them slowly for around a month, and it seems to occur early morning. We have an automatic door, so we moved the time...
We are working on our coop - chicks come on April 3rd, but it will be awhile before they get out of a brood box. I recently found full-size doe who was killed in our yard by some type of animal, so I am genuinely concerned about predators. We have covered the underside of the flooring with...