This was an exciting morning. I welcomed the sun with a look out the back window, expecting to see the chickens emerging. Instead there was a raccoon pacing the bottom level of the coop with the door still closed. Figured that's it, time to start a new flock. I went out and heard some chickens...
My wife and I got our first batch of chicks about a year ago. We’ve had between 3 and 6 at a time. We currently have barred rock, buff orpington, ameraucana, and cuckoo maran. We live near the city and let them free range our fenced yard during the day, locking them in a 2-story 4x6 coop at...
We have 4 grown hens and got 2 babies (Red and Coco) in June. We were in the process of integrating, letting them all free range together during the day and putting them in separate coops at night.
Last night we finally put them all in the same coop. I opened the door bright and early so they’d...