I am a member here, as of today. We have between 6-9 laying hens, depending on predation. I built a nice-looking, rustic, coop out of scrap wood, which was fun and challenging. We installed a fenced-in run around the coop, and we let them out to free-range for about 30 minutes a day prior to...
Hello, I'm a new member and this is first-time post. We let our 6, fenced chickens free-range about 30 minutes before sunset. Our Rhode Island Red is at the top of the pecking order. She is normally one of the first ones to enter the coop. Not tonight. Just before dark, as she was about to...