New to chickens! I grew up in rural south Louisiana where there were a lot of backyard chickens, cattle, farms, etc, but we never had our own birds. I now live on Long Island and am so excited that our 8 birds are already only a few weeks away from getting into their coop. We've got a mix of...
I have a coop without a run so we are constructing one ourselves. In our area (Long Island NY) there are lots of predators--raptors, racoons, possums, fox, etc.
My assumption is that hawks are the only thing I am worried about during daylight hours. If that is a good assumption, I feel like I...