A couple of nights ago, I woke to hear one of my birds screaming (yes, they can scream!) at about 4 am, which could only mean one thing: a predator. I grabbed a baseball bat and a head lamp and ran out. I don't know how he got in, but a small possum was in the coop. With the 8 girls arranged on...
After losing several free-ranging chickens one-by-one over several months to fox, hawk and stray dog, I found a 10'x10' kennel on Craigs list and set it up under the trees. Covered the top with reinforcement wire and bird netting, and the sides with bird netting. Now they (6 hens in the kennel...