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May have figured it out. Four hawks just flew in to the neighborhood.

I have 5 Silver Laced Wyandottes who are often vocal but today are really loud. One hen in particular seems to get started but then the rest of the flock joins in. Really annoying my otherwise tolerant neighbor. I checked her for egg bound but couldn't feel anything. Yesterday I did give them...

My chicken door is wide enough for two birds to squeeze through. I have them (mostly) trained to a bell to come in when I want them to, so they tend to crowd through the door. It's really funny to see 3-4 heads poking through the door as they try and get through.

I have 2 retaining walls of 2x12 treated Redwood. Not very visible in the last pic. Angled up from lower left to upper right. That helps alot. Much of the erosion is due to the hens digging a dust pit-even in the rain, yes- right in front of the door.

Well, I got it pretty much finished. Had a few real challenges due to the asymmetry of the build. The hardware cloth was really difficult to lay out, cut and hang on the slope. Above is the notch-out for the2x4, 2x6 and 2x8 that I used for the foundation The hardware cloth apron, secured...

Construction fabric =hardware cloth. Question: Is a 6" considered deep enough bury of hardware cloth for rat/racoon proofing? I am considering wrapping al the way around under the floor of run. Nearly doubles my labor and cost though.

Does anyone have a design for a predator proof (rats, cats, raccoons, hawks) chicken run that is built on a STEEP 30% slope? I plan on using 1/2" PVC with construction fabric, but the angles make for a tough build and a LOT of wasted mesh. Any Ideas? The bottom right corner of pic is 6 feet...

Here are the girls as of Jan 3. Two still have a bit of down on their butts, but otherwise they're fully feathered. Temp got down into the low 40s f and they did just fine. Couple of questions: Is it too early (6-8 weeks old) to begin adding salad and stale bread scraps into their diets? No...

Against all better judgement and research, we bought 6 Silver Laced Wyandottes on Thanksgiving weekend thinking I had PLENTY of time to finish the coop. The weather in SF Bay area saw it differently. Sunday, we will have had them 4 weeks, so I'm pretty sure they're 5-6 weeks old. My question...