Hi, the other morning at 6:30 my girls were up and laying (i can see and hear their coop from my bedroom), by 7:15 19 out of 20 were dead. At 7:15 i happened to look outside and saw a fox eating something. No sooner did i see it did then the realization of what he was eating wash over me like...
I'm up to about $2000 for my 8X8 coop with some of the run materials purchased, but not all. I figure I'll be in for around $2500 when I'm done. I keep using the rationale that if I the girls can produce $250 worth of eggs a year I will break even in 10 years. That works out to roughly 85...