I started an experiment a couple weeks ago. I let my two chickens sleep wherever they want, unprotected. They still go into the coop just to lay eggs in the nesting boxes every morning.
I live near downtown, we have possums here, but no raccoons. There is a large possum that comes through the...
They used to always go in their coop at night by themselves. I was doing the deep litter method by just adding fresh shavings on top about twice a month. But then I ran out of shavings and kept forgetting to buy more and I guess I let it go for too long. It started to smell bad and the chickens...