Land - 80 acres check
Dogs check
Feed, roosts, steel poultry fencing - check
Vigilant- check -I’m retired
I call my coop Ft Orion - steel
Poultry fencing, cinder blocks around the entire edge dug in and chicken wire roof lashed together .... guess my army training may have kicked in.
What are your thoughts on free ranging .... since I’ve had going onto 6 weeks of rain I started to free range the hens. Maverick does a pretty good job keeping them in line and getting them to bed ( yup he puts them all to bed around 830pm). Is there anything else I should be doing?
Thx for the tip on straw - we have had solid rain here in Alberta for over a month. The only people that are happy are cattle farmers. I’ll try the straw and see how it goes.
good day. My name is Ken. I am retired - 24 years military (Infantry) and 9 years EMS (Paramedic). I got chicken in May for the first time. I have 1 rooster named Maverick, 1 large black hen Maggie (no idea what kind), 1 large blonde hen Marilyn ( again no idea what kind), 3 Leghorn hens -...