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MsKathyNY, I feel more comfortable that my chickens will be limited free range only because we have lots of predators around. Having two big dogs in the yard is a plus as well. I've heard even little Chihuahuas will scare off most predators. Do you have a dog?

Everything was going well until my Wyandotte got out and the dogs tried to play with her...like a toy... but luckily I saw it right as it happened... She is fine though...my dogs weren't trying to kill her, just play. Still not ok. They won't be put together for a long time. Atleast until they...

Thank you! So much good advice. Just let the dogs in the same fence as the chickens and they did amazing. Much better than I thought they'd do actually. The Pyrenees playfully chased a couple but I scolded him and I think he learned that chasing them is BAD. Haha. I've been letting them out...

That's awesome! But also forgot to mention that they will be in a coop at night...it's a big shed we're converting into a coop. Also i say limited free range because it's really just a big sectioned off part of our backyard. They'll be in closed with a 4 foot high chain link fence.

Check out these girls! They're at my friends barn right now. I'm not sure what the Sussex was mixed with to make a chicken like this. I think they're so pretty.

Wow thanks so much for all the helpful replies! Great information... As of right now I have RIRs, Golden comments, Easter eggers, a barred rock, cuckoo maran, black austrolorp, golden sebrite, Cochin bantam, and will be getting a speckled Sussex hybrid this weekend. I have heard that some breeds...

Hello! I am new on BYC but have seen so much good stuff. So I have 12 pullets right (10 standard and 2 bantam) now in a 6.5ft x 30ft temporary run. We have a section of our back yard that we don't use very much and it is very woodsy. There are lots of shrubs and trees for the chicks. We do have...