I agree with that, I think that effect has already set in. We never meant to have a rooster, we just happened to find this one in a nearby park so we mainly keep him for sentimental reasons. He’s sweet but definitely not a good head rooster.
We don’t have a run, just a large-ish fenced backyard that they free range in. We have plenty of bushes but none of them are evergreen so they’re not much help during the hawk migration months. I think a pallet on blocks is definitely the most practical option.
We have a little bantam rooster who sounds the alarm over literally every bird that flies overhead, regardless of size 🙄.
I didn’t know that about Ameraucanas! That’s super interesting.
We have a small flock of four chickens and three ducks who free range in our backyard. November and March are our big red tailed hawk migration months and the only time I really need to worry about hawks, but also the time when most of our bushes have lost all their foliage.
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