Food and water aren't in the same space where they sleep, they are in the covered part of the run and, when the chickens go sleep, I close the door so that predators can't reach them (and at that point the chickens can't go in the run).
Thank you, I'm planning to don't have drakes, so the number of females won't be a problem.
I have food and water in the run (plus some water bowls outside) because there the food won't be wet if it rains and the chickens can easly reach food and water when they are sheltered from the rain. The...
I'm new to ducks and I was thinking for a wile to add some ducks to my Brahma flock, something like two or three females. I saw that one breeder in my country ships eggs of Mini Indian Runners. Do they get along with large chickens? Can they eat the same things? How big do they get? What can I...