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Definitely agree. I live in Western WA, so I get a good amount of rain, but not too much sun. Going to put something like bird netting or something a little stronger over most of it with a covered part in the area that isn’t protected by branches of the trees and get muddy

Thanks for your advice. :) I had just moved my chickens to a new coop with a large run I built around it. I had been working on getting some bird netting up, but didn’t get around to getting it up before I left. It’s a tricky run, it is, with several huge evergreens growing in the middle of it...

I will definitely learn all of the safety rules and get some training if I go down that road

Great idea! Looking into cameras as we speak

Good idea

I know what you mean with chickens digging! A lot of my chickens that don’t fly out dig their way out

Thank you. I will definitely be getting that onto my run as soon as possible

Thank you for your advice. I will definitely look into electric fencing. I had all of the things the caretaker needed to do on paper as well, but I think she got confuses when we were talking and I was telling her I usually free-range the chickens and explaining that she shouldn’t unless she was...

Thank you for your kind words. I had just moved the chickens to a new, sturdy coop, but the run didn’t have a cover or wire on the ground, so I’m contacting my neighbor to see if he can do something for now at least while I’m gone.

Thank you so much. Your kind words comfort more than I can express

Thank you for your advice. I don’t have a shotgun, but I think I might have to get one with all of these predators

Hi, everyone. So, today I lost on of my favorite girls, Saoirse, who was a beautiful Welsummer, to a coyote. I’ve been on vacation on an island, but one of my neighbors saw a coyote run by with one of my chickens in its mouth. The caretaker of my chickens had misunderstood when I was explaining...