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Yeah, it’s really easy to make growing spots with metal stakes, chicken wire and zip ties.

I open it up and let my girls go to town and then I close it up and let the plants grow back. I also have a tunnel where I keep their food when they are eating outside because I feel like they might be paying so much attention to eating and not what’s overhead.

That’s sad I always hope my favorites don’t get taken, so far I have not lost anyone.

Yeah, these are my living obstacle courses and they serve a dual purpose of feeding myself and my chickens.

Yes, keep your trees low and let them grow really wide. It is also better for picking things that way too.

That’s what mine do whenever they see a shadow. They also usually don’t leave them selves exposed out in the open, they sort of go from tree to tree.

I have about 17 trees in my backyard and I am trimming them all like umbrellas. I also have a chain-link fence about 4 feet high all around their chicken yard and their coop and run are inside the chicken yard also growing tunnels in their yard. I also have various chicken wire fences up around...

Yes, eagles and hawks like to swoop and grab. I basically have made my yard so they cannot do that and if they want a chicken they will have to swoop by, then return and land on the fence and then hop down to the ground. I don’t think they would do that, they are not fast on the ground and I...

Maybe put up lots of cover obstacles, like growing tunnels, tables and chairs, etc. I don’t think Eagles like to get on the ground to try to get prey.

I have a lot of hawks, so I just also try to provide a lot of bushy plants and I also place growing tunnels so they cannot swoop down and grab the chickens. I just put up tons of obstacles and hope that by the time something lands on the fence or something that they will go and hide. Mine are...

How big is your orchard? Do you have to keep the rows pretty open to run a tractor down each row of trees?