Gravel Rider
In the Brooder
- Feb 23, 2024
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Hello everyone. I just signed up here, but have lurked for quite awhile. Many Google searches have landed me here, so I figured I should eventually sign up and say hi.
We have a small alpaca farm in Pennsylvania, and are in our second year of keeping chickens. We have five Rhode Island Reds, ten Guinea fowl, and three turkeys. We also just picked up six Barred Rock and two more Rhode Island Red chicks.
We were free ranging them all, but heavy predation and about a 30% flock loss over the course of a couple of months led us to keep them enclosed unfortunately. We love living in the country with very few neighbors, but with this comes all sorts of wildlife, predators included. Of course, predators are dealt with, but the losses were just too high to sustain free range poultry, unfortunately.
We have a small alpaca farm in Pennsylvania, and are in our second year of keeping chickens. We have five Rhode Island Reds, ten Guinea fowl, and three turkeys. We also just picked up six Barred Rock and two more Rhode Island Red chicks.
We were free ranging them all, but heavy predation and about a 30% flock loss over the course of a couple of months led us to keep them enclosed unfortunately. We love living in the country with very few neighbors, but with this comes all sorts of wildlife, predators included. Of course, predators are dealt with, but the losses were just too high to sustain free range poultry, unfortunately.
hello and welcome!!! i’m close to the pa border, in md. nice to meet you!
Living in the country does have its cons, lots of predators. We are loaded with them too.
to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!
