Thank you!! I wanted to separate Millie and the babies in their own area while also being able to interact with the flock. I didn’t want any accidental broken eggs or hurt chicks, especially since these eggs were purchased and came all the way from Oklahoma!
Very nice area for your birds, ❤ they will be very happy in there!!
Thank you! Always looking for ways to improve it and make it more entertaining for them, especially because they can't free range in my area! We have daytime coyotes and loose dogs which are the worst. My aunt who lives a property down had to stop free ranging because even within a fenced area, horses in that area, and a mastiff/st bernard mix out, the coyotes still came and grabbed her chickens mid day!
Thank you! We love the chairs to sit on while we are all out there haha, Surprisingly the chickens don't poop on them so that's nice. We had some friends and family over a couple weekends ago and everyone wanted to sit down on the chairs and visit with the girls!
Predators are brutal! My area is loaded with sky and ground predators day and night. I can only free range under supervision, otherwise they stay in the run.
Yes they are! Many people don't know that a lot of 'nocturnal' predators are actually out in the day too! I've seen a raccoon near the run around 10am, coyotes multiple times in the afternoon, a neighbor had a bobcat come into their uncovered duck run in the middle of the day! Of course the hawks and eagles too! I'm glad we don't have any weasel or mink species in our area! The only weasel that is around certain parts of California is the large long tailed weasel!
Bobcats are quite diurnal, I too have seen them waltz right by the run during the day! I keep telling myself I need to install a trail cam up by the coop, I am sure all sorts of scary things are lurking at night!
