The flower pots that I use are very non-tippy - small base, which is up, and broad top, which is down. I can definitely see Homers and cat litter containers as being very tippy!
We had to have a couple of large dying trees professionally removed. I had them cut several 18" lengths of the main trunk and I kept a couple of the more crooked small to medium sized limbs as I knew I wanted one inside their run. Works great - they use it like a balance beam running from one side to the other, perching on it and run under the crook of the limb that creates a natural arch. I love repurposing natural items. It's starting to fall apart though and we will all be heart broken when it disintegrates.
Yup I have a cluster of trunk rounds in the run just as clutter and one's already sawdust. The chickens enjoy dustbathing in the remnants though so it still serves a purpose.
English Mastiff
We have two Buff Orpingtons that fly up every night and one who chooses the lazy ladder way.
Mine hop up on an upturned bucket to reach the platform on which the coop sits. The Buff sometimes has to work up her courage for the hops, while the others cheer her on. It’s very cute.
. I live in a rural/country area and I'm on a dead-end street; we only have 6 homes on our street. Our neighbor who has been here for 10 years (we just moved here last December 2024); said that he never has seen those dogs before and they even chased his work truck when he was leaving. So, I was heartbroken for a week. I was going to wait until March to start again. But I can see the chicken coop from my kitchen window every morning and I just needed to fill the void. So, I was happy to find out that Valley Hatchery had day old chicks, didn't have any Easter Eggers but I got some Barred Plymouth Rock (which I thought was cute, since I am originally from New England and always visited Plymouth Rock), I also got some Buff Orpingtons and some Cream Legbar chicks. I have a total of 10. One thing I didn't know is that they shipped them the morning that they hatched. They are now 15 days old and all of them arrived happy, chirping and healthy.
I'm sorry for your losses. But hope you have something more secure than hog fencing around your precious new chickens. Hog fencing may keep a dog out, but it will not stop other predators like raccoons, opossums, mink, rats, snakes. It does, however, make a good support for additional fencing. May I suggest 1/2" hardware cloth. Go at least 3' up wit it if not higher. In addition, at ground level, take a length of it and fold it outward to form an "apron" extending out about 18" to prevent predators from digging unddr the perimeter of your fence. Cover it with gravel or rocks.oh okay, thank you everyone for your input. Well, three weeks ago; 3 pits broke into my chicken run, and I lost my entire flock
My husband so how devastated I was and now we are going to secure the boundary of the chicken coop which is right beside the garden. We purchased hog fencing for the perimeter of the coop and then we will be installing an electrical fence as well. We also took one of the cameras from the garden and will be installing it on the coop. We now have all the supplies just need to put it up and together. I'm hoping I never have to go through that again, it was an awful sight.
