Yeah that sounds so fun but we live by a bunch of pine trees
Yes so we already plan to overlap the existing wire with some other wire (hopefully hardware cloth) and I don't know what we'll do about the roof yet. It might become a problem because we are underneath pine trees and sticks and branches fall all the time and I suspect it to get worse in the coming winter winds. Thankfully, no predators yet.Looks great except for a raccoon can get their front hand like paws through the wire mesh you have and pull any chicken it can reach to itself and eat it in pieces. Sounds gruesome, but this is what raccoons do.
Also would replace the chicken wire you have up around the venting of the roof with hardware cloth.
I can put a wanted out on craigslist but I don't know how my dad would feel... he really hates maple leaves.Sometimes people rake their leaves, bag them, and sit them out for the trash company to take-- they might not mind if you took the leaves instead.
I also know someone who organized a leaf-raking party of teenagers at the local church, and volunteered to haul away all the bagged leaves at the end. Their chickens were quite happy about that
I can understand this as the seeds come with the leaves. In my front yard I have birch and ash trees with no seeds. I tossed some in the run last week and they are broken up better than pine shavings and hemp bedding.
Yeah, sadly we have none of those where we live, mainly just evergreen, pine, maple, and cedar
I see at least 1 (actually, a few) small deciduous trees in the background of your photos...Yeah that sounds so fun but we live by a bunch of pine trees
In the deep bramble on the neighbors property, yes.
Ahh that sucks - do you have a good relationship with any neighbors with similar trees (and no bramble)?In the deep bramble on the neighbors property, yes.
I'll stick with arborist chips for now but maybe next year or spring
