It's So Nice To Finally Be On Here!

[Attack Chicken]

from Indiana!!!

 

[pinkwindsong]

ooooh sneeky sneeky conspirency... hahahahha LOVE IT.. sometimes ya have to be sneeky.. till just the right moment to wow everyone...

welcome from SC
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Pink

 

[itsy]

Hey! Welcome to BYC!

I bet you and your Dad could work a plan to get chickens again. I'm sorry you guys lost so many of your birds before. It must have been frustraing and heart breaking! I could understand why your Mom wanted to give it a rest.

Seems like you won't be resting for much longer, though!

I worry about predators all the time. We have chicken tractors right now, but we'll be building a permanent coop in the fall. I've been thinking over and over about how to keep the 'bad guys' out. Good luck to you and your family! Post pic of your new chicks when you get em!

 

[Desert Rooster]

Hello

from Hesperia,CA and

 

[4-H chicken mom]

and

from Ohio. So glad you joined.

 

[Mudstar4ever]

Thanks so much, guys! Yeah, we haven't had the best of luck, but the chickens definetely made a big impact on our lives! We just kept getting the worst of everything! Our first clutch was attacked by raccoons that dug underneath our "no-climb fence" and we had had those chickens for several months, so we were too trusting and we left the coop open at night. We didn't think anyone could get by the fence; we even put rocks around the bottoms of the fence, but they dug underneath anyway. The second clutch, though, we made it absolutely impossible for anyone to get to our little babies. We put hundreds and thousands of rocks along the bottom of the fence and we locked up the coop at night. And the coop was a little ridiculous. . .xD We took a great dane dog cage and built wood al around it with a roof and a door in front. It was perfectly structured and impossible to get into, but for good measure, we even had COMBINATION locks on the door.

I know, I know, but even that didn't work! I was inside, looking out the window, and I watched my chickens get attacked by a lynx that leapt from a tree from above in BROAD DAYLIGHT. Right before my eyes. We couldn't get to them in time.

So, yeah, I've opened up about my chickens and that's why we feel so helpless about their safety.

 

[flnatv]

and as already said... not everyone gives location and age... I will say my daughter is 14 and is a member... I am in my 40's... I believe some talk about grandkids... so the ages are very wide and age doesn't change a thing

Sounds like you are doing everything you can to predator proof....
Ask away with any questions... someone will be bound to have an answer for you.

Good luck and welcome.

 

[Mudstar4ever]

Thank you! I appreciate the help! But honestly, right now, I just want to start from scratch.

What's the best way to protect my chickens and keep them safe?