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In the Brooder
Hi there,
We are new to raising chickens. We have a coop and a small fenced in pen, but we allow them to free range in the yard during the day. The most chickens we've had a time is 15. Unfortunately, we keep losing them. To hawks, foxes, I'm not sure. I have a hard time not getting attached to them and I feel so guilty and like I'm doing something wrong and maybe I shouldn't be doing this anymore. We coop them at night and have all the safeguards on the coop/pen. But I don't know what to do when they are free-ranging because we have over an acre backyard and I can't protect the whole thing, obviously. I just feel so disheartened and am ready to give up...
We are new to raising chickens. We have a coop and a small fenced in pen, but we allow them to free range in the yard during the day. The most chickens we've had a time is 15. Unfortunately, we keep losing them. To hawks, foxes, I'm not sure. I have a hard time not getting attached to them and I feel so guilty and like I'm doing something wrong and maybe I shouldn't be doing this anymore. We coop them at night and have all the safeguards on the coop/pen. But I don't know what to do when they are free-ranging because we have over an acre backyard and I can't protect the whole thing, obviously. I just feel so disheartened and am ready to give up...