Random chicken questions

[SpottedCrow]

This is an excellent starting point on what kind of birds might be good for your situation.
http://www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/chooks.html
I have a Leghorn that wants to be going and doing 24/7. She's obnoxious if she doesn't get to go out. She starts by rapping on the window, then proceeds to bikbik bikbikbik bikBikBIBIKBIKBIK!!!until she gets her way.
My Brahma hen Slifer was a laid back bird; she'd stay right by my side all day if she could. She'd go out, do her business and come back in.
My Silkie/Cochin mix likes to be out, but not as much as Obelisk, the Leghorn.
I couldn't believe how small the chicks were when I raised Tom Brunanski and Jerry Remy.
You'd be amazed at what types of predators come out of the woodwork when you get birds: Coyotes, Hawks, Cats, Dogs, Raccoons, Snakes, Possums, Skunks, Foxes. Today there was a flock of Turkey hens in the neighbour next door's yard.

 

[Jimagination]

I free range my chickens. When I started back to work, we tried to fence them in to protect them but they find their way out everytime. They go back in their coop about 8pm on their own everyday. And then we close the ramp and the door at night. I live in a small development with the back of my house to French Creek State Park and it is really quiet out here, except for my roosters of course, but they seem to be doing great. My rooster pretty much scares off anything and they have enough hiding places under my deck and can get back in the fence area and in the coop anytime they want. Just gave away my first dozen green eggs today. How exciting!