Ruby Rogue
Free Ranging
So after 8 months of free ranging with no losses (well, one young bird wandered off about 6 months ago) or daytime sightings of predators, I had a run in with a fox yesterday morning. It was wild.
It grabbed one of my birds by the tail feathers right in front of me. I was able to scare it off without any injuries. I rounded up all the girls and some of the boys into the coop, the rest of the boys refused to go to bed so they stayed outside. I came back home a few hours later and everyone was still alive. I let them all back outside for the rest of the afternoon.
I just 'finished' my new coop yesterday, moved all the girls in last night, planned on 'taking care of' the boys today. I wanted to keep a rooster or 2 but I think I've changed my mind about that as well.
I'm out of lumber. I have no more hardware cloth. I haven't thought this out at all, but I think I need to build a run over the next few days while my girls are inside getting used to their new coop, and before they go back outside.
What's the cheapest, most efficient way to do this without making my side yard look junky? What do I cover with to keep the snow out?
It grabbed one of my birds by the tail feathers right in front of me. I was able to scare it off without any injuries. I rounded up all the girls and some of the boys into the coop, the rest of the boys refused to go to bed so they stayed outside. I came back home a few hours later and everyone was still alive. I let them all back outside for the rest of the afternoon.
I just 'finished' my new coop yesterday, moved all the girls in last night, planned on 'taking care of' the boys today. I wanted to keep a rooster or 2 but I think I've changed my mind about that as well.
I'm out of lumber. I have no more hardware cloth. I haven't thought this out at all, but I think I need to build a run over the next few days while my girls are inside getting used to their new coop, and before they go back outside.
What's the cheapest, most efficient way to do this without making my side yard look junky? What do I cover with to keep the snow out?