Was going to let them out this morning......

[justduckie]

My chickens, that is. I started back towards the coop before I left for work and that's when I heard them........

Coyotes.

So they spent the day in the coop. No way am I going to provide coyote lunch to a pack. It has been getting cold and rainy anyway, so not only were they safe and sound, but warm and dry, too!

 

[Dar]

do you have a run for them or do they free range?

 

[justduckie]

They are free ranging right now until we finish with the new run. I'm digging a ditch to put the fence into and trying to design it so I can put a roof of wire over the top. I'm thinking seriously about putting a string of electric fence around the bottom. I've been seeing more and more foxes, badgers, skunks and now coyotes.

Right now they are in a converted 8X12 shed that is pretty secure with a light on a timer so they have about 15 hours of light a day. I've also kept them in the coop because they are all about 20 weeks old and still NO EGGS!

I wanted to make sure they weren't out in the sagebrush, hiding them from me.