It's a good Idea before things happen, to wire chicken wire to the outside or-and inside of chain link

Been living here for over 20 years with no problems from weasels and mink.

Preparedness and that will continue.

You buy insurance don't you

Watching the show below

I pay for liability insurance for vehicles and insurance for my house. That's it.

I set up my chicken roasts the same way only I use 2x4s.Nice set up.

Thanks, the roost lifts up for bi annual cleaning

Bruce: Nice pen, but is it adequate to keep predators out?

The only problems I have ever had is coons and skunks and for birds ,owls at night time so I close them in at night.

Ok^^^

We ordered our chicks for this May today from Hoovers. 5 each of Rhode Island Red, Sapphire Gem and Delaware. The current batch of layers is on their third winter which we will not do again with additional layers. 2 winters will be it.

Chris

Smart Move!

This was waiting for me when I got off work.
I went I. And changed. Into my boots and opened my front door and this was what met me.lol love my girls

Nice looking chickens

Very Awesome Cathryn

I just ordered chickens today. 20 Buff Orpington Females with two Buff Orpington Males

Yup….our roost is also a 2x4 ….so the birds can roost comfortably on the flat surface. And the both roosts are exactly the same height…keeps every bird on the same playing field …and no bullies around…lol

Its fun when the post office calls and says your chicks have arrived We've got an incubator now though and it's fun to order or trade for eggs when we want to try out some different breed. Typically we let nature take its course with a couple of broody hens each year too. Those are usually our freezer birds

I have the roost that my grandad made when I was a kid.
I went up to the farm which is literally right up the road and went into the chicken house.

It has 4 roots at 8 ft long. The roosts are actually poles cut from the woods like you'd use for bean poles.
I also have a feed trough he made that I use.

I fell close to him when I'm with my chickens.

He used to bring me a setting hen every spring and id wait and wait for her to hatch out her buddies.

I actually have a good up chair in my chicken house.

I know I'm a bit nuts but i go out and set in the hen house with my ladies about every evening.

Thats why I have so many of them.

The ones ive raised from chicks all have their own personalities like people.lol.. And it'd be like gettin rid of one of my kids or dogs.