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We have 3 hens, 2 dogs and one cat.
My cat and hens were never problems. Dogs won't attack big hens but one of my dog killed a chick about size of big pigeon.
Foxes are around but they don't come in our yard. There are so many wild rabbits around our area. they don't need to make effort to jump over 6ft fence.
We feed them scratch mix with pellet, kitchen scraps, weed. We feed warms when we find them.
Mice became problem when our last cat's gone when we had rabbits in backyard. But since we got new cat 5 years ago, mice disappeared. Plus when in rare occasion, a mouse turn up in chicken pen, our hens catch it and eat it. Actually our two big sussex hens fight over it.
My cat and hens were never problems. Dogs won't attack big hens but one of my dog killed a chick about size of big pigeon.
Foxes are around but they don't come in our yard. There are so many wild rabbits around our area. they don't need to make effort to jump over 6ft fence.
We feed them scratch mix with pellet, kitchen scraps, weed. We feed warms when we find them.
Mice became problem when our last cat's gone when we had rabbits in backyard. But since we got new cat 5 years ago, mice disappeared. Plus when in rare occasion, a mouse turn up in chicken pen, our hens catch it and eat it. Actually our two big sussex hens fight over it.
My pen is a big 6 poster pen it has corregate sides with cyclone wire the rest of the way plus a wired roof i have planted a feww dwarf citrus trees in there they love it lol, it has a brick floor which i dust with a layer of lime & then they have a natural floor covering of dry leaves, they have a feeder but i have to say that mine dont really get fed in the pen i find with a brick floor you can wash it down with hot water & vinegar to give it a good feed, they have an enclosed area that I can drop a door down if needed & a shell pool xo
