Automatic Chicken Door - best $ we've ever spent. 19 assorted hens and barred rock rooster come out in the morning and go in at night - free to roam anywhere. Three dogs - old basset, tiny chiweenie, and lab mix keep coons, possums, and coyotes away - or tree them. We've lost only one to eagle...
Retired to our farm after 40 years in Law Enforcement, been raising chickens for the last 16 years for fun. Grand daughter picks out chicks every Easter so we usually don't know what we have until they get older. This year we have barred rocks, rhode island reds, some black ones, yellow, and...
Missouri Coons are tough and smart. I live justsouth of Hannibal, Mo. The BEST investment has been in an "Automatic Chicken Door". Opens in the morning and closes at night at the times you set. Not cheap (around $300) but it really works. Flock learns in about two nights when to come inside...