In the last article about my chickens I was telling everyone about how fast they were growing and moving them outside soon.
Well first we had to build a coop, which really was more of a run than a coop.
This took about 2 nights and about 8 beers. I say that only because it was one of the first projects that New Dude and I worked on together. It caused some arguments, frustration, miss communication but was completed.
The peep peeps were able to enjoy living outside for a fun 2.5 weeks. Then while at work one day dogs came and killed 7 out of 10
We only saw 7 bodies so we assumed that they took the chickens off to eat them or something.
Nope, they ran away to the neighbors fenced in yard.We gathered our chickens, celebrated in their survival.
Two days later they were all dead. The dogs came back and finished off the rest of the flock.
I would best describe it as unfair, uncool, disappointing, and nature taking it's course?
We're going to build a better hiding place for the chickens and wait for the back yard to be fenced in before we attempt this again. In other words, next spring.
Live, learn, and get a fence.
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