We put the coop quite far from the house and hoped they would range in to the fields - making it most likely that the fox or a bird would get them. However they decided that coming up the drive was a fun thing to do. They were safe when Poppy was under our watchful eye, but as soon as we turned out back she went of hunting them and appeared on the lawn with one in her mouth. It was fine, but Poppy was so excited there was no way they were going to survive, even under someone watchful eye.
So they have been rehomed in to the chicken enclosure with the bigger chickens where Poppy doesn't go unaccompanied. It is a shame as they were very happy pecking around at everything in the big wide world and the enclosure is a bit bare because the chickens all scratch around so much, it is pretty big though. We were hoping they would keep flies down in the fields by scratching around, but it is not to be. Back to the drawing board on that one. Maybe free range quail? Pigeon? Guinea Fowl? Peacocks?
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