We were wondering why egg numbers had reduced drastically. All became clear when I discovered huge stash in the nettles. I tried putting a nice shelter where they were laying but several of them have spurned it and continued laying in some different nettles.
We have also put some branches along the downhill wall of the chicken enclosure to try to dissuade the kites from taking the chicks... there seems to be an ever increasing number of both red and black kites. Beautiful birds, but I would prefer they ate something else!
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