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gardenlen wrote:

cats are well noted for killing pretty much anything that moves so
they could if not kill the chooks certainly hassle them. best bet
build a lock up section for the chooks to sleep in each night, that is
a section where nothing can get in or out.

The other reason to do this is that chooks are good at hiding their eggs, and
they like to lay first thing in the morning. Give them a nesting box in their
shed and the eggs will go there.

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Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
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"In Melbourne there is plenty of vigour and eagerness, but there is
nothing worth being eager or vigorous about."
Francis Adams, The Australians, 1893.