One of our 2 roosters at 2 months old has started practicing his crowing. Until today, when he got new hearing aids, my husband hasn't been able to hear the rooster. (He hates roosters crowing....)

I always wondered about open pens like that and what the loss to hawks was. (Salatin never much addressed predator loads....) We have a HUGE aerial predator load here, so we weren't taking any chances....