Those girls are SAFE. Two hours to move still isn't all that bad. That kinda makes me wonder how many birds Joel Salatin loses to predators. I don't think he has any covering over his pastured layers.

I'll start looking to get a new latch, thanks for that! My experience with electric fence is limited to having helped set up a paddock once.

The metal roof itself is directly tied to my grounding pole, but I hadn't thought of the fur acting as an insulator. That's a good point.

Our ground is good, as it still tagged me even when I was standing on a pallet. Until electric fences, I'd always thought wood was an insulator. Very mistaken!

Just got in, and all three birds survived the night. First time that's happened in a while. I asked if they heard any critters, and all I got was peeps. Nothing intelligible. The rooster is awkward. He keeps raising his head to try to crow but doesn't have the noise part down yet. He'll get it.

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