
Most of the year my birds roam the fields and
edge of the woods right behind the house. When the foxes are rearing their
young we have to close them all up, as I have lost up to 7 birds in one
day.


This is a corner of the greenhouse coop with our
small flock of OHIKI. We are not allowed to build a solid structure becasue
we live so close to the Natural Park of Rocchetta Tanaro, so I made a 9
compartment coop in the form of a fiberglass greenhouse. It serves the purpose
well, but extra care has to be taken to ventilate and shade the house in
the summer.

My son also has Shamos. Please click here to see
other shots of ours and others' Shamos.