Americans own about 85 million backyard chickens. For many, it represents a taste of homesteading. Montgomery County residents Rick and Susie Weaver have made chickens their own backyard dweller.The Weavers live on a wooded, 9-acre property. Sloping off their barn is a 50-year-old enclosure that, before chickens, served as a dog pen. Rick Weaver experimented with a couple different types of netting to protect the chickens from predators. At first, a simple netting was put over the wood frame, but …
