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Thanks, this is helpful. I'm toying with the idea of running temporary fence through part of the yard.. If they are in for a couple of weeks then that smaller area might satisfy them for a supervised run area.

This sparked an idea.. If I clip their wings, how high can they still jump? A small garden fence that can be easily put up and taken down could be doable so that they still get yard time. As long as they won't get stir crazy being stuck to their coop area for the majority of the day.

No, I'm not upset about them asking. As I said, I am technically in the wrong now. It's just frustrating because when I first got them, they said it was no problem that they were free range, and now it is. My post is intended to figure out the best means for care for them now that I need to...

They did allow it, until they got a new dog.

They did allow it.. Until they got a new dog

Fencing the whole yard is not an option, given that most of my open yard space is shared with the park behind me, and the property line kind of zig zags through it. We have an agreement that I just mow to the tree lines and I can use the yard as I please. I'm just bummed out. I wish that the...

I've had my flock for 3 years, and they have always been free range. This winter my neighbors got a new puppy. They complained and said that they no longer want my hens walking around because their dog is going to break it's chain trying to get at them. I'm crushed. Technically I am in the...