Ours free range. We have 20 acres but they will not go into our deep woods behind our house. they have a routine. Yes, every evening they go across the road (it's a rural one lane road)
into the field across the street, or to our next door neighbor's yard. They take a walk, all four of them. Our neighbor doesn't like them on his patio, he's one of those perfect yard types, but
he doesn't say much, because all of our other neighbors are so fascinated with them. Weirdly, they never go into our neighbor's yard on the other side...they have a farm with sheep. I love our birds, but they are a lot of worry. They have learned to recognize the call for dinner, and almost always come if they hear me calling them in the evening. If they don't come, I know that something has scared them, or there is something else wrong. They follow the chickens and will roost with them in the barn at night. We had a hen disappear once, and I am still convinced that some gun happy yayhoo shot her, thinking she was a game bird, or something.
into the field across the street, or to our next door neighbor's yard. They take a walk, all four of them. Our neighbor doesn't like them on his patio, he's one of those perfect yard types, but
he doesn't say much, because all of our other neighbors are so fascinated with them. Weirdly, they never go into our neighbor's yard on the other side...they have a farm with sheep. I love our birds, but they are a lot of worry. They have learned to recognize the call for dinner, and almost always come if they hear me calling them in the evening. If they don't come, I know that something has scared them, or there is something else wrong. They follow the chickens and will roost with them in the barn at night. We had a hen disappear once, and I am still convinced that some gun happy yayhoo shot her, thinking she was a game bird, or something.