taking free range chickens and putting them in a run?

[ozzchicken]

I am thinking of getting RIR and leghorns that are free ranging and putting them in a run.
Will the adapt? and will they keep laying?

 

[FireTigeris]

Yes

Yes.

I was having unacceptable losses to I had built a 20*12 run mine are fine there-

Good Luck.

 

[Crazy4mypeeps]

I'm interested in this too. Because we will not build our run until we get the potatoes out of the garden.

 

[cmom]

Originally I let my birds free range and they were getting into my gardens eating the plants I had planted and digging up plants. Also they were getting into my compost piles and spreading them out everywhere. I had to do something so I made them large runs which I call my chicken yards. They adjusted just fine. I didn't have a predator problem because at the time we were always outside working and I would close them in their coops at night. Now I have an electric fence.

 

[mary24]

We to are looking into putting up an electric fence because I am worried they will go places they shouldn't and I want them to free range. Right now they are 7 weeks old (leghorns) and are in the barn. My question is do you having any problems with the chickens flying outside of the fence?