The chickens are free range. The attacks occur when they are free ranging in the yard. Can someone please provide comment about what to do with free range chickens.
Thank you
They free range the entire yard during the day. When the Easter Eggers get aggressive, we separate them to the side yard which is 5' wide and 60' long.
They have our full back yard (50' x 30') and side yard to free range. Our community requires a permit for 5 chickens and the inspector said that there was plenty of room for them.
We would never be irresponsible and have too many chickens for our yard.
I hate the thought of re-homing our Easter Eggers. They were such sweet birds. It's as though they go psycho as soon as they see the Sex Link with food.
But you are correct - the Easter Eggers do not pick on the Plymouth Rock, just the Sex Link. Since we raised them from chicks we know their...
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Greetings all,
I am looking forward to being part of this community. We love our girls.
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
We received our first two chickens 6 years ago. They were a rescue from a friend who's husband had cancer and she did not have the time to take...