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Effects of free-ranging vs. confinement
Oh of course I'm aware that I have too many roosters, I'm in the process of of rehoming all except one. I don't know how big it is foot by foot but it's a unique coop. I made a coop out of an ice-fishing shanty and added and elevated run with chicken wire and windows. It's built pretty shabby...- blueclip
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Effects of free-ranging vs. confinement
Ok let me give you my situation so it's clearer. My coop can house 10 (in fact I have 10 chickens). I let them free range everyday for 6 hours. I have 6 10 month old dominiques including one rooster, one 10 month old dark brahma bantam roo, and 3 two and a half month old australorp cockerels.- blueclip
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Effects of free-ranging vs. confinement
Can confinement make chickens aggressive? Inversely, can free-ranging make chickens less aggressive? Picture this scenario, let's say you have a flock of RIR's, if you let them free-range would they be less aggressive vs. cooping them up? This is an otherwise "bossy" breed, I'm wondering if...- blueclip
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