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It seems as if that is what I will have to do. I was hoping they would be like our Buff Orpington’s who fly no more than a foot or two off the ground.

That’s not what I was hoping to hear. Three sides of our property has a 10 feet high hedge but one section has only a six foot fence. I got the Speckled Sussex believing it was a very friendly calm breed

My main question is if these breeds are flighty, and if so, how high can they fly.

First time I had no idea as to how they got out so I began to watch them from about 20 feet away. Today I witnessed one flight out and the other one followed a short while afterwards.

The 20” enclosure is used for only 20-30 minutes. At all other times they are kept secured. The aviary for the Buff Orpington’s is fully enclosed and is 8 feet high. The chicks are 1 week old.

Got a Speckle Sussex and a Silver Ameraucana last week. Once a day I like to take them out of the brooder and place them in a 20 inch high enclosure on the lawn. The problem is that they have flown out of it twice. Did not have that problem with Buff Orpington’s. Are these two breeds flighty as...