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If a flock of chickens moved .5 or 1/2 mile while free ranging, and they did that in all 4 cardinal directions, that flock of chickens would free-range over at least 640 acres. It is unimportant to me how far a chicken goes before it has to cross the road. What is important is that you the new...

Well and good but the question was "HOW FAR WILL TRUE FREE RANGE CHICKENS GO?" I consider the words TRUE FREE RANGE as meaning chickens that are never cooped, never fed (except perhaps for a few table scraps) or chickens that are lucky enough to forage all day while standing between the rear...

It is not about purity, I'm only trying to give honest but thought out answers to the questions asked.

I hardly call 6 to 10 chickens a flock, at least 10 chickens is not what a flock of chickens is generally known as even during the hay days of free ranging. So let us look at what your 6 bird flock was ranging over. 350 yards in each direction is 700 yards per side. 700 x 700 yards is 490,000...

The answer to that timeless question of "Why did the chicken cross the road" was answered by centrarchid. The reason for the Jaywalking chicken is to fill its craw with vittles. In other words the chicken crosses the road out of hunger. The more you feed your flock the less they will tend to...

My experience mimics "centrarchid's" The rule of thumb is that a normal size chicken flock will range over about 25 cares in order to eek out a living. Someone mentioned that their chickens crossed a 3 acre field. If each acre is placed end to end a three acre field is over 600 feet long, at...