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Quote: Well said Chickenannie - it's my belief exactly and I also believe I can prove it. I'm on my 5th batch of chicks and I don't think I've ever followed the "quoted as if it were gospel" way of doing things. I try to raise them as close to natural as possible - meaning without heat lights...

Hi Ridgefire - in a true free range situation the chickens can go wherever they want. Like on our farm we are surrounded by thousands of acres of woods and there are no neighbors but the chickens are usually found in the barn, the yard, and edge of nearby woods. Most people have some sort of...

Hi MarJen - welcome. If the chickens are grown, I don't see a problem with letting them free range together - doesn't seem much different from the recommendations that you let them free range with guineas.

Yeah, if there's a downside to free ranging, that's it - they will get in your garden and eat what they want. So intead of fencing my chickens in - I fenced my garden in. Yesterday the gates were left open and they all got in and were eating the new little bean and pea sprouts that had just...

Mine free range our farm and are such a joy to have running around and following me everywhere that I too wouldn't have the heart to keep them confined. We do, however, have two great dogs that stay outside and keep all predators off our property. Rex, our GSD, has recently started chasing the...