Did you say where you are located? Keep in mind that free ranging comes with the risk of losing your chickens to a predator. I semi-free range, and have lost a few to eagles. It's pretty heartbreaking.Oh that's good to know! Australorp is actually one of the breeds in my top 3. Based on comments I think we very well may do 3 or 4. Our zoning requirements as they are we are only allowed to have 4 on our current property. When we get more land in the future I plan to have a much larger flock! We are planning to build a 4x6 coop and a 10x5 run and also will allow them to free range pretty much all the time