Chickens are tearing up my barn

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jtbuck said:
I have 13 free range hens on 5 acres... The coop is middle of property and barn is closer to road. It is a open barn where I work on cars. Now for some reason these chickens have decided to come in barn, knocking everything off shelves and getting into my car project and making a real mess. I have put chicken and horse fencing around the openings but now they decided to fly over that.
This is a really BIG problem; don't really want to get rid of them. Any suggestions...
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Do you feed your chickens snacks, scratch, etc. where they know it is you feeding them?

Chickens fed by humans are like cats and dogs (and snails) fed by humans. They care about food more than anything and if you are the source, well...

 
jtbuck said:
Yep they show up when I'm trying to work on car. Today they hung out with me at well working on busted water lines....
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We had underground electrical installed around the chicken run last year. You'd think the birds would be scared by a strange man using an electric hacksaw and other loud tools. Nope. They sat there, point blank, watching it all through the pen. Probably would have crawled in the trench with him if they could.

Chickens are both the best and worst "helpers".
 
jtbuck said:
48-60 inches
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My younger barred rocks and leg horns would clear my 7' cedar privacy fence and terrorize the neighbor's gardens. I wound up having to clip their wings. By the time they got to be about 18 months they could be mostly contained with a 3' barrier and I had stopped clipping their wings at about a year.
 
BigBlueHen53 said:
Sounds like they want to hang out with you. Stop being so interesting. 😆
Sorry, I'm no help.
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Totally agree. Every time I have a backyard project I am slowly inundated with chickens who want to help or supervise! They are so sweet. Barred Plymouth Rock chickens are so sweet and social.
 
They are curious critters for sure. Merida, my Speckled Sussex, has always been my #1 Most Curious Chicken, even as a pullet. I can almost see the little thought balloons over her head, like a 2-yo human: What are you doing? Why? Can I help? Why not? Is that the best way to do that? Why? And so on.
 

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