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Has anyone ever free ranged ducks before? I'm asking because mine seem to want to free range and sneak out 🙄 they are Pekin and white layers. I have a muscovy too that free ranges but she can fly which I don't mind.

I was thinking about letting them free range during the day and at night locking them up...
 
@Miss Lydia what do you think about this idea? This is the second day in a row they've escaped 🙈 I'll be putting them in the 30-foot by 40-ft chain link kennel I have at night and they have a shelter too. The chicks have lived in there without incident in the same shelter/coop for almost a year (different hatches).
 
Do you have fencing around the area you want them to free range. Only problem I see is if no fencing they be more apt to get snatched since nothing would have a barrier to keep them out. Mine free range but they are in fencing. I still worry about free ranging with flying predators
 
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Do you have fencing around the area you want them to free range. Only problem I see is if no fencing they be more apt to get snatched since nothing would have a barrier to keep them out. Mine free range but they are in fencing. I still worry about free ranging with flying predators
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They had a free range area that had fencing and they keep getting out of it 🙄 it's making me mad! Pickles is too far I think for something to get her, but the two white layers are smaller. Coco free ranges without fencing all day.
 
FortCluck said:
That's what I have. They're still pulling them out. It's pickles doing it 😡 they're all loose right now but my husband will help me get them back in.
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Dang! I can't believe they can pull them out with their bills but maybe your soil is softer than ours is. I had to hammer them in! Georgia red clay.
 
DuckyDonna said:
Dang! I can't believe they can pull them out with their bills but maybe your soil is softer than ours is. I had to hammer them in! Georgia red clay.
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We have Virginia red clay but it doesn't get insanely hard unless it's summer. Right now it's a bit soggy.
 
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