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Hello all...looking for newby help!
I am planning to get my first flock in the spring...chickens are already picked out and coop is being designed! I really want to raise my chickens as organically as possible and ideally as "free" as possible...but let me tell you my setup:
I live on one acre on a hill surrounded on 3 sides by woods (and yes there are trees on my lot). The fourth side has a neighborhood road at the bottom of the hill (ie very low traffic but usually speedy drivers). There is a house across the street as well and a pond behind their house.
Can I free range or will they cross the proverbial road? Its on the opposite side of where their coop will be.
Will they get lost in the woods? Woodline is very close to their coop.
Another point: There are a lot of birds of prey (hawks, owls...not to mention coons and coyotes and foxes) on the property.
I plan on a fairly large coop with an enclosed run and would probably allow free range to half my fenced garden...but I am wondering about letting them roam the rest of the yard.
Geez..After typing all that my yard sounds like a death trap for chickens! But I also dont want to be too overprotective :cd
Thoughts?
Thank you in advance
I am planning to get my first flock in the spring...chickens are already picked out and coop is being designed! I really want to raise my chickens as organically as possible and ideally as "free" as possible...but let me tell you my setup:
I live on one acre on a hill surrounded on 3 sides by woods (and yes there are trees on my lot). The fourth side has a neighborhood road at the bottom of the hill (ie very low traffic but usually speedy drivers). There is a house across the street as well and a pond behind their house.
Can I free range or will they cross the proverbial road? Its on the opposite side of where their coop will be.
Will they get lost in the woods? Woodline is very close to their coop.
Another point: There are a lot of birds of prey (hawks, owls...not to mention coons and coyotes and foxes) on the property.
I plan on a fairly large coop with an enclosed run and would probably allow free range to half my fenced garden...but I am wondering about letting them roam the rest of the yard.
Geez..After typing all that my yard sounds like a death trap for chickens! But I also dont want to be too overprotective :cd
Thoughts?
Thank you in advance