Free Range with Neighbors

[Aml91]

My guess is the goat fence has a top horizontal rail? If so ... It's just a good perch for the chickens to launch themselves off from, on the "wrong side"!

While I'm sure they will enjoy and use their own dust bath place ... They already know where to go, and only a car tire will stop them ... Or a good fence!

Chicken's need a fence that is a bit "floppy" on top, so they can't perch or roost on top of it ... Only vertical posts.

That must be it. We'll see if we can keep them in another fenced area behind the barn. Thanks everyone!

 

[Egg Layette]

Hello,
My 3 Barred Rock hens keep going across our road and wallowing in my neighbor's flower beds.
I was thinking it might work to make a sort of chicken sandbox with fresh dirt, maybe some mulch, maybe some compost, to keep them over here. Does that sound like it would work? Any experience with this issue?

Nope. My advice is to be responsible and fence your chickens in.