Amateur-chicken-mama
Chirping
My chickens are still chicks as of right now, but I am wondering wether I should (partially) free range them when they are older.
I have three guinea fowl that are completely free ranged and nothing (besides my dogs) has tried to kill them that we know of. I also have three very fat ducks that I let out for a few hours a day to free range. Nothing has killed them besides natural causes since they were little (two disappeared last year). The threats out here are raccoons, opossums, my dogs, snakes, possibly coyotes, hawks, and owls. Also, there is no fencing- just a ‘barrier’ of plants bordering the 2 acre-ish yard. Should I let them partially free range?
I have three guinea fowl that are completely free ranged and nothing (besides my dogs) has tried to kill them that we know of. I also have three very fat ducks that I let out for a few hours a day to free range. Nothing has killed them besides natural causes since they were little (two disappeared last year). The threats out here are raccoons, opossums, my dogs, snakes, possibly coyotes, hawks, and owls. Also, there is no fencing- just a ‘barrier’ of plants bordering the 2 acre-ish yard. Should I let them partially free range?