I have had my girls both free range and in a run. My husband took to calling me a "chicken wrangler" on those rare occasions when I needed to corral them into the coop before dark.
Last summer we had a very unfortunate accident though. My property does not have a perimiter fence. Something I am still saving for. While free ranging my hens went off our property into a neighbors adjacent orchard. Little did I know he had just spread granular weed killer. I lost 10 out of 15 hens in a matter of hours. A very valuable lesson learned there. Be carefull.
All good now though. I keep the new girls contained.
Last summer we had a very unfortunate accident though. My property does not have a perimiter fence. Something I am still saving for. While free ranging my hens went off our property into a neighbors adjacent orchard. Little did I know he had just spread granular weed killer. I lost 10 out of 15 hens in a matter of hours. A very valuable lesson learned there. Be carefull.
All good now though. I keep the new girls contained.
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