How far are they going to roam?

[cowdogcadillac]

they WILL find your neighbors flower beds eventually. Then the fun begins

 

[Dingleberry]

Can your neighbor put up fencing around her flowers?? Just so you don't have a oops later with them and your chickens. I can see a possible problem if your neighbor loves her flowers

 

[kelliepulido]

my roos at the rooster ranch have been free ranging for the past week or two and they are going over into the neighbors yard also,which is quite far right now it is in fore closure but if somebody moves in i will have to stop all of that

 

[lovinlife]

I live on 10 acres, about 1/2 of it is wooded. The barn and chicken coop are in the middle of the square property behind the acre the house sits on. My chickens free range all day long. They don't go very far from the barnyard. It's about 1 acre. The furthest they go is to the backyard under my wild bird feeders. I have never seen them on the far side of the house. I have never seen them more than 200 ft from the coop. They don't go to the woods, either. I'm sure the flock dynamics of each individual flock makes a difference in how far they wander.

Also, mine don't mess with my flowers. I mostly have large tubs that I keep my flowers in. I can't battle the weeds in central Texas, so I prefer to use pots. Actually, they're cattle lick tubs. Works great!

Oh, and my "farm poodle" is great with my chickens. I've locked her in the coop overnight before and she'd probably roost with the chickens if she could get up that high.

So would my barn cats. They rub on the chickens when they can. On the other hand, my Weimaraners aren't allowed out when the chickens are free ranging. They don't have much self-control.

 

[Oven Ready]

The grass is always greener...

Ours generally stay within our land, about 4 acres, but they do love to be right near the fence to the neighbours. They sometimes go through but not for long. We also have wild junglefowl all over the place and they tend to chase our bantams away from their territory back into our piece. Funnily enough they rarely wander westward from their coop and it's about 80 metres from the boundary in that direction.
If you occaisionally sprinkle some food out for them, like rice or corn (banging the food tin while you do it) they quite quickly learn to come rushing back from wherever they are.

Your rooster is the one that determines where they go, get him trained to come back for food when he's near your boundary and he'll bring all but the most stubborn/headstrong girls back with him.