i need some help please!!

[ChickenCanoe]

It depends on where you live. Where are you?
I wouldn't have a heated coop. That cost would negate any financial benefit of having chickens.

There are lots of breeds that can do well in a free range situation. Yes, you will lose some but not all.
There are lots of people who free range big flocks without losing them.

I keep flocks of Penedesencas free ranging and don't lose very many birds if I lock them up at night.
I don't have bears, cougars, bobcats or wolverines here but have virtually every other North American predator. I doubt any of the aforementioned predators could catch these birds during the day.

I wouldn't keep the average backyard chicken in that situation. Orpingtons will get picked up by a fox before they even know it's there.

Depending on where you live, aside from the Penes - Campines, Andalusians, Hamburgs, Anconas, Catalanas, Javas and Minorcas might be choices.

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

If you only intend to go ONCE per day, you won't be "free ranging" for long before most birds disappear

To free range the SAFE way you have to go early in the morning AND early in the evening.
Otherwise the birds are either locked up most of the time, or loose most of the time

 

[chixaregreat41]

When should i let them out and in that will work with my job schedule

 

[cafarmgirl]

When should i let them out and in that will work with my job schedule

Only you can answer that question based on what hours you work. Personally I would not keep chickens any place where I could not attend to them morning and evening.

 

[chixaregreat41]

If i got a neighbor to let them out in the morning, i could let them in at 5:00 so it will work with my schedule

 

[acsteele]

What about an automatic door?

I work an evening shift, and that's the only way I can be sure the birds will be secure at night, without having to count on someone else to lock them up each and every day

 

[chixaregreat41]

Where do you get those????

 

[Hokum Coco]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...-5-bucks-with-a-radio-antenna-from-a-junkyard

 

[res]

Another issue is power for lights and a water source. Are either of those available at the new location?

If you get weather below freezing during your winters, or winter storms that can strand you at home for days without power, then you will need a reliable way to provide water for the chickens 24/7. It can get tricky with them in a backyard, even more of a PITA if they are miles away.

For about 4 years, I kept my horses on a 26 acre pasture that was 12 long dirt road miles from home. Pasture had no shelter other than a grove of thick cedars, no power and no running water. We hauled water with a tank in the back of our dually. Horses had to be fed 2x a day. It got old REALLY REALLY fast. While I loved the pasture, and the horses loved being "free", I will never ever ever keep horses like that again.

I'd say you need to do some "practice runs" before you move the chickens there. Drive out there 2x a day, every day, just like you would if chickens were there. Putter around the property for 15-20 minutes, even when the weather sucks. It will be a brief taste of what you will be dealing with, and let you know if you want to do it.

 

[chixaregreat41]

Thanks weve been going there alot lately to find clearings So im sorta ammune to it my great great grandpa used to live there with chickens free ranging and he had NO coop at all so im used to going there