Landrace/adaptive breeding discussion

[BlindLemonChicken]

Oh, that's interesting. So if I move Maverick out on his own, it should be to the next hill, or something like that.

I have no idea the distance it would take. For a couple days mine were about an acre apart during the day but somehow they always ended up in the same coop at night.

 

[LaurenRitz]

When I moved my chickens to new places it took as much as a week to go from "New place! I'm going to be eaten tonight!" to "Hey, this place is safe." They don't adjust their habits easily. That was a week of carrying the target chicken(s) to their new roost after dark. Eventually the place they wake up becomes home.

 

[Appalachickens]

I have a question for everyone on this thread: Who all amongst you has full-on free-range survival chickens? I mean the roost-in-the-trees, not-shut-in-a-secure-coop-at-night kind? I just want to make sure it isn't a pipe dream for me to have a hands-off flock(s) in addition to my regular coop chickens.