Poll: Are you free-ranging or not due to Avian Flu?

[notachickennut]

I'm also in SE PA, I free range half days, we have active hawk situation in this area right now. Just saw the fat lard this morning.

@SmiYa0126 In SWMO we have fat lard hawks too. They feasted on chicken before COVID & grew to the size of eagles. Now I’m WFH all day & my girls [Pyrador & Pyredane] get so excited when mommy says “let’s go to the chicken yard & chase off the nasty hawks”.

 

[Aunt Angus]

My birds have a covered run and a fenced yard. I don't free range because of predators. But I am not doing anything differently. But I would pen them and put small-mesh netting around the run if AI was detected in my county.

 

[gimmie birdies]

It has been winter and snowy, so my birds have been in. Because of how much snow we have our birds will be in another 2 months. That is the ONLY thing keeping my birds in.

 

[SmiYa0126]

@SmiYa0126 In SWMO we have fat lard hawks too. They feasted on chicken before COVID & grew to the size of eagles. Now I’m WFH all day & my girls [Pyrador & Pyredane] get so excited when mommy says “let’s go to the chicken yard & chase off the nasty hawks”.

Haha! I say the same to my Fifi, a scary looking and sounding mutt. She runs out.of.the house with both "guns" blazing. I tell her she sounds like a man

 

[LizzzyJo]

My birds free range whenever anyone is home. That’s a good majority of every day.

I will follow all rules and guidelines that are put in place for my area if it comes to that. My run has darn house sparrows in it all the time so confining them won’t stop ai.

 

[Audi0]

I scoop several globs out of the jar with a spoon and put it on a old dish and let them go at it.

Perfect!! Thanks!!

 

[Suzz]

I did not change my chicken routine at all during avian flu they free ranged when I was there to keep an eye on them right now there is way too much snow but when spring comes along they will be right back out there