Re- thinking free range

[mamaKate]

I have 5 birds in two groups. Three are right out the back door (until spring ) and the other 2 are in the larger fenced area of the back yard. Well, I can't let my little mini Beagle/ Dachshund outside alone anymore. They all chase her and try to beat her up. She only weighs 12 lbs. and I think they might really hurt her. The dinosaurs are about to discover bird jail.

 

[gritsar]

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Oh the poor chooks.

 

[Uzuri]

Wow... and most folks worry about their dogs getting their chickens!

I'm thinking yes, fencing, for one or the other anyway. That small a flock is pretty easy to make a large run for.

 

[FaereChicken]

We had to jail ours in the spring because they really tore up the perennial garden badly.