roo and hen left their new home and found their way back to my place

[Mrs. Mucket]

Yesterday my daughter took a rooster and a hen from my flock to join her chickens about 1/4 mile up the road. They had never been on that road, which winds through forest, and our place isn't visible from there. Today she couldn't find them and they showed up back in our chicken pen. I was really shocked! Do chickens have homing instincts?

 

[evemfoster]

At only a quarter mile away they could probably hear your chickens. I live in the country and can hear my neighbors chickens that are a mile away. Even in the city when its quiet in the morning sound caries that far.