The good thing about free-ranging chickens

[Barry42001]

Besides pest control which in Florida is a premium the other wonderful thing about free-ranging chickens is I no longer have to Edge around my house or the fences what or the gardens

 

[cavemanrich]

Totally agree with the natural pest control. Before chickens, I used to see creepy crawlers, earwigs, sawbugs,,,Etc. Now It is hard to find them. Hope Purina is not ticked off at me for not upgrading to higher protein feeds.

 

[mestenos]

They've absolutely decimated our insect population. And garter snake too. (They eat the little ones like worms and pester bigs ones until they slither away.)

Another good thing is that they are so happy when they do have to go back to their fenced runs. Instead of jabbering and picking on each other, they nestle up next to each other to pass the rest of the day peaceably.