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AdrianaG
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Ideally I would love to encourage the ferals to lay where I can find them and let them live free. But the thought of those precious babies becoming dog food kills me!
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You just answered his initial reply! I happen to agree with him. Just let them out and provide them with feed and build a predator-proof coop that they can go in at night only.Thank you, I will look up Shadrach!
If I allow them to go out from the coop during the day will they automatically come back to the coop at night or will semi-feral mama take them out into the wild for the night?Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
You just answered his initial reply! I happen to agree with him. Just let them out and provide them with feed and build a predator-proof coop that they can go in at night only.
A lot will depend on how long she's been free and where her rooster is. She may leave the chicks with you and go and find those still living feral.If I allow them to go out from the coop during the day will they automatically come back to the coop at night or will semi-feral mama take them out into the wild for the night?
For domestic chickens, the advice is to keep them inside the coop for a few days up to a week so they get used to laying their eggs there, and then they continue to do so once they're let out. But for feral chickens, I don't know the answer.If I allow them to go out from the coop during the day will they automatically come back to the coop at night or will semi-feral mama take them out into the wild for the night?
Two roosters are out and about on our property and the adjacent undeveloped 10 acres all day long. They show up every morning demanding treats accompanied by 3 or 4 hens.A lot will depend on how long she's been free and where her rooster is. She may leave the chicks with you and go and find those still living feral.