AngelinaThePekin8
Crowing
yeah, I worry about that I try to keep them on the property as much as possible, I am for the most part always home so I can catch them before they get to far for too long.I don't free range because I like my garden.
I don't free range because we share the property with my sister-in-law who would be FURIOUS if my chickens ate her beloved flowers and dug the mulch out of her carefully-tended beds.
I would be very upset to have someone else's chickens wandering into my yard to damage my garden and my SIL's flowerbeds even "only" once a month.
Not to mention the possibility that they might bring disease to my flock or that a neighbor's rooster might fight my roosters or try to lure my hens into his flock.
It's mostly on calm (calm as in not dust devil making wind) sunny cooler days that they go exploring.
I am planning on moving the coop to the back of the house so they will not go into the road and other areas as often I wanted to move it to the backyard last year but we didn't for some reason.