Thanks guys!! They have everything they need so I guess they have no reason to leave. We have a huge garden with ground cover plants they live digging in and dust bathing in, lots of places to get in the shade/hide, and lots of grass and weeds and bugs, plus their coop/pen. They always have...
We have 4 polish hens right now and 4 two week old chicks in the brooder.
The older hens have always free ranged in our backyard. It’s a decently large yard but nothing crazy. It has a 6ft privacy fence and then a little 3/4ft fence blocking the deck. The chickens we currently have NEVER fly...