free range

Hi there, So we have three barn cats. One of them doesn't care about the chickens at all, the other is interested in them but doesn't seem to want to hurt them (just curious), and the other definitely wants to eat them. 😂😭 With that being said, I would love to let my chickens free range when...

I am trying to develop my own breed of gamefowl the characteristics I am looking for is that they will be good free range chickens, large and lays a fair amount of eggs and something that when a hawk is attacking a roosters hens he turns and around and beats the heck out of the hawk.,I have...

Hello! I lost three of my 4 hens. It’s completely devastated me. I live in town and my birds were free range in my yard. They had been totally okay till a few days ago. After this I am choosing to do a completely new setup.l where they will be in a very large run so they aren’t restricted to a...

Hi all! Any and all help would be appreciated. Back story: April 2021 got 2 chickens that were approximately 1 year old. One was reddish brown, second was speckled tan/white. They may have been purchased from tractor supply. They are kept in a Omlet chicken coop with 12 x 4 ft run and let out...

Hello everyone! I had 12 free range hens and have kept them for about 5 months with no problems. Unfortunately I recently lost 2 to an unknown predator. Me and My dad quickly built a run and we have the rest of our chickens locked up. How long will it be until it is safe to let them free range...

One of my chickens went broody around the 28th of July, she had a good amount of eggs but after almost a week the other chickens and ducks knocked them out of her nest and ate them so she lost the majority of the first eggs she "collected" most of the eggs have been duck eggs and one or two...

We have 35 hens and about to get 10 more. They are all free range. We are also getting a new rooster to bring in fresh DNA. Can 1 rooster cover 45 hens? We incubate the eggs and try to brood naturally as well.

I hope this isn't too confusing. I quickly realized how bad I am at giving details. There are 3 houses, mine being on one end and the neighbor with the rooster is on the other end. I have 6 hens. The house in the middle is my neighbor who doesn't have any chickens.There is a fence dividing my...

I hadn’t gotten around to making one yet, but after closer inspection and walking the tree line behind their run, I realized they made their own! Good job chickens! I tried googling and looking on here out of sheer curiosity, but couldn’t find anything on HOW chickens make their own bath. Maybe...

Hello, I have 3 white Chinese goslings about 9weeks old. They have been pampered inside most of the time only going outside in the afternoon thru bedtime in a pen my husband built. As you can imagine bringing them inside in a tub has now become near impossible and stinky and messy. We are in...

Hi y’all from Texas (west of Houston)! We are very new to raising chickens in our backyard and have been researching mostly on YouTube but now that we have 4 baby chicks we bought from TSC on May 29, we have more specific questions and topics to research which is how I found BYC! It will be so...

Hi everyone, I'm a newbie to raising chickens & also a newbie to East Tennessee. We just moved here a little over 3 months ago from Western New York. This will be our first time raising chickens. We have a rather unique set up in our backyard. It's fully fenced & then it's separated into 2 areas...

Been battling a daytime fox for the month of May and was just starting to hope that things had calmed down, but the fox finally got one of my guineas today at 11am. Now I am worried about the rest of the flock (17 chickens, 3 ducks and 14 other guineas) since the fox managed to get a meal and...

Hello everyone! As the title says, would free ranging chicks at 6 weeks old be a bad idea? I found a thread from a couple years ago, and most people said that kt Would be perfectly fine, but I wanted to get y’all’s opinion. This is the thread I found...

I'm sure there are many posts that ask the same sort of question, but I feel that every situation is unique so I would like some input from all the pros out there in BYC Land :) I have a broody Khaki Campbell. She is 2.5 years old and paired with a KC drake of the same age. Today is day 28. She...

What could possibly go wrong? We currently have eleven fast-growing chicks! Plus, a charming old ramshackle 5x6 coop waiting for them outside that we need to rehab, with no attached run or anything like that, just a basic coop. DH said he wants to reinforce the coop for night-time and let...

Main question: how to get ducks to stay in yard? Don’t need to read but extra info- We have 18 wonderful ducks. They get locked up at night, completely trained to go in at dusk on their own. Will even come when called if have to lock up early. Super friendly, will eat out of your hand and some...

I live on a slow flow river and I was curious if I could keep adult ducks that people decide they can't own anymore on my river. I don't mind putting up a duck house and giving feed daily for these unwanted ducks. They would be free range (I understand the possibility of predators). Someone has...

My husband and I would like to allow our chickens to free range in our pranced. Our question is this: will they eat the leaves on our bushes and trees? We already know they will eat the fruit/berries.