free ranging

So, our new neighbors have a large dog who they claim they have an invisible fence and e-collar for, but they've been here over a week and still don't have anything set up to keep him on the property (though they have plenty of time to buy ATVs, and ride them all over the property all day)...

I have been documenting this project on another thread but it is more for my jungle fowl improvement project so I felt it was appropriate to start a new one to document these. The idea off this project is a large liege sized bird with good physique, and good for free ranging capabilities. So...

Help I bought an adult Toulouse mating pair a week ago, how to I keep them in our yard and not leaving? With no grass what’s a good winter feed I can mix up myself to be everything they need? I have them moved to a temporary fenced in area that has netting on it to keep them in for the winter...

Hello everyone! I have 12 Free ranging Welsummer pullets. They are about 7 weeks old, and have been free ranging for about a week and a half. These are my first set of chickens. My plan is to let them forage during the day, and then in the evenin- around 6- I will feed them their store bought...

Hello everyone! Just as the title says, this is a thread where all us free rangers can share our best tips and tricks. Have fun!

Hello everyone! Thanks so much for reading this post and helping me out today. I have twelve Welsummer chicks, all currently between 3-5 weeks. This is my first time having chickens, so I have no older chickens then these chicks. They are all currently in there coop and run. I was wondering...

Hello, I just let my chickens free range yesterday since I was home and today when I went out in the run their poop was all turquoise colored, it has never been this way before, should I be worried about it? Or is it just because they had access to so much extra foliage that it Is normal? TIA!

I’ve been day dreaming about raising meat chickens. And after doing a little research Freedom Rangers sound like a good fit since I’d like a fairly quick time to harvest and the ability to free range but I have some questions and concern. #1. Do they breed true I haven’t been able to find any...

so today my six chickens were free ranging in the yard for about two and a half hours under my supervision from the kitchen that looks on out to the yard. they had a typical free range, mostly digging under a pine tree and the shrubs. the abnormal thing is, when i went to put them in their run...

My 4 month old chickens are being let out of the run under supervision. I opened the gate, picked a spot in the yard to sit, and watched! So much fun to watch them all explore and play! One of my lady spitzhaubens had a blast- I had a water bottle, and she came over and took the cap right out...

Hi to all! I am new to join and looking forward to reading everything to learn more about raising chickens. I am from Rowlett/Rockwall, Texas but temporarily living in the Querataro state of Mexico since March. I am living in a mountain community in the Varequeries. I love it here, but...

Hi there! I have just integrated two flocks together and now have 13 chickens in the same barn and pen. They’ve been together for about 5 days. They still don’t interact much and tend to stick to their own. I’d like to go back to free ranging them at least for a few hours in the evening...

Hi chicken lovers, I just hope to get some advice from your bank of knowledge on bantam breeds. I'm a new chicken keeper, I had chickens as a kid but not for nearly 30 years! I have 2 silkie hens and a silkie rooster right now, all 18 weeks and I got them at a day old so they are very settled...

I have 6 chickens that are all 3 months old I am planning to free range them soon but in kinda scared because I don't know if they will run away I have no fencing what so ever and I live right in the woods any advice?

So, my hubby originally put our chicken coop near the house, so on my bad days it wouldn't be too much for me to let them out and feed them. This was great because I could also hear if something wasn't right. However, we have a large group of trees just on the other side of the coop which was...

HI all! I have 9 chickens and 1 rooster and their coop is in a very large area that is fenced in. We got them as pullets in Spring and they've lived in this area the whole time. One of our neighbors has free range chickens that walk all over the neighborhood and some of them recently found our...

I dither around about letting my girls free range and being a helicopter chicken keeper. We're in a busy suburban area of a major city but we have a full complement of predators: racoons, dogs, coyotes and hawks. Today, because our days are getting longer I was going to let my girls out...

Hi I've got three new hens, about 16 weeks old. They've been raised in a shed and not yet free ranged. They were keen to go to bed (which is handy) but now don't want to venture outside at all. I got one out thinking the others would follow, and she scratched about for a bit, but then went...

I caught a Coopers in the tree bordering my backyard today. It looks like it’s a nesting pair. I only got photos of one. I’ve heard a recording of their call which is distinctive and that’s what caused me to look around and see the one in the tree. This tree is right above where my chickens...