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Winkiewooo
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 Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 9:12 pm Post subject: roaming chickens |
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I also live in the county (michigan) and how I keep mine close to home is, I
dont let them roam free till there is only a few hours of light left. Then they
cant go far. However once in a while I leave the gate open and they end up
everyplace. The farm next door to me raises Bison/Buffalo and I have had my
chickens in the fields with them and they dont care. When it gets dark, they
return home on time better then a 16 yr old boy in heat. I also have extra feed
and water out to tease them into staying close but my garden has bugs and at
thats where they end up. |
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Mary Fisher
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| Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 11:06 pm Post subject: Re: roaming chickens |
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"Winkiewooo" <winkiewooo@aol.com> wrote in message
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[quote]I also live in the county (michigan) and how I keep mine close to home is,
I
dont let them roam free till there is only a few hours of light left. Then
they
cant go far. However once in a while I leave the gate open and they end up
everyplace. The farm next door to me raises Bison/Buffalo and I have had
my
chickens in the fields with them and they dont care. When it gets dark,
they
return home on time better then a 16 yr old boy in heat. I also have extra
feed
and water out to tease them into staying close but my garden has bugs and
at
thats where they end up.
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We take our two hens everywhere and we>ve found that they never roam out of
sight of our tent or caravan, whatever we>re using. This has been true of
all the hens we>ve had. The first time they wandered off Spouse was very
worried but they strolled back home (i.e. to their travelling coop) when the
sun started going down. We don>t try to tempt them.
It>s in their interest to be safe.
Mary |
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