Healthy Chickens Without Free-Ranging
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In this video I talk about the flock management recommendations for keeping your chickens healthy, safe, and productive without free-ranging. Free-ranging when possible or daily is the ideal, but it isn't practical or possible for everyone. With a little extra work you can still provide your flock with an amazing life even if they don't have the option to free-range. Our flock lives in confinement for a large part of winter season. These tips have worked for us. Do you have tips for keeping chickens healthy, happy, and safe even if they can't free-range that I didn't mention in this video? Please share your insights.
Clarification 1:29. While no chicken breed is "meant" to live in confinement, there are some chicken breeds that do better in these types of conditions than others. Access to free-range and pasture when and if possible is the ideal. Confinement most or all of the time is not recommended for larger, heavier chicken breeds.
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I truly welcome this video! I have 5 chickens, and they are homed in a 4x4 coop, not including the 4 nest boxes and they have a 4x13 run. They seem content and happy. I regularly provide grass, weeds, flowers, bugs and worms from my garden! I have family members that free range their flock in a small yard and the yard looks a mess , eats up everything in their garden, but can't get use to the idea mine are confined and still happy and healthy. So thank you for the encouragement!
@ChuckTheRooster
3 күн бұрын
Absolutely! Even if you don't have the option or choose to not free-range your flock there are still many ways you can keep them healthy, productive, happy, and amused. It takes a little extra work and consideration but it can be done. Sounds like you provide your flock with good enrichment.
Love your videos so informative. Could you please tell me how many inches you hang your food containers from the floor it looks like they can walk under them. Also do you leave your container out all night & then do you have trouble with mice?
@ChuckTheRooster
15 күн бұрын
I try to hang my feeders so the compartment the chickens feed from is lined up with the height of their backs. All 3 of my feeders in the run are at different heights to accommodate my standard size chickens and my bantams. They may look like they are hanging a little high right now because since it is the spring season I recently removed and refreshed my deep bedding cover litter. The feeders are on a rope which is adjustable and are attached with a carabiner so I can easily remove them to clean them or store them if I need to. It’s not usually necessary to remove them at night in my region to deter mice but occasionally I will do so in the winter time when pressure from vermin and predators is at its height. When I do this, I store them in a weather proof tote right next to the run and rehang them in the morning when I let the chickens out to ensure I’m not feeding mice or other predators overnight. I also have two barn cats that do a great job of keeping the rodent population away from our coop and run. Mice and predator pressure varies depending on your region, so it might be helpful to remove the feeders at night year-round if that’s appropriate for your situation. Thank you for your question.