The birds are all out of their winter confinement in the greenhouse and free-ranging again (so excited!). Mostly out. They are free to come and go, for the last week or two since the snow has been going.
They are so happy! All the young ones (1-2 yrs) and the guineas spend all day out, pouring out of the greenhouse when I open the doors, popping back in when they get cold or thirsty, then back out.Inside, the older chickens are less adventurous and content to have the dust baths to themselves. I can't wait to move out the Silkies, but it will be cold for another week or so. 
These two were out and about alone, one cold day, without a rooster escort, and were all jumpy and guilty, like they knew they were on the lam.
The birds outside are partly PARTY! Excitement and adventure! And partly attacking their days like they have a job, and they're showing up to it late. Serious. So much to do!
There's something really good over there!
They're vigorously scritching around in the woods everywhere. Now that they have the space, I can see the little cliques that have formed around each rooster. Three good ones. 
Ahh! So much to do!
I almost squeezed out a daily chicken today, but it'll go out tomorrow instead :)
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Ours went out yesterday too! But we can not free range here, too high a predator load. We put up what we call a snake fence: poultry netting with the tops close together to keep the hawks out.
We move it every few days usually. But this year, with the new fox family living in our neighborhood, we had to back it up with 3 strands of electric wire on a dedicated charger. It will be much harder to move now.
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Whoa! That's a robust fence! I was like, "how does it keep the hawks out?", then saw it's a chicken tunnel! Is it hot?!
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Yes, sort of. Because we live in an area with NO rocks, we can lean double stake fencing so the top is 2.5' apart and the bottoms 5' apart. This is enough to keep the hawks out, but we can still walk down it.
It, itself, is not hot because we only have chargers for cattle, not poultry. But we have strung 3 wires all around it and that's hooked to a dedicated hot charger. This will deter the fox, but the chickens can't hit it.
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There always is so much to do when you are a chicken and there are bugs LOL. Looks like chicken paradise to me.
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