scottishchicken Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Seeing as our most bolshy chook, Chatty has been virtually throwing herself against the door of the run for the last 2 days, and the girls have been with us for 4 days now, we decided to have a go at free ranging tonight. They went out at 8pm, all except Scoot, who is either just a little nervous or agoraphobic We went back out at 9.30, which is still early dusk up here and 2 had returned to the run, the 2 confident chooks were still wandering about, but are easy to pick up as they don't panic and leg it when you go near them like the others (is this because of the breed - Isa Browns - or just that they're a little more mature?) However, one enterprising chook had jumped the fence. The good news was she was trying to get back to the run and we herded her in after 5 minutes of fun. Mission complete! Here they are... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennym Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Aw, sweet - well done. My Gingernut Ranger, which I think is a very similar bird to an Isa Brown, is by far the most approachable of my three. She doesn't come looking to be picked up or cuddled but she doesn't run away either. The other two are less approachable, unless instinct takes over and they crouch. It's quite funny when that happens, I can see that they hate it and they really, REALLY want to move, but they just can't...hehe, shouldn't laugh but I do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkysmum Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Lovely looking hens & great to see they have so much space Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Lucky girls, all that grass . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishchicken Posted July 14, 2011 Author Share Posted July 14, 2011 Heh, what you can't see are all the weeds, which have the grass outnumbered 8:1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Don't worry about the weeds, your chooks won't! Lovely set up you have up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishchicken Posted July 15, 2011 Author Share Posted July 15, 2011 Thanks Jools! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
