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  1. matthennessy

    Chicken boredom busters? How can I keep them entertained in the run?

    Ugh I wish! Unfortunately, there is no safe, legal way for my girls to free range😭they have proved that they can clear a well over 6ft fence as well as it being only partially legal (with a permit that we don’t have) to keep hens in our town. With the neighbors so close, it’s just a hungry dog...
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    Chicken boredom busters? How can I keep them entertained in the run?

    I don’t have much room once you go in, any recommendations on where I can find things they can climb on? I have a thick tree branch in the extended area but it just lays on the floor
  3. matthennessy

    Chicken boredom busters? How can I keep them entertained in the run?

    I also gave them a straw bale the other day which is what you see all over the ground as they dug threw that within a couple of hours
  4. matthennessy

    Chicken boredom busters? How can I keep them entertained in the run?

    So we’ve added a 7x3 extended area to our original coop/run area (the long covered structure on the left) that they have access to at all times as well as a fresh salad, buckets of dirt/grass from our yard, and treats. I still feel like they need more space bc as I’ve learned, the only real...
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    Chicken boredom busters? How can I keep them entertained in the run?

    thanks! i gave them a fresh salad yesterday and they devoured it. they get mounds of dirt, leaves, and grass daily. that definitely always keeps them busy for a couple of hours until they realize the yard is still just beyond their wire fencing haha. unfortunately, our yard is huge, so covering...
  6. matthennessy

    Chicken boredom busters? How can I keep them entertained in the run?

    Hey all! I have 2 laying hens in a 10ftWx6.5ftLx6.5H run (I will attach photos of our setup) but they constantly seem to be pecking,digging, and snooping around the edges and door of run where I come in and out. It seems like they spend all day looking for a way out as they can see the rest of...
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