Chickens and Bird Feeders

Here is where three of four games that previously roosted in woods are at each night. Dog sleeping below at time of photograph although most of time he is out in yard and near orchard where most of penned birds are kept.

Fourth chicken is on a shelf to right of view. Eviction and cleanup are tonight.

 

Eviction leads to relocation into confinement. Each will be given a pen in which to reside.

 

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My pens could hold a wild Turkey or even a jungle fowl, although the birds would damage themselves. The adult games can kill themselves by panicking and flying up against pen ceiling, but they can not escape.

 

My singly penned birds have about 20 square feet per bird. Free range they access readily about 2 acres and could go three times that when they feel need. They would cover much more if feeding station not filled for a couple days. Bird feeders really tightening up their ranging habits.

 

All free-range games penned last night. Will now see who is eating all the peanuts and spilling large amounts of millet from feeders chickens not supposed to access. A single American Dominique stag is still out, but I doubt he has the intellect or physical ability needed to access the feeders. Once I get the games imprinted on their new roost locations they will be let out again to see who is doing the excess eating. I will also put out a game camera to record visitors to check for large flock of starlings. Either way, the games were spending a lot of time below the feeders that were being emptied out too fast.