I appreciated the leghorns. I found them very smart and really liked them. They are very alert and were excellent at free ranging. Sadly they were too good at it. Exploring the hillside is one thing. Spending about 75% of your day way up on the hill out of sight is another thing entirely. Sending them to my aunt was the best thing for them. They have a huge covered run, as big as my yard. The best part, my aunts house is on a hill. Her run, is on the hill. The girls get the best of both worlds. Exploring a hill and safely enclosed. They are thriving. The one thing she does not have that I do is the creek. She does have a ditch though that unless it is very dry has water flowing. After they got acclimated she started letting them out of the run when she was outside doing yard work. My "ducks in chicken suits" as she calls them head straight for the ditch every time.
