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Hi,

We are new chicken owners, we have 7 Red Star mutts (some are crossed with ameraucana?, etc...)

We have 8 acres of mostly wooded property in the middle of nowhere and I would like to know if it is possible to train the girls to stay out of the yard and in the woods. We have a crawling baby, so chicky poo in the yard+  baby=one big mess. Is there a way to do this? Am I being completely irrational?  They do have a fenced "Fort Knox", but I want to let them free range in the woods and eat more bugs, supplement feed, etc.  They've been out and do pretty well, but always seem to want to wander into the yard, and I'm NOT going to stand out there and chase them off every time they're out!

Just reaallly don't want poo all over my yard-there's plenty of woods for them to poo in!!!!

Thanks-

C