We have had our chickens for just about three years now. They have a big coop that we refer to as the chicken condo, and they have a fenced in yard to protect them from predators. The problem is they have pecked and scratched their yard so that it is nothing but weeds.
Sometimes we would corral Pepper inside and let the chickens be free-range for a short while. Pepper loves to lunge at the chickens when they are up near their fence. She's not doing it to be aggressive, she's doing it because she thinks it's fun.
This Spring after a particularly harsh winter, the chickens looked more longingly at the brown grass beyond the fence than usual, so I let them out. However, instead of corralling Pepper inside I put her on a leash to see how she would do. She wanted to sniff the chickens but she was being very calm. The chickens never let her get anywhere near them anyway.
The next time I tried it I left Pepper off leash. She still was very calm and didn't bother the chickens. So it looks like they can peacefully coexist free-range on the land afterall.
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