[MargaretR]

PS -
When my son bought a cottage up Stanhill, an attached 'smallholding', with chickens was included.

The flock had a free range paddock. There was one hen they nicknamed Ginger (From the film Chicken Run) who liked to wander into the garden area and observe humans. They grew fond of her. She didn't try to escape further afield. When they are happy and well fed they don't desire more.