Free Range Chickens, The Predator Reality No One Warns You About

Free range chickens sound like the perfect answer.
Healthier birds, better eggs, and less work.

But on a real working farm, free range comes with predators, losses, property damage, and hard tradeoffs that most people never talk about.

Here at Possum Ridge Farms, we’ve raised chickens for years and tried just about everything, mobile electric netting, hoop houses, guardian dogs, permanent housing, and layered protection systems.

We did everything the experts said.

And we still lost birds.

In this video, I break down what actually works, what falls apart fast, and what no one tells you about free range chickens, so you don’t have to learn it the hard way.

This isn’t meant to scare you away from chickens.
It’s meant to help you build a system that still works a year from now.

If you’re dealing with predators, losses, or burnout, you’re not alone.

🎵 Music Credit

That Kid in Fourth Grade Who Really Liked the Denver Broncos
by Chris Zabriskie
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00:00 - Predators Are Everywhere
00:13 - We Did Everything Right and Still Lost Chickens
00:42 - Why Free Range Fails on Real Farms
00:58 - Predators Are Constant, Not Occasional
01:49 - Property Damage and Burnout
02:28 - The Math Nobody Does
02:54 - Designing a System That Actually Works
03:13 - Layered Protection Explained
03:54 - Why There Is No Perfect Setup
04:45 - Hope Is Not a Plan
04:58 - The Real Goal of Free Range Chickens