Recent content by EllieS

just an update on Rosie the Rooster. He is still in with the girls, has been there for about 2/3 weeks now. Definitely much better since we got him, you can walk around the coop and run now without him freaking out, he will just walk away to get away from you, without as much of the stressful...

wow what a difference! good for you taking them on. how long have you had them for now?

With our ISA browns (breed known for friendlieness) we just gave them lots of tasty seeds and spent a long time with them in the garden and getting them used to us walking around them. Mealworms really help too. I currently have a very untame rooster I am about to start trying to tame up, I...

We got our girls when they were a few months old I think?, they were a few weeks before egg laying age. It was actually very easy to tame them, they were out in their coop from day one, but it was summer when we got them so we spent alot of time sitting outside with them and giving them seeds...

haha! yes, demand is a better word to use. they definitely demand it.

When we first got our hens (3 ISA browns), we had them locked in the coop for two or three days. Then we let them out. Initially we didnt even have a run for them, our garden/field is surrounded by a fence so we just left them to it. They knew where home was and were tame enough to let us put...

scottcaddy- of course :) I will keep it updated day by day, might make an interesting reference for people and if not its a good diary for myself

Thanks for all the replies everyone. TalkALot our posts crossed before when I replied. Interesting reading about your bantam and how it is. Today rooster accidentally got out when I let the girls out, he stuck with them but when I put the scrambled egg in their pen for them, he didnt rush in...

thank you very much TalkaLittle, that makes sense as I am not new to a little dog training myself so can understand the logic. he was put with the girls from day one, and I have been in and out cleaning water and giving food and also opening and closing the door at morning/night, without...

She basically just left them to it. She obviously goes into the coop to clean and feed them etc, but they just keep out of the way and I dont think she made any effort at all in handling or trying to get closer. So the opposite of what we did with ours when we got them. I have got some meal...

Hello :) I am new to this forum, I hope this is in the right section. We have 4 lovely extremely tame ISA brown chickens. Theyre just fantastic. They have a coop and big run, and when we are in the garden they have full range of the entire garden (which is basically a field) and will come...