Hey everyone. So, the strangest thing just happened. We were down the allotments seeing to our hens and newly hatched chicks when a strange bird crashed into the fence?? At first we thought it was a chicken, but it doesn’t appear to have a comb - so we honestly have no clue what it is.
It flew...
I don’t see why not. Your hen would usually be at a disadvantage being alone, but she is older and will already be comfortable in her home. Do u have a separate area you could put the new hens in at first? They should get to know each other without contact, through a fence, then they should be...
Hey, I’m no pheasant professional and know very little about them. And a few days ago a pheasant randomly appeared on our allotment, we don’t know what breed it is and it is VERY tame and seems used to being around other poultry. WE naturally get ringnecks around here, but we don’t think she is...
We don’t have enough room. We only have two pens. One for ducks and one for chickens. She’s not ours nor do we know where she came from. We are happy to keep her, but it’d made our life easier if we could keep her with our other animals as we have dogs that run down there. We’re already attached...
Thx for the reply, we’ll probs try her with the chickens, since she seem keen to get in there! Do u think she might be looking for company? She seems to like hiding with the pumpkins :lau
Hey, the past few days there as been a female pheasant chilling on our allotment, and we can get as close as half a meter and she simply doesn’t mind, we’ve been leaving corn and water for her. She seems to try to get to the chickens. And then stops when they come out, as if she wants their...