Thanks for your thoughts - that's really helpful, just to be reassured.
Things have calmed down a bit over the past couple of days. We kept the little'un in the crate for the rest of the day, and then when, towards dusk, we opened it (actually just to give her some more water) she pushed past...
Hi all
We've kept hens for a few years, and never had any problems. We've only ever had a maximum of three birds, however, and now we've moved to a new house with more room, decided to get some more.
We have one hen that we've had for a couple of years, and her friend sadly passed away a...