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Mean hen. Should I just send her along to her next life?

post #1 of 5
3/30/12 at 7:10am
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I have a Delaware that's going on 4 years old.  I affectionately (?) call her The B!tch.  She eats eggs, doesn't lay so much, attacks my little silkie roo, and yesterday I found my little silkie hen being all broody -- and bloody.  The B!tch had blood on her head so I suspect she started it.  The little silkie is now in the cat carrier with some plastic, and real eggs, and I'm gathering opinions on what to do with The B!tch.

 

I can put her in a separate pen, but I'm having a hard time seeing a reason why....

 

On a side note, if the silkie hatches the plastic eggs, will get Peeps? tongue.png

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post #2 of 5
3/30/12 at 7:21am

She'll make an excellent stew....

16 hens own me.  3 Black Australorps, 3 Dominiques, 2 Golden Laced Wyandottes, 3 Welsummers, 3 golden comets, 1 New Hampshire Red and 1 Ameraucana. 

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16 hens own me.  3 Black Australorps, 3 Dominiques, 2 Golden Laced Wyandottes, 3 Welsummers, 3 golden comets, 1 New Hampshire Red and 1 Ameraucana. 

Chicken Math in action -- sell three, buy seven -- build another coop - harvest two, order 12. New chicks arriving in May 2013! 6 Ameraucana's and 6 Anconas.

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post #3 of 5
3/30/12 at 7:32am

yuppers she sounds to be the breed called,, yum yum droolin.gif

BYC's original hippie..0 pair of games,0 peafowl,, 0, 0 savanah moniter,0 black emporer scorpion,0 bull snake,0 ball python,,0 wife,1 older boy,2 girls @ 7and9

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BYC's original hippie..0 pair of games,0 peafowl,, 0, 0 savanah moniter,0 black emporer scorpion,0 bull snake,0 ball python,,0 wife,1 older boy,2 girls @ 7and9

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post #4 of 5
3/30/12 at 7:58am

Make room for another nice one in the coop...and a pot on your stove ;)

We have a dozen different breeds of chickens and we love them all!

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We have a dozen different breeds of chickens and we love them all!

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post #5 of 5
3/30/12 at 9:26am
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yep.  I think she'll fit nicely in the crock pot.  Maybe my bf will do the deed for me.

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