L2fly
Chirping
I saw a couple of pictures on here of people hanging ears of corn & apples from a rope as a treat, to give their chickens something fun to do & peck at, so I decided to try it. I used a screwdriver and threaded a piece of rope through a half head of cabbage and hung it about eye height to my hens.
About 5 minutes later I hear the girls screaming in their run and I assumed the dogs were bugging them, but the dogs were right with me. I walked over and the three of them are huddle in the far corner of the run, as far from the cabbage they could get, which is gently swinging on the rope.
Lesson learned... if you are going to try this, introduce it gradually, because chickens are chicken!! ;-) I lowered it and put it against the wall so it doesn't move so much, and will check in a few hours to see if they've overcome their fear of cabbage!
About 5 minutes later I hear the girls screaming in their run and I assumed the dogs were bugging them, but the dogs were right with me. I walked over and the three of them are huddle in the far corner of the run, as far from the cabbage they could get, which is gently swinging on the rope.
Lesson learned... if you are going to try this, introduce it gradually, because chickens are chicken!! ;-) I lowered it and put it against the wall so it doesn't move so much, and will check in a few hours to see if they've overcome their fear of cabbage!