Reviews by Iveta

I got mine as a rescue, brought in same day -from a local farm, with few other shabby looking birds- whose physical appearance would give out right away their story. Though I didn't ask-for it was obvious; also- every person working there had a different story about the background of the birds- whether they lay eggs or not (one said every day, they just laid eggs today, another says - not for a long time, so you have to buy them this layer food, third says these hens were just fooling with the rooster- so you are getting eggs tonight!! and the rooster looks like he had a career as a fighter in Argentina)... so I pick up my Gailina (hen in Spanish) and I am surprised she is so timid as her size is quite large- yet her beak is broken off; and she had big skin tags as well-visible signs of abuse or neglect; but then again- I bought her during the winter - when no one is selling egg layers, so I was like -ok! I will nurture her back to health.
Gailina seemed like the sweetest thing, until I put her in a flock with other small chicks- she made the duck bleed; dug out all my lettuce from my greenhouse, ate my new apple trees, then finished off with the tomato sprouts bed- and all of that while she still wasn't laying! Well-after ravishing my greenhouse I thought enough! - I am bringing this hen back! And the next day there it goes - she lays; next day yet again, and again! Then she starts to be sweet with me; seeks attention, yet the only way for her to not be territorial with the other chicks is to be left in her coop. She would leave her food, while all birds are eating, only to sneak behind the others-so to bully them out of their food-even when that is not the food she likes eating-Just to pick on them!! -and this is when I find out she feels rather sleepy and needs to go back to her coop. Somehow I feel like she challenges me to be hard with her- because she doesn't have a rooster her size; I have about given up she would lay eggs until she killed greenhouse produce which got me so mad I locked her up right away and she started laying! The day before she would come around me picking on my construction gloves while I was working on my pond. It was hard to chase her off! Its very interesting, temperamental hen; would also swing her tail a lot. Is that normal?