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  1. BDutch

    i somehow acquired 2 runaways and i have questions. please help

    We had one in the run once, early in the morning. He had bitten his way through a 8 mm thick nylon rope to get inside. Jumped in the run or was waiting in the run till the pop door opened. We heard a lot of panicking noises coming from the hen house. Got up to see the damage. 1 hen down. For...
  2. BDutch

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    It made my heart jump to see you’ve got yourself a 3th bird with feathers. I hope he may shares some of the goodies and decides to stay for a bit. Can you see the gender? Did you give her/him a name?
  3. BDutch

    How intense is your pecking order?

    Very true. I had several issues for several years with juveniles who wanted to roost with the older hens. The older hens harassed the youngsters until they went to sleep elsewhere. They ended up in the tiny coop (too cramped) or the run (not safe a not nice in nasty weather). Eventually I...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    @DobieLover come over and read the well deserved compliments ^^.
  5. BDutch

    i somehow acquired 2 runaways and i have questions. please help

    A traumatised chicken never forgets ( my experience) . Chickens can coop with predators. If something has happened they go back to normal within a week or 2. Getting chased by adults as a chick, for many weeks, can traumatise a hen for life imo.
  6. BDutch

    i somehow acquired 2 runaways and i have questions. please help

    They hear you! That is why you need to make a sound with the treat-action.
  7. BDutch

    i somehow acquired 2 runaways and i have questions. please help

    I have two doors I open if they can free range. A small door at the front and a large door at the back where the rabbit fences are. If a few/most hens are back inside again , i close the small front door. So no chickens escape unseen. If I miss a few chickens I close both doors and make a tour...
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    i somehow acquired 2 runaways and i have questions. please help

    I throw one hand with mixed grains/seeds in the run and start calling them. Start clapping if don’t see them. Soon a few come to take a look. A second handful and more chickens follow. (Repeat) Until they are all inside. Maybe you need better treats? What do you give them to lure them?
  9. BDutch

    i somehow acquired 2 runaways and i have questions. please help

    I give enough wet chick feed in the morning for a few hours. There isa container with pellets too. No treats. When I let them feee range there is no more /not much left of the chick feed. When I give treats in the afternoon/evening some time before roost time, the chickens gat a second small...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Tax 2 seconds too late to take a photo of 3 hens in a special pose. These 3 hens were in greeting, discussion, or gossip mode with their heads stuck together.
  11. BDutch

    i somehow acquired 2 runaways and i have questions. please help

    I don’t give any food if they free range except for the pellets. Try to find out what kind of treats they like most. Mine are very fond of rice, spaghetti, mealworms, cooked green beans, grapes, . Never give treats or favourite food if the free range. Always if you want them to return to the run.
  12. BDutch

    i somehow acquired 2 runaways and i have questions. please help

    Normally I keep them inside the large run until noon - 14.pm. The auto pop door to the run opens sometime after dusk, around sunrise. When I go to work or have an appointment they stay in inside until MDH or I come home. We dont free range if nobody is at home. When we are at home in the...
  13. BDutch

    This chicken is not dead

    Not yet. Wait till the 🚗…
  14. BDutch

    i somehow acquired 2 runaways and i have questions. please help

    I give my chickens always chick feed too as a choice. It has more protein and less calcium. It’s perfect as a base feed when they moult. I have a moulting chicken without a tail. This funny looking situation lasted for a week or so. Her tail start to grow back visibly now. I never buy meat or...
  15. BDutch

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I only get 1 notification when 73 new posts are added since my last opening of the thread. It’s possible, but don’t ask me ask how I did it.
  16. BDutch

    i somehow acquired 2 runaways and i have questions. please help

    Such a lovely story. Sorry to read he didn’t live longer. Please update his story and share what happened next.
  17. BDutch

    i somehow acquired 2 runaways and i have questions. please help

    Careful with dogs. They are predators and have to be trained or kept apart from the chickens. I never did. I have been reading it works to some extent with lonely chicks. BTW, You doing great and I suspect you learn fast to be a superior caretaker .
  18. BDutch

    i somehow acquired 2 runaways and i have questions. please help

    Mine do poop from the roost ( poop tray/roost area) but they don’t poop on the coop floor either. Yes but they can choose another spot after being disturbed. In search for a quieter spot to brood. If she needs to lay an egg she lays an egg on a spot she thinks is best at that moment. Some...
  19. BDutch

    i somehow acquired 2 runaways and i have questions. please help

    Im a bit behind (no alert), but like to respond bc separated sleeping arrangements are not discussed often. Mine are not really separated and share the run space /free range space but prefer to split up at night. I have 4 older hens who sleep in an extension of an old prefab. There is room...
  20. BDutch

    Do you have (occasionally) chickens or other poultry in your house?

    Go ahead. Its public info you can use. Succes!
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