Good point. Was worried about the same thing. If I could hang on long enough before the spouse gives her away, I was thinking of a basic Conditioning approach: like, every time she screams, a sound-activated strobe light goes off for a few seconds to distract her. Eventually, she makes the...
Hmmm, well then; there you have it! I guess you're right: Option #2. Thank you for weighing in. So, um, antidepressants or anti-anxiety meds are no prescribed? Then again, I guess my spouse and I could try a few. ;)
'Midnight' is a less than one-year-old Black Copper Marans. We've raised her, together with her three 'sisters,' Safire Plymouth Rock greys, since they were one week old chicks. As early as the first week after returning from the local Wilco, Midnight demonstrated issues. Kept in the garage in a...
We have four hens who are seven months old. We raised them from one-week-old chicks.
They live in a coop surrounded by a Run. The coop's nesting area supports
all four but is designed with only two side-by-side nesting boxes separated
by a very low (like 2-3" high) divider.
Three of our birds...
And a 'tinier' hello from Petaluma. (We're less than 60,000.) Thank you for the welcome. Very eager to share the bigger-than-life exploits from 'The Breakfast Club'.
Greetings from 'The Breakfast Club' in Petaluma, Calif., home to four chicks with an attitude: Maui; Fracass; Midnight; and Noir. Raised them from a week out of the shell. They've begun laying in the past month (so on or about Month 6). Though, Midnight, the Black Copper Marans, is finding that...
Yes, that IS a picture of me locked in a coop. My 10-year-old daughter has a wicked sense of humor.
To wit: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4eicvpv5ousyxc6/Dad%20locked%20in%20Coop%20%2810%2003%202021%29.mp4?dl=0