Hi, out there in chicken cyberspace. I had a predator attack the day before yesterday and lost 3 hens and a guinea to an unknown assailant. I have secured the coop, but am now worried if I am treating my injured birds correctly. I have a beautiful BO that I have brought into the house today to...
Here is my problem. This morning I go out to check on my ladies and I notice my 2 year old RIR hen laying down beside the food dish. She usually joins the other girls to come and greet me. I went to sit beside her (she does not like to be held) and she half heartily tried to stand. I noticed her...
Just curious if chickens hold grudges. If you have older ladies and then give attention to new additions also, will they be nasty? Are chickens capable of grudges? So far, all my girls are pretty relaxed but I am about to introduce the young with the experienced. They can see me trying to coax...
OK..so I have been lurking around this site for about 3 months. Hubby and I bought a farm in August, and as a housewarming present, he bought me a coop and ordered me four chickens. All is great in my world, right? That lasted about a month before a neighbors dog found my hen house and promptly...