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I used punish for lack of a better word, but I could also argue why would you punish a kid for being a kid? I understand that chickens don’t have the same mental acuity as children, but I’m trying to figure out how to prevent her from running into the woods and putting herself in danger.

They are almost 2 yo, and they’ll still squat if I’m in close proximity and they don’t see a fast way out. They’ve got a decent sized run (it’s 16x8 for 4 of them) and they spend all day in it (with access to their coop and a programmed door with timer). I throw feed on the ground, as well as...

They typically always respond to the mealworm bag shaking, but lately this hen has been like FU I do what I want. I don’t want anyone to think I’m unnecessarily awful to my chickens. I love them dearly and spoil them as much as I can, but it’s my first time with chickens and I’m trying to...

does anyone here “punish” their chickens (I’m not talking about physical abuse)? I have “pecked” back when they were younger and pecked me, but I have a hen that ran off into the woods earlier this week during supervised free range times and I couldn’t get her in for two hours. I told her I...