My broody is normally the leader of the flock, and maybe that's why, but I just supervised and gradually let them out in the same run and it went super smooth.
The two coops are in the same run/garden, so they had already seen each other always during the day when the hens are out. I followed...
Super nice to hear your approach! And with the children I can imagine it is very effective to focus on one chicken each. We of course all try to interact with all of them, but then it's good to coordinate a little what to do. So will definitely continue saying their names repeatedly. For now we...
Haha, I still have to find my way a little around how the forum works but I think I'm starting to get it.... and will apply the search function. I also found some stuff on Karen Pryors website.
But for now just picking them up and handling them is already training enough.
How did you teach...
Thanks! That's very true indeed. I already got some very useful help on chicken health, and as a nice bonus I've learned the colours of my chickens!
As you saw in my welcome thread I've got a little coop with 3 little ladies. 1 brahma bantam and 2 cochin bantam. The yare very sweet little...
Hello!
I live in the netherlands :frow
I'm new here, but I already found that sometimes the info im reading is specific to the US. For example when I was researching what kind of bedding to use, I ended up with hemp which at first seemed difficult because it's a bigger hassle to get in the US...