I've always heard a week or more. Please don't feel bad for putting her in a kennel. I've had to do the same with a broody hen 3 different times. I set up food and water, then pushed a stick through the wire of the cage to make a roost. She pretty much sat on the roost for the week. If you have...
My two GLOws are just as aggressive. They both gang up on a few of the other hens lower in the pecking order. I have heard you can remove the aggressive when to adjust the pecking order. It's worth a try before reforming her. Good luck, and let us know how it goes.
I'm really interested to hear what others have to say about their disposition. Mine both will pluck feathers from the other 2 chickens that are lower in the pecking order than them. Personally, I'd never get Wyandottes or Orpingtons again. I've had the most trouble with them out of everyone in...
Thanks, FlySammyJ. Your picture makes it more obvious that I don't have a rooster. I got them from the same tub at the feed store and didn't think there would be that much variation between 2. I guess that's what you get with hatchery stock. I feel a little better knowing I won't be dealing with...
Hello Wyandotte folks,
I'm some of you can help me out. I have a pair of Golden Laced Wyandottes that are just now maturing. One is laying, and the other I was positive was a rooster. He's much darker in coloring, with iridescent green feathers and developed faster. He hasn't crowed yet, but...