Any ideas on how to calm a nervous type hen please!

[chuckzoo]

I have two BRs now 1 yr old, the one hen is a very nervous type, jumps for the slightest thing.

I handled them when they were young but, whereas the one hen will sit and wait for me to pick her up and carry her to whereever I need them to be the other runs away.

She is very jittery and nervous when the other hen goes into the coop to lay and raises a fuss.

I have ordered two more chicks but it will be a long time before I can introduce them since, from reading here they need to be grown before I intoduce them.

What do I do in the meantime?

Could she have a nutritional defieciency? I read that insufficient calcuim may cause nervousness, but they have oyster sheel ad lib, are fed on 16% layer crumbles get small amount of treats, BOSS, lettuce and occational veggies trimmings.

I have tried offering her treats to keep her occupied but nothing works!

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Yogaliciouschick]

I have one BR and she is very different from my other hens. She likes to wander off to the neighbors compost pile. The first time she did this I thought something got her. Each chicken has their own personality. I would try to win her friendship by giving her lots of special treats. Meal worms will win you love from any chicken, or something else yummy like that. The more you seem like the food source the more she should like you. But just like people there is always an unsocial one. Not sure about any dificiancys but keep trying the treats.