Anyone have luck catching a feral chicken?? UPDATE: Rooster caught, no hen

[apryl29]

I went to clean up the coop tonight and feed my chickens and I must say I am completely in love with the PDZ stuff and I wish that I had had it in the coop from the very beginning. And as I was cleaning up stuff I discovered a huge wet spot in Odin's area where his water had spilled so I sprinkled some of the PTZ underneath his straw. I have to get another bag and I'm going to put some of it on the entire floor. Before and after pics.. it's so much better than picking poop out of straw. This is seriously changed my life.

 

[Sassysouth]

She has been hiding in the coop all day what should I do

Bring her inside with you and snuggle.

 

[Sassysouth]

I went to clean up the coop tonight and feed my chickens and I must say I am completely in love with the PDZ stuff and I wish that I had had it in the coop from the very beginning. And as I was cleaning up stuff I discovered a huge wet spot in Odin's area where his water had spilled so I sprinkled some of the PTZ underneath his straw. I have to get another bag and I'm going to put some of it on the entire floor. Before and after pics.. it's so much better than picking poop out of straw. This is seriously changed my life.

I love it!!

 

[21hens-incharge]

@TexasSam
Integrating is rough, especially a young inexperienced girl where a rooster is.

Places to get out of sight of the others in the run is a must. I have leaned a piece of plywood up and zip tied it to the fence. A pallet done the same way or hay bales works too.

Lots of good advice already given by others of course.

You may want to separate a space for her in the run so they cannot beat on her. If there are ones that are decent to her I would put them in with her. Then when they are released together there isn't just one target.

 

[Sassysouth]

Sounds pretty normal to me. If she starts to bleed, that is when it's a problem. One day, my Orpingtons decided to totally eat the tail off of the lowest bird in the order. I took it out, it always had been the runt, nursed it back to health, (tail never grew back). When I put it back in with them, I went to work, came home and they had killed that little runt. Got to watch close!

I don’t want to repeat, but just incase someone missed it. I had 4 Red Production chicks together for 18 months, all of a sudden 3 turned on Sesame and bloodied her up. I found her hiding in the coop hanging on to a slanted nesting box for dear life. I put her in a dog kennel and carried her with me to my grandmother’s for the night (because I was leaving and couldn’t leave her). She throughly enjoyed herself at my grandmother’s being able to free range. She sang and sang. I ended up getting rid of the other 3. Poor Sesame was so scared, even alone in the run and the others on the other side. They would try to get in after her. I swear they had evil eyes and wanted to kill her.
I don’t know why they turned on her like that. It was really sad, and she has PTSD from it. She is scared of all chickens, except these little Bantams.

 

[pitbullmomma]

Can you tell how happy I am for you?

Thanks Stacey!!!! I am feeling all those emojis, lol!

 

[Sassysouth]

Congrats on the egg!

I hope all adults and little ones feeling under the weather feel better soon.

Also, I got the run completed enough Sesame can stay in there tomorrow. I still need to make a coop door and other minor stuff. I need to decide on a roof for my runs. We have some metal roofing straped down on part of it, but I need to screw it down and get more, or something.

 

[pitbullmomma]

She too smart is the problem! She sees me getting stuff ready for her and goes under the dining room table. Then she lays on what I need to treat. She's heavy and STRONG!

I do my best to soothe her and stay calm. If I get flustered and frustrated she takes advantage and cooperates even less.

Thanks @pitbullmomma. I live in one of the most expensive areas to own a pet in Ohio. When my Chihuahua needed a dental and a cat needed to tooth pulled I drove 2 hrs south to another vet. I got the dental, teeth pulled on dog and cat. Shots for dog and brought monster dog along to get shots and testing for her too. It was still cheaper then getting just the dental at my usual vet. And they kept monster dog for me so I could go sight seeing!

Ask your vet if you can give her benadryl a half hour or so before you med/treat her, it may calm her down (dog dose is a mg per pound, alot higher than in people). Mild sedating qualities.

Pet dentistry is way expensive, cuz you're paying for xrays, bloodwork, the visit, the actual work done...unlike a person you can't clean/pull teeth on an awake dog (or cat, yikes).

 

[Redhead Rae]

Awe..you have a milk drinker?
How old?

I miss my milk drinker.

Yes, I do. He is 16 months and still prefers his "milkies" over solids, especially when sick. I'm not too fussed about it as long as he continues to gain weight and grow. I don't think he has eaten any solids today. He usually loves banana and cheese, but he refused "nana" earlier and crumbled the cheese I gave him all over the place without eating any of it. No, I take that back, he had three tiny bites of my yogurt this morning.

 

[pitbullmomma]

CONGRATS!!!

THANK YOU! I can't stop taking it out of the fridge and fondling it.
(lol. She said fondle!)