9_OddHens
Chirping
Seriously gang... I need advice here.
My 4 month old Bantams (& 3 Orpinton hens, same age) used to all come to me and sleep on my lap and look for attention (accept the Silkies, they've always been useless lol) but now they are all terrified of me.
We had a racoon attack about 2 weeks ago.... almost all of my birds witnessed a couple of the older birds get chased off and killed... so I can see how that would have put everyone on edge... but c'mon... I move to change water, there's chaos. I fill a feeder, there's chaos. I clean out a box, or clean off a poop shelf... chaos.
Always chaos.
Its come to the point where I actually feel depressed going into their pen & coop. Unless I sit completely still there's chaos... If I move AT ALL the Silkies lose their bloody minds and scream like 2 year old kids in a fight over candy... the rest of them run around in circles flapping their wings and just freak out in general. They run away from me like I'm going to eat them!
My older birds (other side of the barn & separated) don't react like that and they saw the racoon attack too- they lost 2 of their friends in it... but its business as usual for them. I don't get it.
How do I help the bantams get over this?! I can't handle feeling like this every time I go in there
I do not look like a racoon btw... incase any of you smarty pants out there were going to ask
My 4 month old Bantams (& 3 Orpinton hens, same age) used to all come to me and sleep on my lap and look for attention (accept the Silkies, they've always been useless lol) but now they are all terrified of me.
We had a racoon attack about 2 weeks ago.... almost all of my birds witnessed a couple of the older birds get chased off and killed... so I can see how that would have put everyone on edge... but c'mon... I move to change water, there's chaos. I fill a feeder, there's chaos. I clean out a box, or clean off a poop shelf... chaos.
Always chaos.
Its come to the point where I actually feel depressed going into their pen & coop. Unless I sit completely still there's chaos... If I move AT ALL the Silkies lose their bloody minds and scream like 2 year old kids in a fight over candy... the rest of them run around in circles flapping their wings and just freak out in general. They run away from me like I'm going to eat them!
My older birds (other side of the barn & separated) don't react like that and they saw the racoon attack too- they lost 2 of their friends in it... but its business as usual for them. I don't get it.
How do I help the bantams get over this?! I can't handle feeling like this every time I go in there
I do not look like a racoon btw... incase any of you smarty pants out there were going to ask