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- May 16, 2020
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Unfortunately, it had to be *my* hen.
Cluck Noris, my sweet girl, has become a bully.
Ever since it started to rain frequently as we started to go into the winter season, Nori has been awfully mean to the other hens. When we let them graze in the yard- there's one space she's not allowed in. It's the pot for the lime tree we got from home depot that isnt actually a lime tree, it grew orange fruits and is apperantly a rangpur. The hens aren't allowed in there because they dig the dirt out.
So when Nori is in there, we usually gently push her out and tell her 'no'.
When we do this, she gets upset about having been moved, and immediatly goes after another hen. Usually she'll tear out one of the hen's neck feathers or run up to Unice or Valentina, the other two big girls, and puff out her feathers and lift her wings like she's trying to get them to fight.
And, just as recently, one of our hens stopped laying in the nesting box.
All of our hens have always laid in the nesting boxes. They learned to do it right away and do it very well. However, ever since Nori has started acting meaner, an unidentified chicken has been laying her egg on the ground of the run next to the door.
I'm pretty sure Nori kicked one of the hens out of the nesting box.
And as a first time chicken owner I don't exactly know how to get Nori to calm down. She's very comfortable with humans! She'll only peck at my dad and that's only if he wears his ring because it's shiny.
And again, she's been nice all summer. She only started to have a problem when the weather changed....does seasonal depressive disorder affect chickens? because that's also a problem around here during the winter.
She's learned not to peck my glasses or to peck my teeth while i talk.
She doesn't squirm when she gets picked up. She likes a warm snuggle, and likes to climb when she's on the patio. She'll go from the ground, to my lap, to the fire table, and then she'll flutter across to get on top of the couch or she'll TRY to get on top of the tv but she hasn't made it that far yet.
She also frequently tries to sit on the dog but the dog is afraid of chickens.
Cluck Noris, my sweet girl, has become a bully.
Ever since it started to rain frequently as we started to go into the winter season, Nori has been awfully mean to the other hens. When we let them graze in the yard- there's one space she's not allowed in. It's the pot for the lime tree we got from home depot that isnt actually a lime tree, it grew orange fruits and is apperantly a rangpur. The hens aren't allowed in there because they dig the dirt out.
So when Nori is in there, we usually gently push her out and tell her 'no'.
When we do this, she gets upset about having been moved, and immediatly goes after another hen. Usually she'll tear out one of the hen's neck feathers or run up to Unice or Valentina, the other two big girls, and puff out her feathers and lift her wings like she's trying to get them to fight.
And, just as recently, one of our hens stopped laying in the nesting box.
All of our hens have always laid in the nesting boxes. They learned to do it right away and do it very well. However, ever since Nori has started acting meaner, an unidentified chicken has been laying her egg on the ground of the run next to the door.
I'm pretty sure Nori kicked one of the hens out of the nesting box.
And as a first time chicken owner I don't exactly know how to get Nori to calm down. She's very comfortable with humans! She'll only peck at my dad and that's only if he wears his ring because it's shiny.
And again, she's been nice all summer. She only started to have a problem when the weather changed....does seasonal depressive disorder affect chickens? because that's also a problem around here during the winter.
She's learned not to peck my glasses or to peck my teeth while i talk.
She doesn't squirm when she gets picked up. She likes a warm snuggle, and likes to climb when she's on the patio. She'll go from the ground, to my lap, to the fire table, and then she'll flutter across to get on top of the couch or she'll TRY to get on top of the tv but she hasn't made it that far yet.
She also frequently tries to sit on the dog but the dog is afraid of chickens.
