Moragh Eilish
Hatching
- Apr 29, 2020
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Hello everyone,
I’m hoping to get some advice from you all, so here’s my situation...
My chickens won’t leave their pen without me being present after an eagle came down and tried to snatch one of my hens three weeks ago. The chicken is fine but had some mild injuries, plus had a big chunk of her feathers ripped out. They have also stopped laying. I have tried lots of different tactics. I played soft music during the day, went and spent time with them, put fake eggs in their baskets, gave them lots of treats...
The eagle attack was the day after we got them, so new environment + predator invasion... maybe it was a bit too much to handle?
I am wondering if I need to move their pen into a forest area and give them a new environment. We put a net over them, so they are safe, but they don’t seem to think so. They don’t seem to have any other issues. They’re eating and drinking still (at least while I’m around), but they just spend all their time huddled together in the coop.
I’m hoping to get some advice from you all, so here’s my situation...
My chickens won’t leave their pen without me being present after an eagle came down and tried to snatch one of my hens three weeks ago. The chicken is fine but had some mild injuries, plus had a big chunk of her feathers ripped out. They have also stopped laying. I have tried lots of different tactics. I played soft music during the day, went and spent time with them, put fake eggs in their baskets, gave them lots of treats...
The eagle attack was the day after we got them, so new environment + predator invasion... maybe it was a bit too much to handle?
I am wondering if I need to move their pen into a forest area and give them a new environment. We put a net over them, so they are safe, but they don’t seem to think so. They don’t seem to have any other issues. They’re eating and drinking still (at least while I’m around), but they just spend all their time huddled together in the coop.