chicken head wear?

[portlandpeeps]

A while back I posted about my hen who's being picked on (her coop companions plucked all the feathers off her head).

The plucked hen has found a way to protect herself...during the daylight hours she uses the food bucket as armor. She hops into it as soon as the sun comes up. It seems to have helped since feathers are beginning to sprout up on her head.

The problem with her solution is she poops in the food container and that's got to be adding to the other hens annoyance with her. I could put a top on the container so she can't get into it, but then where will she hide?

So...I'm wondering if any of you crafty types can design my hen a hat or helmut to protect her from her plucking mates.

I welcome your ideas (and designs).

 

[Smartie_Pants]

How about a miniature bonnet? Like these:

http://www.cornucopiacostume.com/images/girls bonnet.jpg

http://www.quakerjane.com/images/plain_dress/quaker_bonnet.jpg

http://www.halloweenscene.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/49728 puritan bonnet.jpg

http://www.tstitches.com/RedButtonBonnet1.jpg

http://www.blockaderunner.com/images/bonnet01.jpg

http://www.reenactmentcostumes.com/images/prairie_bonnet.jpg



except chicken sized.

Here is the link to a pattern they had up for it. Maybe someone can shrink it?:

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/trailofthe49ers/bonnet.gif

 

[OHMYCHICKIES]

be careful when you open that link up, there is an image on that page that is not kid friendly

 

[Smartie_Pants]

OMG! There is? Where? I so did not see it! I'm sorry! I just looked at the first couple of rows. Oops! I'll fix that!

ETA: What's not kid friendly? I looked it over good and there are only pics of women wearing bonnets, and a car diagram at the bottom.

 

[LittleYellowOne]

Yeah i didn't see anything either...

OHMYCHICKIES- do you have Safesearch turned on? I use that to protect my innocent little eyes, and I'm 19~

 

[Henrietta23]

If someone comes with a pattern for one, I need it in quail size. I have a female coturnix who was injured and has a wound on her head. She desperately wants to be back with her friends after being isolated for two weeks. I'd love to have something to put on her head to let the wound continue to heal!

 

[OHMYCHICKIES]

Actually I still see it. I don't have Safesearch because I don't have a Windows system. That is probably why.

I guess whoever doesn't have safesearch on beware. That safesearch is a good idea, wish I had that.

 

[Smartie_Pants]

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My safe search is turned on too. Actually, I didn't know you could set it otherwise until you said something. Maybe that's why ours doesn't show anything bad?

 

[Smartie_Pants]

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Okay, I'll just list the links to the direct bonnet pics and take down the search link. Don't want to have anything innapropriate up.

 

[OHMYCHICKIES]

sorry, didn't mean to cause confusion, I didn't even know safesearch existed.