Chickens getting the better of me!

[EssexGirl]

I swear, my hens are taking it in turns to wind me up. We've just managed, after five months, to stop our Andalusian from escaping into the garden to lay her egg - she now happily lays in the nestbox every day. So this week, my Mottled Java, who is a good deal heavier and not a great flyer, is somehow getting out of the run and laying her egg in the garden even though she's been using the nestbox up till now. <Sigh> I wish I knew how they think.

 

[True Grit]

Think? Hmm, I wonder....

 

[gryeyes]

They're just little kids in feather suits.

 

[chick4chix]

You have thinking chickens? I didn't know there was such a thing

 

[urbanfarmer101]

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Absolutely!

 

[NanaLantana]

If they're flying, you could take scissors and clip ONE wing's feathers. That would stop flying over the fence.

And chickens DO think - it's just instant think-then-act! Then forget it!