Complainingchicken!

[Wormhunter]

Hi, I wonder if anyone can advise please
I have a small flock of 6 those island red hens
Cracker( one of our funnier ladies) was injured in a fox attack 10 weeks ago, a swift intervention by hubby saved our girls but Cracker was injured and we kept her in our conservatory for two weeks to heal and recover from the shock
She is now fully healed but is displaying a ‘strange’ behaviour
For the last 7+ weeks she walks about howling and verbally ‘complaining’
She eats well, joins in with communal sand baths, sleeps with her sisters but BOY does she complain, constantly howling, a verbal ‘wailing’ chicken that will not stop! Any ideas how to get her to STOP?

 

[sourland]

Sounds like the chicken equivalent of PTSD. Any possibility that the fox is still in the area and causing her to be on high alert?

 

[Wormhunter]

Sounds like the chicken equivalent of PTSD. Any possibility that the fox is still in the area and causing her to be on high alert?

Not sure, we concreted the perimeter fence but this is the first fox attack in over 18 months although he could be about still
Any ideas. I’m using chamomile in their hay nesting boxes ?