Hello from a newbie in England! :)

[Savuti]

from California! The majority of my family lives in England, I love visiting, was just there in June for my cousin's wedding

Hope you find everything you need here, so many incredibly helpful people on BYC.

 

[sumi]

Hello and welcome to BYC

Glad you joined us!

 

[sorrell]

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone.

I do have a few questions, if anyone can help me and they probably wont be the last, so apologies!

The first is about my blue 10 wk hybrid. she arrived with a feather plucking problem. I had hoped she would stop, seeing that her new environment is so much better; she now has a garden to roam and peck around in instead of a 6ft square dirt floored pen. i have watched her sit under the trampoline and pull 3 feathers out this morning.

thats not counting the other blue feathers floating around as well! she is bald under her wings and round her tail. she only sports 2 tail feathers! she is the boss bird in our coop. she is the biggest out of the 4 birds and is the bully, although she has calmed down now she has established that she is the chief!

the 2nd question is how do you tame up chickens that are between 10--12 weeks old? these chickens hadn't been handled before we got them. I dont want to scare them but i do want them to come up and also be ok about being handled. One of the chickens now will come up to me and feed around my feet but the other 3 are reluctant to and keep their distance. so any hints/tips would be greatly appreciated there too!

Still cant believe how much time we have wasted just sitting in the garden watching them! One of my daughters is now dressed and out in the garden for 7am just to let them out and she only comes in now and again! Its her fault we have them, as it was her persistance on getting them, that broke her dads rule of no pets! (it helped that he was the one that picked up a chicken and showed her how to do it, while we were on holiday; so officially I blame him!). Even my parents come round to watch the chickens!

They are now well loved pets and we will do our best to provide the best care that we can. I am so glad that there is place to ask for help and advice!

Thank you in advance xx

 

[Red Barn Farms]