Hello, so I put the baby chicks in a cage and put them with mommy hen, the chickies seem happy and give no mind to mommy hen,
but mommie is sooo scared of the babies?
she was hiding in the corner panting with her mouth open as much as she could, sitting in the position where chickens sit when they are submitting to you with her wings open and squatting and allowing you to pick her up and being really really vocal about it. and would curl up in a ball when I approched her and started flapping her wings and acting so scared, as soon as I took the baby chickies away she stopped freaking out and went back to being a normal chicken LOL shes such a chicken LMAO. more info, she was running away from the babies to hide.
is this normal behavior for a mommy hen to be scared of baby chicks?
I seen my hen kill rats, eat a gofer baby once, kicked a cat's butt so bad the cat died in my neighbors back yard so shes not scared of other animals and will stand up against dogs and peck at them but when it came to baby chicks shes scared? i don't get it.
I just checked on mommy hen and she's walking around but pooping water everywhere. I think i tramatized her waking up with chicks in her coop?
a little history:
chickie(momma) was in a flock of 3 hens i had till my neighbor killed 2 of them when they was 13 months old. then the VND quarantine started so chickie has been alone for 2 years. i keep her inside in winter and bring her in on hot days, she plays and is is not scared of people or other animals.
she gets treats and loves all my friends, i can pick her up and her sit on my lap but when the chicks are in the room she fights me and wants to run and hide. its so frustrating. I don't have any clue what to do.
i'm going to keep bringing her in for 10 to 20 mins a day so shes not so scared of them. i just don't get why shes so scared of them.
but mommie is sooo scared of the babies?
she was hiding in the corner panting with her mouth open as much as she could, sitting in the position where chickens sit when they are submitting to you with her wings open and squatting and allowing you to pick her up and being really really vocal about it. and would curl up in a ball when I approched her and started flapping her wings and acting so scared, as soon as I took the baby chickies away she stopped freaking out and went back to being a normal chicken LOL shes such a chicken LMAO. more info, she was running away from the babies to hide.
is this normal behavior for a mommy hen to be scared of baby chicks?
I seen my hen kill rats, eat a gofer baby once, kicked a cat's butt so bad the cat died in my neighbors back yard so shes not scared of other animals and will stand up against dogs and peck at them but when it came to baby chicks shes scared? i don't get it.
I just checked on mommy hen and she's walking around but pooping water everywhere. I think i tramatized her waking up with chicks in her coop?
a little history:
chickie(momma) was in a flock of 3 hens i had till my neighbor killed 2 of them when they was 13 months old. then the VND quarantine started so chickie has been alone for 2 years. i keep her inside in winter and bring her in on hot days, she plays and is is not scared of people or other animals.
she gets treats and loves all my friends, i can pick her up and her sit on my lap but when the chicks are in the room she fights me and wants to run and hide. its so frustrating. I don't have any clue what to do.
i'm going to keep bringing her in for 10 to 20 mins a day so shes not so scared of them. i just don't get why shes so scared of them.
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