I Have 3 Hens That Are Making Me Soooo MAD!!!

[Turtle]

I would put the BA that has been the worse in freezer camp and see how the other two react at the ring leader being gone.

 

[mylilchix]

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I just called hubby and told him it's OFF WITH HER HEAD!!!!! Ironically her name is Crispy. Can' wait 'til she's fried and on my plate.

Her behavior has been awful. She should be off to freezer camp by the end of the weekend. The trio lays really well, but I don't want to start losing my eggs to them.

Sonja

 

[emvickrey]

Let the other 2 watch the butchering and maybe they will get the hint and behave.

 

[mylilchix]

I like that. lol Maybe we should do it in front of the coop and EVERYONE can get the hint!

 

[emvickrey]

There you go. Last summer we participated in the Tyson program that they have for kids. We started butchering all the extra chckens becsue they get too big to lay eggs. By the time we got to the last one she was terrified. So we left her alone. We didn't do all the butchering in one day but she knew when we where at it again bcuase they all hung out together and stayed away form the other hens. They are tamer than the other ones. anyway. I didn't have the heart to kill her then the other hens did it for us. Shehad goten so big she couldn't carry her own weight and chickens being chickens tried to eat her alive. We had to kill her becuse she was so big and because they had done so much damage she was suffering. I was so mad at the other hens they got no treats for months.

 

[janieschicks]

Your chickens eat meat? Really?

 

[mylilchix]

Yup! A friend suggested that after our pecking issue. In the summer they eat bugs and get protein from that. They don't get that in the winter, so I've started giving them meat scraps in place of the bugs.

 

[janieschicks]

Cool, my chickens favorite food is cherry tomatoes! They chase them all over the place! Really funny to watch them all go for the same tomato!