can you spend more time with her?
Well, I work. So she sees me for 10 minutes in the morning while I tidy up the coop. And I spend about an hour w/ her in the evenings. Weekends I spend more time.
I made her squat for me yesterday morning and twice yesterday evening. Last night I actually locked them all inside their coop for the night which keeps it darker. (Their 4'x4' coop sits inside a 14' by 20' predator proof run so I don't need to lock them up.) And when I let them out, they all came out together. I think the crowing might have to do w/ her being lonely. And I made them some mash out of the powdered feed which they all ate together.
So I'll try that for a few more days/nights and see if I can get them to get along a little better. The babies are 18 weeks now and one has a really red face, wattles and comb. I'm hoping that as they come into lay and one or two are in a nest, that Coco can then figure out how to get along w/ the lone one out in the run and they can get along.
I really was just venting above. I was so very bummed with all the hardship I've had raising chickens. I'm so jealous when I speak to people who say, Yea, we got 4 hens three years ago and still have the same 4.
I'll work through this.
