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Monday update and question: Things look like they are ok today. Since I've been home from work I've seen the Isa brown go after Little once. But here's the question.....for the past 1/2 hour or so, Little has been running back and forth along the back of the run. No one is bugging her or chasing her. I've seen a couple of the big girls do this from time to time but it's when the rest of the girls are out and one can't figure out how to get out (of the door that's wide open :rolleyes:). Any ideas what she's doing? Has she had enough and wants out of the situation?? :confused:
 
lverner said:
I've seen a couple of the big girls do this from time to time but it's when the rest of the girls are out and one can't figure out how to get out (of the door that's wide open :rolleyes:). Any ideas what she's doing? Has she had enough and wants out of the situation??
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They aren't the brightest sometimes.
Are the other birds out?
 
aart said:
But they free ranged before, right?
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They did but not all the time. It was a few hours at night after work. Then we would lock them up when they went in to roost. Our thinking was that we did not want to go through having to go out and get her off of the roof of the run at night to put her in the coop.
 
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Now then...after I posted the update, my husband went down and hung a head of cabbage. The big girls were, of course, scared. :barnie They were all bunched up and kept walking around the perimeter of the run together looking at the strange new hanging object. :eek:Little walked up and pecked at it and walked away. :confused: She was at the feeder, the waterer, the flock block, etc. completely unbothered. Then my husband proceeded to wash his motorcycle down near the run/coop. He had his music playing and it seemed to calm everyone. That entire time and even until they went in to roost for the night, no one chased anyone, they all let Little eat and drink and walk around the run. We didn't see them head into the coop to roost for the night but when they did, it happened fast and didn't see any issues with her going in too. She was on the high roost when we went and checked. My husband said it changed on a dime! :fl
 
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