No one can say chickens don't have feelings...

I know that well. If you've read my story of Ivy and her sister, Lexie, refusing to leave her side as she passed on, you'll see I agree with you. They become very attached to each other.

 

Chickens DO have feelings, but I don't think it's like human feelings exactly. If he is alone now, he needs some hens for company. Chickens are flock animals, they need their own kind around.

The reason I separate them from human emotions is in 18 years I have seen some mourn the loss of a flockmate. And I have seen some kill and eat a sick flockmate. It's a different world for chickens.

 

Yeah they do - Bertha my hen is the same. When one of her chicks was hatched with its guts on the outside - well we had to take it and cull it which was sad. But there was a moment when I lifted the tiny thing and it made a noise and my eyes met Bertha's and she just knew!!!!!!!! There was deffinately that moment between us.
Now she has 4 - 9week old chicks and well we were told that you can part them at about 8 weeks. So we did only Bertha didn;t like that one bit. She actually sobbed for 3 days and it got so bad I just caved and gave them all back to her! I felt like I was a really bad person!Honestly never heard a hen sob before but she deffinately did!!! They most awful cry it broke my heart! - Are you sure your sister wont take the other roo as well???????? I have two chicks I have raised in the brood box and they screech something awful if I lift one out for any reason! They are 8 weeks old now! - Yeah chickens are not daft and they certainly dooooooooooo have feelings!!!!!!!!!!!


Oesdog -

 

i agree. 2 days ago our neighbors dog killed 5 out 6 chickens. she will not leave the coop or get off her roost, unless she eats and drinks, then she's back on her roost. won't even come down for treats. she's making strange noises. i've looked her over very good and she escaped without a scratch. she's a fast bird cuz she managed to out run a husky

 

i feel bad for him

 

Oh yes they have feelings...just recently I lost my Thor (my avatar) and one of the girls especially took it hard...she would not eat or drink for 2 days, at night I caught her lying in the place where he fell rather than on the roost. She was lying next to his body when he was found. They certainly can grieve, mourn and love. Thor was a testament and my proof that chickens can love and protect humans too.

Just give your little guy some extra TLC and attention. He will find himself again in a few days.