Penny's in Jail

[chickentrains]

Oh penny... Bad girl!

 

[chickentrains]

Would you like to borrow one of my mean buff orpingtons to put penny in her place? They sure know how to run other chickens off

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Would you like to borrow one of my mean buff orpingtons to put penny in her place? They sure know how to run other chickens off

I actually had a small flock of Silver Duckwing Old English Game bantams that were terrible to the standards! They'd sneak up behind a Standard, grap the Standard's hackles, and get a free ride across the yard by a screaming, panicking hen. Then one time, all five of the bantams held a flock of around 10 chickens hostage. The bantams were quite merciless to all the chickens who were bigger than them.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

So today, I had a hen whose nails I noticed were a little too long. I clipped her nails and decided to do the whole flock's nails even though everybody didn't really need their nails done. After I did all of their nails, I did Penny's. Her nails did need to be trimmed, so it was good that I was onto them. She did good while I clipped them. Afterwards, I set her down and left her in the flock's run while I added new shavings to her cell. Penny did very well with the flock during those few minutes. She scratched around on the ground for the whole time not noticing anything around her and left everybody alone. When I brought out some treats to reward the flock for doing their nails, Penny stayed scratching around and never even came over. Then I went over, picked her up, and placed her back in her cell. She was disappointed about having to go back. I was very pleased to see how well Penny did with the flock during those few minutes, but I'd like to see more feather growth on her victims before placing her back in. Maisy (one of Penny's victims) seems to having some nice new feather growth, so I'm hoping that'll be soon when I place Penny back in.

 

[Drcallen]

So today, I had a hen whose nails I noticed were a little too long. I clipped her nails and decided to do the whole flock's nails even though everybody didn't really need their nails done. After I did all of their nails, I did Penny's. Her nails did need to be trimmed, so it was good that I was onto them. She did good while I clipped them. Afterwards, I set her down and left her in the flock's run while I added new shavings to her cell. Penny did very well with the flock during those few minutes. She scratched around on the ground for the whole time not noticing anything around her and left everybody alone. When I brought out some treats to reward the flock for doing their nails, Penny stayed scratching around and never even came over. Then I went over, picked her up, and placed her back in her cell. She was disappointed about having to go back. I was very pleased to see how well Penny did with the flock during those few minutes, but I'd like to see more feather growth on her victims before placing her back in. Maisy (one of Penny's victims) seems to having some nice new feather growth, so I'm hoping that'll be soon when I place Penny back in.

Thank you for your story of penny and the daily updates. I'm learning a lot from byc and all it's wonderful contributors.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Thank you for your story of penny and the daily updates. I'm learning a lot from byc and all it's wonderful contributors.

Yep! They're not really daily, but I update when there's a new update. I'm happy that I'm helping you learn! BYC is a great place to learn chicken stuff from. I've learned so much, and there's still more exciting things to learn! I love it!

 

[cluckmecoop7]

I'm glad Penny is doing better with the flock. Please keep me updated!

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

I'm glad Penny is doing better with the flock. Please keep me updated!

Yep!

 

[Jenwisp]

Love your story and I hope your Penny achieves full rehabilitation. Thank you for sharing!

My Penny is a gold laced wyandotte, in my pic. Last pullet we started with to start laying, and currently the first and only broody. We pull her out of the box so she will go get something to eat.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Lately, I have been noticing Penny is always sitting in the spot that she lays her egg. Even when I say good night to my birds, she's still there. I have to place her on her perch at night now. She's still laying eggs and not talking about being broody, so I don't think that is it, even though it's crossed my mind. I've wondered if she's pretending to be broody because she's bored and is looking for something to do, or because she wants to hatch out some company.
It's been almost a month since Penny has been in jail. I'm thinking about possibly releasing her after she's been in there a month, but I'm not 100% sure yet. I'd like to see more feather growth on her victims, but they might need to go into a molt for that to happen. Maisy is growing some of her feathers back, so that's good, but Rocky isn't so much. Maisy's feather growth seems to be doing better than Rocky's.