we preen, and talk to her. We cuddle and love her. My friend on spots corner had 2 birds she raised from hatchlings and they r loving. Jut have to be patient. It's so hard all you want is to cuddle them. Let them come to you!
Some chickens prefer peoples company. If you know of any people w a lot of birds they probably have one that's flows them around more than the others. That's a good start! The more you have not new flock oriented they will be. Muffy is dependent on us as her flock
I originally.. Sorry my daughter hah originally only wanted the female. They were sold as a pair and I felt like a schmuck for even considering splitting them. It would appear that would stress her more and perhaps loose the cause to get her comfortable all together. So they're together and I like the rooster he's curious, not aggressive but still very timid. She on the other hand is one ornery bird. She's a broody hen and after doing some research appears she may be brooding. She's bit me once and pecked me countless times and I have hardly touched her. I just have their coop door open so they can explore if they feel the need to do so. I'm trying very hard not to stress them and I don't want to do anything wrong.. And make them reverse all small and possible progress.
First of all, I had to scrub out here coop and empty it of any shavings since the big move is tomorrow. She went into her nest box to lay her egg this morning, and she was NOT happy when she found that it was full of towels instead of shavings. She stood in her coop hollering like crazy for an hour before she finally laid her egg in the towels. She's also upset because I haven't had much time to take her out today. She'll be riding in my lap the whole way, so I'm sure that will help comfort her a bit.
