Picture Of The Week (POW) Information & Submissions

[Antiocheggers]

Move one of the Bullies out to a cage for a couple of days. When you move it back, There will be a change in the pecking order.

It it keep happening, move a bully in with one of the bullied ones for a couple of days. Those two will bond which will once again change the dynamics of the flock when they return to the flock.

Ok thank you ! I will do that tomorrow. Here are my 2 bullies. Im moving them tomorrow.

 

[janiedoe]

Ok thank you ! I will do that tomorrow. Here are my 2 bullies. Im moving them tomorrow.View attachment 3653594

They are very pretty bullies. (Btw- I love your shoes!)

 

[Antiocheggers]

They are very pretty bullies. (Btw- I love your shoes!)

Lol on my shoes but thank you. They are very sweet but I guess they have gotten to big for their britches or feathers.

 

[janiedoe]

Lol on my shoes but thank you. They are very sweet but I guess they have gotten to big for their britches or feathers.

I've found that all chickens are bullies given the right opportunity. Not sure how we love those little devils so much.

 

[Antiocheggers]

This is the two that are being picked on. EE not the cinnamon Queens I stated earlier. But, they have all gotten along until now.

 

[Sylvester017]

Awww poor wee lady, I am so happy you got her. I have a few 5 yr olds and a 7 yr old they will all live here for their natural lives

You are so right -- our birds deserve to live FULL lives -- not just egg-laying lives. My very first bird was a Partridge Silkie that lived 11 yrs, 1 month, & 3 days before her wee heart gave out! She never was a good layer (Bantams usually aren't) she stopped laying at 5 years old. In the meantime we cycled through 22 backyard chickens and she adapted to all of them, showing where to find good insects and greens, where the best shade was, how to sound the hawk alarm, where to hide, how to use the feed and waterers, plus hen manure has made a fertile compost for our raised veggie beds. Older hens have more productive lives than people think,.

 

[Antiocheggers]

You are so right -- our birds deserve to live FULL lives -- not just egg-laying lives. My very first bird was a Partridge Silkie that lived 11 yrs, 1 month, & 3 days before her wee heart gave out! She never was a good layer (Bantams usually aren't) she stopped laying at 5 years old. In the meantime we cycled through 22 backyard chickens and she adapted to all of them, showing where to find good insects and greens, where the best shade was, how to sound the hawk alarm, where to hide, how to use the feed and waterers, plus hen manure has made a fertile compost for our raised veggie beds. Older hens have more productive lives than people think,.
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Wow ! I hope mine will live that long. How awsome!

 

[Antiocheggers]

Thank you BYC for this idea to grow grass for my Chickens. We have alot of predators so they cannot come out of their coop yard. So we brought the grass to them.

 

[alinas2010]

Thank you BYC for this idea to grow grass for my Chickens. We have alot of predators so they cannot come out of their coop yard. So we brought the grass to them.

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Love this! Such awesome enrichment for them.

 

[ChicksnMore]

Why did the chicken jump the fence?

So it could trick a friend into thinking pacing the fence is fun