Racist Hen?

[GuineaQueen]

I have a Lavender Orphington Hen that faithfully sat her eggs, hatched a few and was happily taking care of the babies for 4 days when the neighbors dog broke into the coop and got all her babies. I rushed and found someone selling babies that were 3 days old picked them up and gave them to her. She was thrilled!! Her first babies were one red and 3 black. The new ones are all white Silkies. She was very happy with both. However I bought also bought chicks online and some of them were brown. My hen hates the brown ones! On 3 different occasions she has snuck into the hatchery chicks pen and managed to kill 2 and badly injure 1. She doesnt mind any of the other hatchery babies but the brown ones she cannot stand! In 20 years of keeping chickens I've never seen such a thing, has anyone else ever have anything like this happen?

 

[chickentrains]

Chickens don't have emotions like that.

She just doesn't like the brown ones. Happens all the time. Set up a brooder for them

 

[The bird boy]

That is so weird

 

[The bird boy]

You cold give her al of the Hatchery chicks except the brown ones

 

[MissE]

I have a Lavender Orphington Hen that faithfully sat her eggs, hatched a few and was happily taking care of the babies for 4 days when the neighbors dog broke into the coop and got all her babies. I rushed and found someone selling babies that were 3 days old picked them up and gave them to her. She was thrilled!! Her first babies were one red and 3 black. The new ones are all white Silkies. She was very happy with both. However I bought also bought chicks online and some of them were brown. My hen hates the brown ones! On 3 different occasions she has snuck into the hatchery chicks pen and managed to kill 2 and badly injure 1. She doesnt mind any of the other hatchery babies but the brown ones she cannot stand! In 20 years of keeping chickens I've never seen such a thing, has anyone else ever have anything like this happen?

You need to keep your chicks in a secure location. If a hen can sneak in and kill them, so can something else.

 

[GuineaQueen]

You need to keep your chicks in a secure location. If a hen can sneak in and kill them, so can something else.

She did it when my son whos 14 was feeding them. They are secure when their gate isnt open

 

[GuineaQueen]

She did it when my son whos 14 was feeding them. They are secure when their gate isnt open

She goes crazy when she sees them fights you to get into them.

 

[GuineaQueen]

Chickens don't have emotions like that.

She just doesn't like the brown ones. Happens all the time. Set up a brooder for them

I never imagined she could see the difference in a black chick and a brown chick. Its crossed my mind that there is something wrong with the partridge cochin chicks, they have had a lot of pasting.

 

[GuineaQueen]

You cold give her al of the Hatchery chicks except the brown ones

I dont trust her that much

 

[GuineaQueen]

That is so weird

Ikr