golightlymama
Hatching
- May 24, 2020
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Hey y'all!
Hoping you chicken experts can help me with what may (or may not) be an issue.
We have 8 chickens - 2 Japanese bantams that are about 9 weeks old, 1 generic lovable bantam roo around 9 weeks old. and 5 buff orphingtons that are 7 weeks old. We've had them outside for probably two weeks together with limited issues (we had two other roos that someone, happily, took off us and that eliminated the too-many-roos-in-the-hen-house issue.) Either way, they've been happily getting along so far.
The chickens are kept in the coop/run during the day but we make a point to let them out for an hour or two at the end of each night while we're outside so we can watch them. The last two nights, however, one of the buffs has put herself in a corner and not been too interested in coming out with the other chickens. It's new behavior - it's not been like that - but I don't know why. Last night, I picked her up and she happily sat in my lap the whole time (until the roo pecked at me for messing with his ladies). She did it again tonight and didn't seem interested in pecking around with the other chickens. She just kept herself in the coop until I put her in my lap and sat with her. She's a sweet little mom but it's new behavior. She doesn't have any noticeable signs of being pecked at, no wounds or bald spots. Is there anything else I should check? Is this just normal chicken behavior? Is there anything I can do to help entice her out of the coop when the rest are roaming around
TIA!
Hoping you chicken experts can help me with what may (or may not) be an issue.
We have 8 chickens - 2 Japanese bantams that are about 9 weeks old, 1 generic lovable bantam roo around 9 weeks old. and 5 buff orphingtons that are 7 weeks old. We've had them outside for probably two weeks together with limited issues (we had two other roos that someone, happily, took off us and that eliminated the too-many-roos-in-the-hen-house issue.) Either way, they've been happily getting along so far.
The chickens are kept in the coop/run during the day but we make a point to let them out for an hour or two at the end of each night while we're outside so we can watch them. The last two nights, however, one of the buffs has put herself in a corner and not been too interested in coming out with the other chickens. It's new behavior - it's not been like that - but I don't know why. Last night, I picked her up and she happily sat in my lap the whole time (until the roo pecked at me for messing with his ladies). She did it again tonight and didn't seem interested in pecking around with the other chickens. She just kept herself in the coop until I put her in my lap and sat with her. She's a sweet little mom but it's new behavior. She doesn't have any noticeable signs of being pecked at, no wounds or bald spots. Is there anything else I should check? Is this just normal chicken behavior? Is there anything I can do to help entice her out of the coop when the rest are roaming around
TIA!
