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HeiHeisMom
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He's scared of chickens...controls the dogs, and has become my shoulder "parrot". Lol
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He's looking goodRecent Conner pics:
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Injury...big improvement in short time!
Give them some time, but likely if you have 2 other cockerels besides Conner, they will eventually size each other up. Whether it will turn into an out and out fight or just a bunch of posturing is yet to be seen.Up date on Conner:
He's spent time in the coop the last three days.
Day one we kept his flock separate from the others and he was with his flock.
He got off my shoulder once and his "brother", Clyde, 'Roo butted' Conner. It terrified Conner, but the hen, Bernie, that came inside two weeks earlier tore Clyde's butt fluff up!! She chased Clyde away and when he attempted to come back b she flogged his face until he left.
She stayed next to Conner for 10 minutes before anther hen pecked at Conner's face.
Bernie chased her away and Conner jumped up on my shoulder and wouldn't get back down.
He visited for all of 20 minutes.
He's had nervous tics since then.
Day two Conner stayed for three hours in a cage inside the coop.
After two hours I let the other flocks in to see him.
They weren't veryvinterested, but both Phillip and Brooce put on a 'strutt and crow show for Conner'.
Clyde sat on to op of Conners cage and growled at anyone who came too close.
Guess Bernadette set Clyde straight. Lol
Day three was today and Conner stayed in coop with all flocks having access to coop for almost 6 hours with no cage.
He stayed up in the higher nest boxes and kept to himself with a few hens checking on him off and on.
Clyde got up with Conner once and pecked at the good side of his face but one of the older hens to hrew a hissy at Clyde, so Clyde got down and dug himself a dust bath hole under the box Cooper was in and slept there for quite awhile.
Conner still has tics occasionally, but they're getting less pronounced and not as frequent.
He still sleeps inside at night.
Conner looking pretty good and getting big fast!
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Update on Conner:
Conner is fully integrated back into his flock again and has resumed head Cockerel position ( Clyde isn't too happy, but Bernie and Astrid keep reminding him that Conner is the cool Dude now, being the "roo who lived" *pun intended*).
This morning all flocks we're mingling in the covered run due to a hawk attack yesterday.
Conner didn't even get phased. He's excited to be a "leader of the pack" again
Thank you to all for the emotional support and great advice.
Our now "nearly headless chick" is back better than ever.
Pics to come later...