Asaria1
Songster
Good morning all!
I have this dilemma with my bonded flock. I raised a polish, a silkie, and a cochin together and they have grown very close. The cochin especially is “lost” whenever she is too far from the rest. I catch her giving “kisses” to the other birds, fighting for snuggles whenever she gets a chance, and grooming the other two as a show of affection. Turns out I have to rehome the polish and silkie because they have grown up to be roos. I kinda saw this coming, so i adopted two older silkie hens for two reasons 1) if my neighbors DONT complain and i can keep my two roos, i didnt want my cochin to be the only girl 2) if my neighbors DO complain and i have to get rid of my roos, i didnt want my cochin to be alone.
i decided to adopt older hens because i didnt want to go through the chance of another “surprise rooster”. But because the hens are older, and they also grew up together, they have their own bond SEPARATE from my original three. And the hens tend to bully my cochin. Since i have had one neighbor complaint, i have to remove the polish and silkie, leaving my cochin alone with the two bullying hens. Im already distraught about it because i see how much my cochin loves up on my polish and silkie. I cant imagine taking them away from her to be alone with two bullying hens. I watch my cochin constantly running away with fear from the hens. What shall i do?!!!
I am also losing sleep over the roos. They have grown accustomed to hugs and kisses from their momma (ME!) everyday and I want them to go to a similar home. I want them to go to a small flock, where they will each be the only boy (or at least go to a family who knows how to lovingly deal with more than one roo), have the ability to free range, and get lots of love and attention from their new momma (or dad)!
HELP!!!!!
I have this dilemma with my bonded flock. I raised a polish, a silkie, and a cochin together and they have grown very close. The cochin especially is “lost” whenever she is too far from the rest. I catch her giving “kisses” to the other birds, fighting for snuggles whenever she gets a chance, and grooming the other two as a show of affection. Turns out I have to rehome the polish and silkie because they have grown up to be roos. I kinda saw this coming, so i adopted two older silkie hens for two reasons 1) if my neighbors DONT complain and i can keep my two roos, i didnt want my cochin to be the only girl 2) if my neighbors DO complain and i have to get rid of my roos, i didnt want my cochin to be alone.
i decided to adopt older hens because i didnt want to go through the chance of another “surprise rooster”. But because the hens are older, and they also grew up together, they have their own bond SEPARATE from my original three. And the hens tend to bully my cochin. Since i have had one neighbor complaint, i have to remove the polish and silkie, leaving my cochin alone with the two bullying hens. Im already distraught about it because i see how much my cochin loves up on my polish and silkie. I cant imagine taking them away from her to be alone with two bullying hens. I watch my cochin constantly running away with fear from the hens. What shall i do?!!!
I am also losing sleep over the roos. They have grown accustomed to hugs and kisses from their momma (ME!) everyday and I want them to go to a similar home. I want them to go to a small flock, where they will each be the only boy (or at least go to a family who knows how to lovingly deal with more than one roo), have the ability to free range, and get lots of love and attention from their new momma (or dad)!
HELP!!!!!
