- Mar 20, 2012
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My sweet little silkie, Rue, won't go into the coop.
Last week I had a "city friend" and her children over....and her 4 year old little girl trapped her under a metal bowl that was in the coop on "time out".....well, 5 hours later in 98* weather, I found her still under the bowl. Thankfully, she was okay. Hungry and dehydrated and drenched in wetness, but alive. I brought her in the house, bathed her (surprisingly she seemed to like it??) and kept her in a laundry basket with water, food and yogurt. Late that night I put her right into the coop.
Since then, she has been hanging out at the patio door, coming when you call her, and just generally wanting to be around us and not her chicken friends. The "big girls" (that are a month older) have been picking on her and another white pullet silkie the last couple of days too.
Well, this morning my daughter went out to let the chickens out. My husband closed them up last night (and didn't count them like I do). Madelyn came in to tell me that Rue was not in the coop.
This evening we did not get home until about a half an hour after dark. I went to lock them up....and we were missing Rue again. In panic mode we searched all over for her and after calling her we found her right next the coop door.
Why isn't she going into the coop at night? Are the others being that mean to her? Is she afraid? What is the deal???
Last week I had a "city friend" and her children over....and her 4 year old little girl trapped her under a metal bowl that was in the coop on "time out".....well, 5 hours later in 98* weather, I found her still under the bowl. Thankfully, she was okay. Hungry and dehydrated and drenched in wetness, but alive. I brought her in the house, bathed her (surprisingly she seemed to like it??) and kept her in a laundry basket with water, food and yogurt. Late that night I put her right into the coop.
Since then, she has been hanging out at the patio door, coming when you call her, and just generally wanting to be around us and not her chicken friends. The "big girls" (that are a month older) have been picking on her and another white pullet silkie the last couple of days too.
Well, this morning my daughter went out to let the chickens out. My husband closed them up last night (and didn't count them like I do). Madelyn came in to tell me that Rue was not in the coop.
This evening we did not get home until about a half an hour after dark. I went to lock them up....and we were missing Rue again. In panic mode we searched all over for her and after calling her we found her right next the coop door.
Why isn't she going into the coop at night? Are the others being that mean to her? Is she afraid? What is the deal???
