Yesterday I heard an awful comotion going on in the hen yard. I raced out and saw hens attacking "something",. I thought is was my favorelle hens, but is was a "teenage" piegon! The hens were pecking it to death and I couldn't stand it and broke it up. The piegon 's back was de-nuded of feathers,bruised and both wings broken. I moved it out for my husband to destroy. But it died very quickly. I had also found 2 other piegons in yard and was upset they died of a disease and that had me very worried for my hens sake. My question is-Is this behavior normal/ why did they do it,. I have had hens for 5 years now and this has never happened before. Oh and the Rooster Bob, well he ran the other way!!
