- Jun 8, 2014
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Hi
I am looking for a bit of advice. I have my two, 5 and half week old KC's which I keep in a dog crate in the kitchen. Over the last couple of weeks I have kept taking them outside foraging and to start with in their first small temporary outdoor pen, they were quite happy in there. I would be around on just inside the house, but they were quite content.
Over the last week or so I made a pen in a different place, where it is going to be permanently. I'm not sure if it is because they have since got more attached to me or not. But they don't like to lose sight of me at all and it is heartbreaking hearing their little cries at the gate. It's like leaving your little toddlers at the school gates!
Sometimes they go and play in their pool for a while, but if they see me go down the garden to see to the chickens they cry like mad again. They are fine when I let them out with me around the garden, but if I need to go back into the house and put them back into their pen (otherwise they follow me into the house) they are crying again.
I let them back into the dog crate in the house about tea time or when I have to go out and they are so happy and contented in there and settle down straight away. You can see they feel safe and contented.
My worry is when I start putting them outside at night, it is going to break my heart! Any advice anyone??
I am currently slowly getting them used to where their outdoor house is and trying to encourage them up the ramp, so I suppose with more time and patience I might get there?
I am looking for a bit of advice. I have my two, 5 and half week old KC's which I keep in a dog crate in the kitchen. Over the last couple of weeks I have kept taking them outside foraging and to start with in their first small temporary outdoor pen, they were quite happy in there. I would be around on just inside the house, but they were quite content.
Over the last week or so I made a pen in a different place, where it is going to be permanently. I'm not sure if it is because they have since got more attached to me or not. But they don't like to lose sight of me at all and it is heartbreaking hearing their little cries at the gate. It's like leaving your little toddlers at the school gates!
Sometimes they go and play in their pool for a while, but if they see me go down the garden to see to the chickens they cry like mad again. They are fine when I let them out with me around the garden, but if I need to go back into the house and put them back into their pen (otherwise they follow me into the house) they are crying again.
I let them back into the dog crate in the house about tea time or when I have to go out and they are so happy and contented in there and settle down straight away. You can see they feel safe and contented.
My worry is when I start putting them outside at night, it is going to break my heart! Any advice anyone??
I am currently slowly getting them used to where their outdoor house is and trying to encourage them up the ramp, so I suppose with more time and patience I might get there?