The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

[Mrs Hutcherson]

Okie doke, ill see how it goes. Thanks! I was just worried the baldness might cause then to pick on her too bad

 

[delisha]

well every ones chickens are different..My poor chickens get bald during moult and I have no picking because of baldness. The back of your chickens head looks like my flock in spring if I don't cull out my males. I have stitched back of heads on occasion.
It is usually a young bird eating out of adults dishes that looses feathers or young birds pulling feathers out of baby's here. Or young birds getting to close to momma and chicks. Serious screaming than and feathers flying.

 

[Leahs Mom]

Scott - those are some very pretty birds.

 

[armorfirelady]

Poor Lucy's molt........has made her look like a naked neck BCM

I couldn't help but giggle at her. I don't think she was really amused

I have noticed that as the girls molt their pecking order seems to change? No one really bothered Lucy and she could hang with all the tots without a problem. But now Sophie the BCM has been pecking at her at feeding time. She now follows Stella around like her shadow.

I will never understand chicken pecking order or roosting order.......it keeps changing it must be why chicken tv is so much fun to watch

But I do know when the temps got in the 20s they all bunched up together to keep warm. That tells me they can get along if they choose to.

 

[Scott H]

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That's funny right there!
Yea the pecking order is nuts...our SL, who has never layed,ruled. Go figure? When one of our other hens went broody she could run her off with a single peck. When the broody hen quit being broody, and she got pecked she would just turn her back to her and keep eating the treats I put out. Didn't take long before the pecker learned she was having no effect and was missing out on fresh corn or whatever...

 

[Scott H]

She had a 2"+ tear on the back of her neck thats healing well, the top of her head, a torn earlobe and a small cut above the other ear

She looks like she be fine......wishing you well.

 

[Scott H]

Almost forgot...here's the OCD dog when it comes to falling snow.....

 

[Mrs Hutcherson]

Thank you, she has been doing fabulously. It happened monday, I think her stitches will be ready to take out tomorrow.
She lets me clean out without fuss. shes a champ! And an egg everyday through it all!

 

[armorfirelady]

Scott I love the 2nd picture of your dog.

 

[Scott H]

Scott I love the 2nd picture of your dog.

He tries to catch it out of the snowblower.....