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Hennyhandler

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I have recently gotten rid of my roo. He was way overactive with my hens if you understand what I mean. Well I haven't got to spend a whole lot of time with them but I can tell they are a LOT calmer. SO much happier so I know I made the right decision. Some of them have went back to squating when I get near. They did this before I had the roo so I know about this but I have one hen that because of the roo her back feathers are gone and she got sunburned. I had to fix her saddle since she loosened the buttons and it wouldn't stay on there anymore. So anyway I FINALLY got the saddle on her after awhile and today I realized that she will be standing there and when she starts to walk she will bend down and walk a few than get back up and walk a minute normally and repeat the process. Now, I don't know if this is because of the saddle being reintroduced to her (I know she hates them hence her picking the snaps till they're ruined) or if this is something else since I haven't been able to spend a whole lot of time out there.
I felt her tummy and it was large but when I felt the other hens theirs were pretty large too. This was late evening.

I just want to make sure everything is all good. She also is eating real well. I has feeding them a carrot and she was right at the front hammering away at the thing. She can run and anything else. I could be overreacting. So I don't know. Does anyones else?????
 
My hen that wears a saddle always walks and acts funny when I take off or put back on her saddle. Spends half a day walking backwards, trying to walk out from under it.
I'd say it's normal, or as normal as a chicken can be anyhow.
 
ok..I am new to chickens...WHAT IS A SADDLE????
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WHAT, you don't have a saddle!!!??? Didn't you know the only reason most of us have chickens is so we can let our kids hamsters ride them?
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WOW, BYC have kept you out of the loop! LOL!! No really it keeps the roo's from mauling all the feathers off the girls!!
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I was going to ask the same thing.
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I have the strangest roo. He doesn't pull their feathers at all, he's very gentle. I love it! Even the girls don't seem to mind and don't run from him!
 
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Out of 13, only one of my girls has to wear saddles so it's not entirely my roo's fault. Something about the way the two of them hook together.
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This is so funny. I also did not know what a saddle was and I have a hen that would walk backwards!! (with no saddle) It was the weirdest thing I had ever seen. Only 1 out of the 4 would do this. I thought she was seeing things!
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