I posted a couple of weeks ago about one of our males that escaped the coop in January and reappeared after 6 months. He is living happily on the farm as a free ranging bird. We have one male and one female that stay in the aviary. The first couple of weeks, he, Farina, stayed really close to the llama barn which is close to the other peas. He really seemed attracted to the llamas, and would spend all day in their paddock strutting around them.
As he got more confident, he wandered up to the house, about 300 yards from the barn. We have a chicken coop in the back yard. As soon as he discovered the chickens (hens) he has been spending a lot of time around their coop. It's almost to the point of harassment. At first, he sat on the roof of the henhouse and screamed. The hens ran for cover in their house.
Now he comes up for a couple of hours morning and evening. The chickens don't run upstairs anymore, but Farina paces continually around the coop and herds the hens around and around.
He even found their hiding place
I'm wondering why he is pestering the chickens so. My husband thinks he is trying to court them. I think they can tell the difference between a chicken and a peahen. Is he just looking for bird company? He hasn't spent all that much time around the peahouse. We did watch him face off with our other male, Buckwheat, through the fence.
We haven't let the hens out of their coop when Farina is around. I'm not sure what he would do. Can they be aggressive to the chickens?
As he got more confident, he wandered up to the house, about 300 yards from the barn. We have a chicken coop in the back yard. As soon as he discovered the chickens (hens) he has been spending a lot of time around their coop. It's almost to the point of harassment. At first, he sat on the roof of the henhouse and screamed. The hens ran for cover in their house.
Now he comes up for a couple of hours morning and evening. The chickens don't run upstairs anymore, but Farina paces continually around the coop and herds the hens around and around.
He even found their hiding place
I'm wondering why he is pestering the chickens so. My husband thinks he is trying to court them. I think they can tell the difference between a chicken and a peahen. Is he just looking for bird company? He hasn't spent all that much time around the peahouse. We did watch him face off with our other male, Buckwheat, through the fence.
We haven't let the hens out of their coop when Farina is around. I'm not sure what he would do. Can they be aggressive to the chickens?
