Good day all!
TerriO- Cookie was a handful. She not only had extreme food aggression (none that I saw towards human, but serious attacks towards animals. We had several fights between her and Theo and even attacks related to our small dog when food wasn't around), but she also has several anxiety based issues. It seems that she had been hit or repeatedly threatened to be hit and was very sensitive initially with arm movements. She also destroyed the fence gate (plowed right through it), siding (tore it off of the house), door frame (scratched from the outside toward the inside-removing the framing), and would jump over the fence come dark. I am not sure what her previous owner did, but I am sure that Cookie lived inside come dusk/ dark. She would never run away once jumping the fence, she just tried to get in another door. I had thought we were having a break through as I started to feed her separately and she was staying in the yard during the day, but the damage that she was doing to the house at night was too much. I am hoping that her issues can be better managed where she is now (I also hope that they have metal siding, fences, gates, etc.).
Our problem now is that she shared her "talents" with Theo and he is copying her bad habit of scratching to get in and breaking through the fence! Luckily, he is much better behaved, has a better personality, listens to commands, and understands who is boss...none of which Cookie did. It will take some time to break him of these newly learned habits (wish us luck) and to fix the damage done!
Brent- the remaining 11 eggs either stopped growing or were duds. We had 3 hens trying to sit on the eggs, so I'm sure the viable ones just didn't get enough heat time in. The one we have is growing strong and has 2 moms!
