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Wild Hare
I have a problem with a hen. The biggest part of the problem is she has a name and my kids and I like her. She's tame, eats out of our hands, and we carry her around while doing chores.
She has a significant breeding injury last year so DH pulled her out and kept her in a cage to give her a chance to heal. When she was ready to go back to the flock, she was picked on badly and we had to take her back out.
The flock has changed - 2 batches of hens hatched in 2017 have been added tot he hen pen so the flock has tripled in size. i accidentally put her into the hen pen and she flipped the heck out, even though none of the hens were interested in her or picking on her. She hopped up in a nest box so I could take her out. (Smart chicken!)
Our winters are cold and she won't have the benefit of a heat lamp if I can't get her back into the flock.
Any ideas?
She has a significant breeding injury last year so DH pulled her out and kept her in a cage to give her a chance to heal. When she was ready to go back to the flock, she was picked on badly and we had to take her back out.
The flock has changed - 2 batches of hens hatched in 2017 have been added tot he hen pen so the flock has tripled in size. i accidentally put her into the hen pen and she flipped the heck out, even though none of the hens were interested in her or picking on her. She hopped up in a nest box so I could take her out. (Smart chicken!)
Our winters are cold and she won't have the benefit of a heat lamp if I can't get her back into the flock.
Any ideas?