My chook keeps pecking me!

You might have food on you, you`re being mugged.

Nell does that too.

Started off pecking at my diamond ring, and now will have a go at fingers, toes, anything about my person that she can reach really.

She knows I bring food, and keep trying different things out on them, so can't blame her for trying.

She's not aggresive, certainly doesn't peck the other hens, so I'm not worried, it's just part of her character.

I used to have awhite silkie who did that. I had to let them go to a friend because of a dog that needed sorting  and she made a friend of my friends son and chased up to him gently picking at his wellies every time she saw him. i would think it is to do with food.

Ah, yes, I do have dark nail polish on my toenails at the mo and they do like sparkly jewellery.  Oh no!  Chavvy hens with bling tendencies!  

And, come to think of it, Dolly has become particularly naughty since I read on this forum about mealworms and went and got them some.  They do the chook equivalent of a gallop across the lawn at the sight of the mealworms!

They do seem to be making themselves at home, although we did have a crisis at the weekend.  The poor girl at the bottom of the pecking order, Mavis, was chased across the lawn and somehow got down the side of the shed and got stuck.  Husband and I stood about for a while feeling useless, tried to tempt her out with goodies (even the mealworms didn't cut it), left her while we went to the shops on the basis that, with some peace and quiet, she'd come out on her own...  Nope.  We ended up in the next-door neighbour's garden, breaking through their fence to get her out.  Luckily, we have a lovely neighbour who adores the girls and who was very laid back about the whole broken fence thing.  And, yes, the sides of the shed are now well blocked-off.

You live and learn every day with chooks, don't you?  I love my girls!

live mealworms are adored, dried will do...at a push...and small pasta, they have just had the left over from last night, small shells, you would think they had not been fed in a week, and my wife has just cut a couple of grapes up, sally was jumping to get on her knee, .
yes they are really funny.

martyn