[Shazzer]

they are pretty stupied aren't they.

[Aunt Sally]

   

[richyrich7]

they are pretty stupied aren't they.

   apart from finding out who is the easiest touch for titbits, mine go nut's when they see me at locking up time, they get grain then. After that I'm just the blob that must be avoided and exercised round and round the garden  :roll:  

[hermon]

somethings they do seem clever then other times they prove they have only bird brains still love'em and wouldn't be with out them!

[David.]

We had a hen that started loudly demanding more and more treats. She would even choose the nest box just inside the pop hole so she could stick her head out listening for footsteps. She would throw standard food on the floor and scream for treats.

It got that I couldn't stand working in the garden any more due to the constant squawking, which would even start if she heard a door or window open. It got so loud it could be heard 2 streets away.

She had to be sent to The Home for Maladjusted Hens (my sister in laws flock - who are all mis-fits, and included a cockerel so noise would not be such a problem), where she became a reformed character.

[richyrich7]

I had a thought about this today shazzer, what about if you stop giving treats for a week or two ? may break the cycle ? only guessing, better ask someone who knows

[spaulaj]

i was just reading your messages, we have something in common, our hens are a couple of tarts   . i thought mine were frightened aswell, but no, they are on the pull

[westie]

a crouching chicken is SO much easier to catch! Our leghorn has just started to do it and she used to be the only hen I couldn't get unless she was inside the henhouse!
Hopefully she'll start laying soon like the other 3 have.
She is the noisiest of all our hennies. Our neighbour wondered if they were all ok the other morning. Fortunately she wasn't complaining,just concerned!

[richyrich7]

a crouching chicken is SO much easier to catch! Our leghorn has just started to do it and she used to be the only hen I couldn't get unless she was inside the henhouse!
Hopefully she'll start laying soon like the other 3 have.
She is the noisiest of all our hennies. Our neighbour wondered if they were all ok the other morning. Fortunately she wasn't complaining,just concerned!

Lovely looking birds in your sig westie

[Shazzer]

yes i thought that to, what are they?  looks a bit like fenton blue

[sue.hole]

is there somrthing next door that you cant see, but she can sense, eg: a pet rabbit or whatever, or a cat, they sense these things very finely and kick off whenever there is the slightest change.

[Shazzer]

I think its probably about treats, she does it and looks up waitng.  If there is coulifloweresrs hanging she doesnt do it

[sue.hole]

Dear All,
Can anyone help me - just got my Flubenvet from Hyperdrug, and the instructions for the dosage for 1,000 pheasants is less than helpful. Has anyone worked out how much to give per bird ? I've got 12 hens, and would like to know how many grams to put in the feed per day ? Thanks .

[Aunt Sally]

No problem  

http://www.chat.allotment-garden.org/viewtopic.php?t=4348

Scoll ddown to Dosage and Administration of Flubenvet

Let me know if that's not clear  

[sue.hole]

Dear Aunt Sally,
Thanks for that, I think I'll do the one pinch per bird per day thing in their mash. X