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Chicken Pecking
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One of my chickens has started pecking me, something I wish to stop as it hurts!
Some of the advice is to flick her on the beak or to tap her on the head to show her that I am at the top of the pecking order and she needs to toe the line.
I've been mulling over some alternative therapies though and was wondering if I should get a chicken whisperer in and try a little NLP. I also wondered if a spot of aversion therapy would help, pinning up pictures of chicken pie, chicken casserole, KFC bucket in the run.
What do you think?
Some of the advice is to flick her on the beak or to tap her on the head to show her that I am at the top of the pecking order and she needs to toe the line.
I've been mulling over some alternative therapies though and was wondering if I should get a chicken whisperer in and try a little NLP. I also wondered if a spot of aversion therapy would help, pinning up pictures of chicken pie, chicken casserole, KFC bucket in the run.
What do you think?
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Can't remember where I saw it but it was a photo of a chicken in a pair of chicken shaped wellies..who knew you could get wellies for chickens? And even more surprising, 'diaper harnesses' (obviously a US site). Do your chickies wear nappies Eccles?
Can't remember where I saw it but it was a photo of a chicken in a pair of chicken shaped wellies..who knew you could get wellies for chickens? And even more surprising, 'diaper harnesses' (obviously a US site). Do your chickies wear nappies Eccles?
No diapers, they do have a pooper scooper though - me!
I quite fancy getting a walking harness, I could go out for walks with my neighbour and her dog......could get interesting.
I wonder if chicken walkers are as sociable as dog walkers or would I find myself being offered a new white jacket with lots of straps?
I quite fancy getting a walking harness, I could go out for walks with my neighbour and her dog......could get interesting.
I wonder if chicken walkers are as sociable as dog walkers or would I find myself being offered a new white jacket with lots of straps?
Have a look out for the next Chicken Welfare and Behaviour course coming up. It's a free 5 or 6 week online learning course(videos, reading material, short quizzes etc) The University of Edinburgh feature it through coursera.org along with many others short, interesting courses. I learnt much about aggression, pecking and dominance behaviour between birds.
Before that, I would have suggested pecking it back, or stuffing it with sage and onion and roasting at 180
Before that, I would have suggested pecking it back, or stuffing it with sage and onion and roasting at 180