Hmmmmmmm, I have a really good recipe for chicken paprikash would you like me to send it on to you Doug? <smile> Carol K in Michigan On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 7:43 AM, Doug Crim <ddcrim@gmail.com> wrote: > A pecking order has been established but it's hard to understand why just > that one hen... actually, it's sad to watch. As a matter of > self-preservation, she keeps away from the other chickens when they are free > to roam. When we penned them up last night, she went to a nest in an effort > to avoid getting pecked. This was after Sherry fed them. She choose not to > feed with the rest. I asked Sherry to go ahead and feed her separately and > all was well. We aren't set up to keep her separate other than leave her in > the coop while the others are allowed to roam. I find this remarkable. > Like I said, it's sad to watch. > The plan for this weekend is to get a bale of hay to put in the nest boxes. > They are too young to start laying but I agree that we might as well let > them get accustomed to using the nest boxes. > > :-)* > > > On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 11:50 PM, <askgranny@juno.com> wrote: > >> Why not put hay in the nests now so they'll know it's there when they >> start looking for a nice place to lay eggs ? I would even go so far as to >> put some artificial eggs in the nests...Maybe some sort of Easter egg >> leftovers , weighted, , colored white ? No need to put colored eggs in >> there...they might decide to give up trying to lay similar eggs, OR bust >> something straining to lay YOUR kind of eggs..*grin* >> >> Your chickens are establishing a pecking order...and it can get kinda >> bloody at times....I've heard you can put some raw hamburger in their >> feed if they are pecking each other in regular circumstances, but don't >> know if this would help your case...Try looking up Pecking Order ....I >> used to have chickens all the time,. and well remember pecking order >> times..Think we just took the beleaguered hen and put her alone for a few >> days. It doesn't take them too long to get it straightened >> out.....Jeannie T >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> On Thu, 19 May 2011 06:16:46 -0500 Doug Crim <ddcrim@gmail.com> writes: >> We have certainly been enjoying watching our chickens and will soon put >> some hay in the nest boxes for those that feel like nesting. It's a bit >> early for them to begin laying, so we'll see how soon they start earning >> their keep. >> Something interesting began yesterday. While watching them roam freely, >> we noticed one of the Wyandots (sp?) seemed to wander far away from the >> rest of the flock. When she'd get close to the others, they'd seem to >> gang up on her and begin pecking her. When we put them in the coop for >> the night, she >> > was attacked repeatedly. Difficult to understand that. Has anyone >> seen this sort of thing before? Anything we can do ? The Dougster >> ____________________________________________________________ >> Penny Stock Soaring 3000% >> Sign up for Free to find out what the next 3000% Stock Winner is! >> http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4dd5f712e509a235b5m06duc >> >> >> >> >> >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "an-internet-family" group. > To post to this group, send email to an-internet-family@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > an-internet-family+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/an-internet-family?hl=en. >