Re: one bantum size coop

In article <1129744347.900380.45940@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"technical123@xxxxxxxxxxx" <technical123@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> My wife thinks she should join a flock at a friends house but I am
> reluctant. Would she be better off in a flock.......
>

Not initially...
The hens in an established territory would try to kill her.

It's a chicken thing!

Now if you were to bring 2 or 3 new bantams into HER territory, that
would work much better. :-)

While chickens may be social birds and are supposed to be happier in a
flock, does your little hen seem to be unhappy? I doubt it.

Single chickens as pets do just fine!
I have a single baby pullet in a cage right now.
She was the only one that hatched from 3 of the last eggs set in my
incubator. She is being handled a lot and is doing well by herself and
is staying very tame.

It's going to take very special measures on my part to join her to the
flock of 4 chickens I have left, but I know what to do. It will be a
time consuming hassle to do it, but I have the facilities.

Is the person with the neighboring flock willing to take the measures
required to introduce a single hen and keep the other hens from trying
to kill her?

I doubt it.

Leave things alone for now if you don't personally want a larger flock!

Cheers!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson
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