Friday, May 6, 2016


It was a nice day today so we decided to experiment with reintroducing our picked on chick to the flock. We have learned a lot about chickens and one thing is for sure - they are kind of jerks!

 
It all started when we noticed one of our chickens was getting picked on......very badly, I mean blood bath bad. You can read more about that here. We separated her into a dog crate in the basement where we made her a little chicken "tiny house" for the time.  It has now been about a month and it is time to get her back out to the coop with her sisters since she is all healed up. But, once a chicken has been picked on and separated from the flock it is not easy to get them back. Outsiders are not easily welcomed back and since she was being picked on before it will be even harder. Time for some experimentation.


 
I gave "Bloody Mary" a pep talk, advised her on how to handle the situation, and decided to just put her out in an open space with the rest of the chickens and document what happens. Oh yeah, did I mentioned we have named her Bloody Mary, the kids thought Mary was a good name....Bloody Mary seems to perfect. Ok Mary ready to see daylight?


It was a nice day so I let the chickens out in the yard before bringing up Mary. I threw out some Kale from the aquaponics system and then brought up Mary (this probably was a bad idea as it brought them all together). She ran to the food and immediately the other chickens started to attack her! They were going for blood again and she ran for cover. Another one went after her chasing her around by the house, and another, and they were all looking for blood! Time for another approach! I rescued Mary and took her back to the relative safety of her tiny house. time for Plan B.........


To watch the video on Mary's introduction click here




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2 comments :

  1. شركة الباحة للتحكم في الذباب:

    الذباب مزعج للحشرات الطائرة ، حيث يأتون على الأطعمة والأماكن الملوثة ، وعندما يكونون على الغذاء يمكن أن ينقلوا الأمراض والملوثات التي تسبب مشاكل بشرية ،
    شركة رش مبيدات
    شركة مكافحة النمل الابيض بابها
    شركة مكافحة حشرات بابها
    شركة رش مبيدات بابها

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