About to Wring Her Neck

Goat Servant · #1 03/28/15, 10:52 PM

The rest of the chickens stay in a large pen. Not one home hatched girl. She HAS to lay her eggs in the goat hay rack. I finally clipped wings but she is still at it. Uses a goat as a step ladder.
Well ok you don't poop in there so I'll let you. But only until you lay the egg then you go back home, chickie babe.
Now she thinks it's her full time home.

I took her back to the coop three times tonight, the last time after dark.
Since we have a couple of LGDs patrolling the place I don't want the added pleasure of having to lock them up at night & let them out in the morning.

Wonderland · #2 03/29/15, 12:49 AM

I keep threatening our chickens with becoming dumplings. They've figured out how to get in the barn and access the straw. They've destroyed a few bales of the stuff before I ever got to use it! Grrr.

Skandi · #3 03/29/15, 12:52 AM

I want pics of her using a goat as a stepladder!

nehimama · #4 03/29/15, 08:43 AM

Lock her in the chicken coop, or where ever it is you want her to stay, for TEN DAYS. She may then get the message and her address right.

FarmerKat · #5 03/29/15, 04:31 PM

I am sorry, this made me laugh ... our hens love to lay in the goat hay feeder as well. (Although they do come home to the coop at night.) Now if I can figure out how to keep the goats out of the chicken coop that would be something!

redgate · #6 03/29/15, 06:14 PM

We have a couple of hens that manage to get into the barn no matter what we do to keep them out. I have pretty much given up, and consider them our bug patrol for around the farm.

Goats Galore · #7 03/29/15, 06:44 PM

Well, there is a hen in the goat feeder right this minute. The goats actually butt her, but she keeps coming back. There is something enticing about that elevated hay.

Goat Servant · #8 03/29/15, 11:11 PM

Sorry no vids of step laddering but tonight she was in there. Put her back. She came back. Picked her up brought her to hubby watching tv. "Please hold her till it's dark." He wasn't real enthused.
Before dark he got tired of it & put her back.
I was armed with a hose.

RedSonja · #9 03/30/15, 11:57 AM

I have one hen that decided the kid warming barrel was the ideal place to lay eggs. I can't say I disagree with her, but the problem is once she has an egg in there, she pecks the kids when they try to come in the barrel for a nap. Taking the egg away hasn't changed her mind, I just have to yank her out whenever I see her in there. I told her yesterday, no more pecking goats or I'm gonna turn you into dumplings. We'll see if it changes her mind.

-Sonja

Goat Servant · #10 03/30/15, 08:52 PM

Sonja I feel your pain. She pecks at goat noses when all they want to do is eat.