Patridge bantam chicken poorly foot?

[Surfnirvana]

I came back from work yesterday to find Betty roosting on top of the glug in her cube run, facing outwards! When my OH went over to let them out, she couldn't quite work out how to turn round to jump off. After much manoevering and feet slipping into the water she managed it.

 

I have to say she's not the brightest chicken - love her, and I think she may also be deaf, as she never hears me call her. She only reacts when she sees the other three running towards me if I have treats.

 

Still, very clever to have a bit of a foot cool on a warm, autumnal day!

 

Anyway else experience this?

 

xx

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Aww, bless her . Don't suppose you got a photo?

[Surfnirvana]

No photo this time, but will have the camera ready when I get home this evening!

[cordelia]

chickens are funny....we had one of our girls scooters holding a peice of tarpalin down on our temporary hen house....it was on its side...on the roof of the crate..and one of the chickens roosted on that one evening...still it was eady to grab her and put her to bed..(t must have just been a convenient bar to grab hold of ) LOL

[Ian47]

Hi,

I had the same problem initially with my chooks roosting all over the place luckily the forum members helped me out here viewtopic.php?f=5&t=32137

Regards Ian

 

edit : sorry thought you meant roosting at night, ignore the link.......ian