Chicken bald back

[reggiep]

Help!

 

We got new chickens yesterday, they all slept together last night in the eglu, that was great, let them out this morning that was great too, then Nellie our old chicken decides to start clucking and now wont stop, how long will this last for. She was in the nesting box and then one of the newbies decided to go into the eglu too and now nellie wont stop clucking, dont want to get complaints from neighbours.

 

Claire

[Ain't Nobody Here]

My girls are being really noisy today too for some reason . Distraction works best (which is fine if you're at home ). I chucked some corn in the run, that kept them quiet for a bit.

 

If you have some corn on the cob or something else to peck at, that might help?

[poachedegg]

You could try giving her a water squirt when she does it.

[Porkypie]

My hens go a bit 'funny' around lay time. Maybe she didn't like being watched by the newbie? I guess things will settle down very soon.

[reggiep]

Things have settled down, they seem to be getting along fine now.

 

They are all in the garden scratching around so no squabbles.

 

Thank goodness.

[Lorimer73]

Our chicken Emma clucked loudly every 5 mins for about a week, just to make it clear to the new chickens that she was the boss. I thought that we were going to get complaints from the neighbours from all the noise that she was making!

[tom123]

Glad she is all quiet now. If she persists give her a squirt with water or push down on her back to tell her who's boss and that shes doing something wrong

 

[chickyhazel]

She probably didn't like being watched while she was laying. If you stop other chickens going in while she is laying she should be quiet.